Associate Director, Product Design

Summary

Join Method, a global design and engineering consultancy, as an Associate Director of Product Design in Mexico City. You will lead and contribute to the product design process, partnering closely with clients to create impactful digital experiences. Responsibilities include leading multidisciplinary teams, mentoring designers, and ensuring projects meet client needs and business aspirations. This role requires strong leadership, communication, and design skills, along with 7+ years of experience in UI/UX design and 1+ year of team management experience. Method offers a collaborative work environment, competitive perks, and a commitment to work-life balance, including paid time off, work-from-home policies, and various health and wellness benefits.

Requirements

• Fluent in English with excellent verbal/written communication and presentation skills. Ability to successfully articulate design concepts and intent to your team and your client
• A portfolio in English that highlights your direct contributions to the full product design process (Discovery → Definition → Design Execution and Developer Handoff). It should follow a case study narrative articulating participation and personal role throughout each project
• Your story/portfolio reflects a solid foundation in understanding the complexity and intricacies of business problems, human needs and how they can be solved through products delivered. Your work to solve these is a perfect blend of form and function
• Demonstrated success in launching digital products and services. 1+ year team management experience
• 7+ years experience in UI/UX, interaction or digital product design from consultancies, in-house environments etc. 1+ year team management experience either in HR capacity or project team leadership
• Effective time management skills to balance project schedule with fast-paced deadlines
• Ability to collaborate with engineers, product managers etc. as it pertains to developing digital products
• A strong, empathetic leader on projects who inspires and encourages their team members to deliver the highest quality work
• A working knowledge of web and mobile technologies, platforms and frameworks (and their constraints)
• Demonstrated mastery of common design tools (Figma, Sketch, etc.)

Responsibilities

• Actively design converged, multi channel digital solutions while building systems to empower the team you lead
• Lead multidisciplinary teams through complex projects using agile and/or lean product development
• Collaborate on and influence the different stages of a digital product—this includes product definition, user research efforts, low and high fidelity design, user testing, development and QA
• Contribute to, and interpret primary and secondary research to inform the user interaction and visual direction of a product or service. Research methods include user and business stakeholder interviews, generative customer research, usability evaluations, concept validation, and user testing
• Partner closely with a client, serving as an internal champion to ensure our work meets their needs and also serving as an advisor to further their business aspirations through design
• Mentor and/or manage others in the product design discipline
• Impact Method through common missions that better serve our projects, our people and the world at large
• Practice responsible design (accessible and inclusive)
• Foster a culture of curiosity on the interplay between design, product and technology that manifests in how projects are framed and executed

Preferred Qualifications

Bonus points for front-end development design skills

Benefits

• Continuing education opportunities
• Paid time off and work-from-home policies
• Complementary private medical and dental coverage
• Fondo de ahorro
• Life insurance
• Health and wellness programs
• Parental leave
• Additional benefits including: IMSS, Aguinaldo, food vouchers