Director, Design

Summary

Join Headway as Design Director and help shape the future of mental healthcare. Collaborate with product managers, engineers, and senior leadership to define and execute the provider experience strategy. Lead and mentor a high-performing design team, ensuring high-craft design execution across all provider products. The ideal candidate will have 5+ years leading design teams for complex B2B SaaS platforms and experience with hyper-growth startups. A portfolio demonstrating high-craft individual work and systematic approaches to design at scale is required. Headway offers a competitive salary ($255,000 - $300,000), comprehensive benefits, and equity.

Requirements

• 5+ years leading design team for complex B2B SaaS platforms with consumer-grade UX
• Experience with hyper-growth startups (Series C+) and larger companies with mature design practices. Know what good looks like for building an empowered design team
• Proven track record partnering with product managers, engineers, and leadership to drive experience vision and influence organizational direction through design thinking
• Experience building scalable design systems for complex products while leading and mentoring senior design talent across multiple product areas
• Portfolio demonstrating both high-craft individual work and systematic approaches to design at scale

Responsibilities

• Drive provider experience strategy and vision - Partner with product managers, engineers, and senior leadership to define and execute the comprehensive provider experience strategy across the entire lifecycle from acquisition to retention
• Ensure high-craft design execution - Own the end-to-end design execution of provider products with exceptional attention to detail and craft quality that motivates senior designers
• Grow and manage a high performing design team

Benefits

• Equity compensation
• Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage
• HSA / FSA
• 401K
• Work-from-Home Stipend
• Therapy Reimbursement
• 16-week parental leave for eligible employees
• Carrot Fertility annual reimbursement and membership
• 13 paid holidays each year as well as a Holiday Break during the week between December 25th and December 31st
• Flexible PTO
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Training and professional development