Everly Health is hiring a
Director of Product Design and Research, Remote - United States

Summary

The Director, Product Design and Research role at Everly Health involves generating insights to customer experience strategy and design, managing a team of product leaders and designers, defining research questions and methodological approach, leading design and user research programs, setting standards and best practices, collaborating with cross-functional teams, participating in the sales cycle, and creating new design services or capabilities. The ideal candidate should have 7+ years of experience in design and research management at a top consumer technology company or consumer-focused healthcare or health-tech company, 3+ years of direct management experience, an MBA or Bachelor’s degree in Design or similar field, a strong background working in creative departments and within the tech industry, proven history of running a team and/or managing people, and a clear understanding of graphic design and UI design fundamentals.

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in design and research management at a top consumer technology company or consumer-focused healthcare or health-tech company
• 3+ years of direct management experience in growing design and research teams and career pathing for individuals and managers
• MBA or Bachelor’s degree in Design or similar field or equivalent work experience
• A strong background working in creative departments and within the tech industry
• Proven history of running a team and/or managing people

Responsibilities

• Set the direction and vision for the product design function
• Manage and grow your team of product leaders and designers
• Define research questions and methodological approach
• Lead the execution of design and user research programs, including data collection, analysis, and synthesis of results
• Create the team cadences and rituals that will lead your team to success and ensure cross-pollination of thought
• Set standards and best practices and curate tools and workflow
• Collaborate with your peer leads in engineering and product to ensure the overall process is working within cross-functional teams
• Be responsible and accountable for upholding what good design is and promoting that within the organization
• Participate in the sales cycle and help to plan and estimate project proposals
• Lead and set direction for new client efforts, and/or oversee lead designers in that function
• Assist in curating our internal branding and marketing
• Work with company management to set and report on KPIs and measures of success
• Collaborate with strategy and analytics to ensure our products are creating a measurable impact for our clients and that data is being leveraged appropriately to inform design decisions
• Create, stand up, and help to sell new design services or capabilities

Preferred Qualifications

• Background preferred with - Creative / Art direction, Graphic Design, Interaction / Product Design, Design systems, Information Architecture, Motion design, Copywriting, Product management / Product thinking, Client management experience
• A clear understanding of graphic design and UI design fundamentals
• An interest in learning and contributing to product strategy and its related exercises - stakeholder workshops, design sprints, analytics, research, etc
• A love for both art direction, brand and product design

Benefits

• $153,000 - $170,000 a year
• The actual salary offered will be based on the selected candidate's qualifications, market data/ranges, and internal equity
• This position is also eligible for a yearly bonus and equity