Director Product Design

Summary

Join CompanyCam, a leading photo documentation and productivity app for contractors, as a Director, Product Design. You will lead the strategic vision for design, ensuring alignment with business objectives and user needs to create innovative, market-leading experiences. You will champion design excellence across the product lifecycle, refine processes to enhance efficiency, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate business solutions into intuitive, user-centric designs. As a key leader, you will lead a team of talented product designers to elevate the quality, clarity, and impact of our mobile-first experience. This is a leadership role at a pivotal moment in our company and the industry's future, with the opportunity to redefine what great looks like in B2B SaaS.

Requirements

• 5-7+ years of experience in leading design for complex B2B or B2C SaaS products or platforms
• 5+ years of experience managing and scaling design teams (10-20+ designers)
• Strong cross-functional collaboration skills; establishes strong partnerships with Product, Engineering and GTM teams
• Data-driven decision making; experience leveraging user research, A/B testing, and data analytics to influence design and product roadmaps
• Design system development; experience leading the creation and evolution of design systems across multiple teams
• Ability to communicate with C-suite executives and investors, justifying design decisions with business impact
• A continuous growth-mindset, with a focus on learning, embracing challenges, and continuously improving
• A knack for creativity and innovation, bringing fresh ideas to the table and solving complex problems
• Familiarity with or prior experience suing the set of practices outlined in Continuous Discovery Habits by Teresa Torres
• Experience designing consumer-facing products
• Demonstrated comfort with AI technologies and tools, with the ability to thoughtfully integrate AI into the design process to enhance user experiences and team efficiency

Responsibilities

• Define and advocate for a forward-thinking design strategy that aligns with business objectives, leveraging market insights and user research
• Ensure deep user insights and usability best practices shape every aspect of product development, creating market-leading and delightful experiences
• Oversee the entire design lifecycle, ensuring products are intuitive, engaging, and visually compelling while maintaining high design standards
• Develop and refine processes that enhance efficiency and consistency, reinforcing quality and innovation across all projects
• Bridge design, product management, engineering, and marketing to translate business challenges into elegant, user-centric solutions
• Manage, mentor, and cultivate a high-performing design team, fostering creativity, accountability, and a culture of continuous improvement

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience driving a design vision at a fast-scaling startup or through major growth phases
• Background in AI/ML-powered design, voice interfaces
• Past work at FAANG, top-tier SaaS (e.g., Figma, Stripe, Shopify, Notion, Atlassian), or a high-growth startup

Benefits

• This is a salaried position at CompanyCam
• Our starting salary for this role is $183,000 - $235,000 per year and is based on experience
• We also offer meaningful equity and other benefits
• Employees are not required to work in the office or relocate to Lincoln, Nebraska, for this opportunity, but occasional travel to HQ will be required