Head of Product Design

Summary

Join SingleStore, the fastest SQL database company, as the Head of Product Design! Lead a team of senior UX designers, setting the design vision across various products while actively participating in high-impact projects. Partner with product and engineering leadership to shape product strategy and leverage AI to enhance user experience. Champion design-led thinking and coach team members to deliver exceptional results. This player/coach role requires a strong design background, team management experience, and the ability to translate complex concepts into simple interfaces. SingleStore offers a comprehensive benefits package including stock options, flexible paid time off, parental leave, and more.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent in Graphic Design, Human-Computer Interaction, Interaction Design, or an equivalent or technical field
• 2+ years of experience managing design teams, specifically mentoring and growing senior designers
• 5+ years of experience in product design, with 2+ years of experience working on B2B software
• A system thinker who has the vision to design the big picture, and the strategic background to align design work with business goals and influence broader product strategy
• Deep expertise in interaction, visual design, and user experience with an emphasis on translating complex concepts into simple interfaces
• Ability to build strong relationships across functions and communicate design decisions clearly to different sets of audiences: senior leadership, PMs, engineers, customers and users

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of the end-to-end user experience across all SingleStore products and ensure it is consistent and easy to use for prospects and customers
• Partner with product & engineering leadership to deliver features and contribute to the longer-term direction of the product strategy across the SingleStore platform
• Work with product and engineering to use AI to improve the user experience and to make SingleStore the best platform for creating apps that utilize AI
• Leverage your skills in user experience, interaction design, and research to get hands-on with complex projects
• Champion design-led thinking in everything you do, evangelizing partners to do the same
• Coach team members to continually improve their craft and deliver an exceptional experience, fostering a culture of design excellence and business impact

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working on a data product is highly desirable
• Experience working on product led growth / free trial experiences highly desirable

Benefits

• Technology Stipend for New Employees
• Monthly Cell Phone and Internet Stipend
• Health and Wellness benefit
• In office catered lunches and monthly Grubhub credit
• Company and team events
• Flexible time off
• Volunteer time off
• Stock Options
• HealthBenefits
• Retirement
• Stock options
• Flexible paid time off
• Monthly three-day weekends
• 14 weeks of fully-paid gender-neutral parental leave
• Fertility and adoption assistance
• Mental health counseling
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Rich health insurance offerings—including medical, dental, vision and life and disability insurance