Lead Digital Product Designer

Summary

Join Scout Motors and become a key player in revolutionizing the electric pick-up truck and rugged SUV market. Lead end-to-end design efforts across various platforms, ensuring seamless cross-platform consistency and delivering best-in-class customer interactions. Collaborate with stakeholders across different departments to shape customer-facing technology strategies. Drive the strategic application of Scout's brand across all digital touchpoints, maintaining alignment in design elements while balancing business and user needs. Mentor and guide multidisciplinary designers, fostering a collaborative and growth-oriented team environment. Partner with engineering leads to champion a scalable design system, promoting efficiency and visual integrity. Define and uphold design excellence, contributing to best practices and high-quality execution. Operate autonomously, managing multiple complex initiatives while adapting to changing business needs. Collaborate closely with the Design Director to shape the broader design culture and team development roadmap. This remote role (excluding NYC) requires occasional in-person meetings and travel.

Requirements

• 7+ years of end-to-end product design experience, with a proven ability to lead design initiatives that deliver meaningful business and customer impact
• A compelling, polished portfolio that demonstrates deep expertise across responsive web, mobile (iOS/Android), and digital ecosystems—highlighting your ability to solve complex problems with clarity and craft
• Demonstrated success in establishing and scaling visual and interaction design systems across platforms, including experience collaborating with design systems teams or component libraries
• Expert knowledge of interaction patterns for responsive web and native mobile applications, with the ability to apply and adapt them thoughtfully across contexts
• Outstanding communication and storytelling skills, with a track record of influencing cross-functional partners and guiding teams toward strategic design outcomes
• Proficiency with industry-standard tools, including Figma (we are looking for a deep Figma expert), along with fluency in workflows involving prototyping, motion, and documentation
• Experience mentoring or coaching other designers, and a passion for fostering a culture of collaboration, growth, and excellence
• A strategic mindset, with the ability to balance user needs, brand integrity, and business objectives in every design decision

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end design efforts across responsive web, native mobile, and in-store digital experiences—ensuring seamless cross-platform consistency and delivering best-in-class interactions for customers
• Act as a design thought partner to senior stakeholders across Product, Engineering, Marketing, and Customer Experience, shaping customer-facing technology strategies that elevate Scout’s business and brand
• Drive the strategic application of Scout’s brand across all digital touchpoints—ensuring alignment in layout, color theory, typography, tone, and iconography while balancing business and user needs
• Mentor and guide multidisciplinary designers, fostering a culture of feedback, growth, and collaboration across teams including, In-Vehicle UX, Brand, and Communications
• Partner with engineering leads to champion a scalable design system and component strategy—promoting a build-once, use-many approach that accelerates development and maintains visual integrity
• Define and uphold design excellence, contributing to best practices, team standards, and frameworks that enable high-velocity, high-quality execution across projects
• Operate with a high degree of autonomy, prioritizing and managing multiple complex initiatives while remaining responsive to shifting business needs
• Collaborate closely with the Design Director, helping to shape the broader design culture, processes, and team development roadmap

Benefits

• Competitive insurance including: Medical, dental, vision and income protection plans
• 401(k) program with: An employer match and immediate vesting
• Generous Paid Time Off including: 20 days planned PTO, as accrued
• 40 hours of unplanned PTO and 14 company or floating holidays, annually
• Up to 16 weeks of paid parental leave for biological and adoptive parents of all genders
• Paid leave for circumstances related to bereavement, jury duty, voting time, or military leave
• Pay Transparency
• This is a full-time, exempt position eligible to receive a base salary and to participate in an annual performance bonus program