Lead, Product Designer

Summary

Join ZipRecruiter as a Lead Product Designer and play a pivotal role in creating new products and features for job seekers. You will drive and manage design solutions meeting business objectives and user needs, setting new design standards and managing a team. This role requires expertise and influence, reporting to the Senior Director of Product Design. Key focuses include UX ownership of product areas, setting design vision, leading initiatives, managing and mentoring a design team, establishing performance metrics, leading design reviews, partnering with user research, and utilizing Figma and FigJam. The position offers a hybrid work environment and a competitive salary and benefits package. The salary range is $160,000-$205,000.

Requirements

• Degree or ample experience in Graphic Design, Industrial Design, HCI, Product Design, Interaction Design, Information Design, or equivalent experience
• 5+ years of Product Design experience
• Experience managing teams and developing career growth plans for direct reports
• Extensive familiarity with product strategy, information architecture, interaction models, heuristic evaluation, user research, and user journey mapping
• Expertise in creating and maintaining design systems, libraries, and other tools
• Experience creating complex prototypes using Figma, Principle, Framer, code, or other prototyping tools
• A comprehensive portfolio showcasing your work– case studies

Responsibilities

• Taking full UX ownership of multiple large-scale and complex product areas, setting strategic direction and ensuring alignment with overall business goals
• Setting the vision for user experience and leading major design initiatives, driving innovation and best practices across the organization
• Manage, mentor, and grow a team of designers, fostering a collaborative and high-performance design culture that prioritizes talent development
• Establishing clear performance metrics, provide continuous feedback, and implement growth plans to help designers reach their highest potential
• Leading design reviews, workshops, and other team-wide design efforts
• Partnering with User Research team members to ensure success for user research and usability studies
• Taking an iterative approach to design while considering insights from research, A/B testing, and other qualitative methods
• Utilizing your expertise knowledge of Figma and FigJam
• Driving the evolution of design systems

Preferred Qualifications

• 8+ years of Product Design experience
• An individual who can set high standards for design quality and execution, continuously raising the bar for the team through structured feedback
• Experience in a design leadership role, influencing product strategy and driving large scale initiatives

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Exceptional benefits package
• Flexible Vacation & Paid Time Off
• Employer-matched 401(k) plan
• A fun environment where work-life balance is valued