Product Design Director

Summary

Join Life360 as the Revenue Director of Product Design, leading multiple design teams across Growth, Ads, and International operational groups. This role requires driving design vision and execution, ensuring alignment with business goals while delivering value to members. You will champion design quality, advocate for user needs, foster collaboration, scale design talent, and drive innovation. The ideal candidate possesses 10+ years of experience leading product design teams, a strategic vision, deep user empathy, and exceptional communication skills. Life360 offers a competitive salary and benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance, a 401(k) plan, flexible PTO, and more. This is a remote-first position based in the US.

Requirements

• Proven Design Leadership: 10+ years of experience leading product design teams and delivering impactful, user-centered solutions. Direct, recent experience leading design for growth teams, with proven results across viral growth and growth loops
• Strategic Vision and Execution: Ability to define and execute a design strategy that drives measurable outcomes, balancing immediate goals with long-term innovation
• Results driven: With experience in subscription-based mobile applications
• Deep User Empathy: A strong commitment to understanding and advocating for user needs, designing experiences that reduce friction and enhance family life
• Scalable Design Expertise: Experience building design systems and processes that enable team efficiency and consistency at scale
• Exceptional Communication: Strong storytelling and presentation skills to articulate design rationale and inspire stakeholders, including executives
• Data-Informed Decision Making: Proficiency in synthesizing qualitative and quantitative insights to guide strategy, experiment, and iterate for impactful results
• Talent Development: Demonstrated ability to mentor and grow design talent, fostering collaboration, accountability, and innovation
• Collaborative Mindset: Proven ability to work cross-functionally with Product, Engineering, Marketing, and Data teams to drive alignment and execution
• Resilient and Adaptable: A growth mindset and ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment with complex challenges

Responsibilities

• Lead Strategic Design Across Revenue OGs: Drive the design vision and execution for Growth, International, and Ads, ensuring solutions align with Life360’s business goals while delivering value to members, helping families feel safe and connected
• Deliver High-Impact Results: Define and implement scalable, best in class and new design strategies that fuel user growth, deepen international engagement, and provide a member value driven Ads and offers platform
• Champion Design Quality: Set high standards for design excellence, driving consistency with Life360’s principles across multiple teams and product areas. Advance design systems and processes that increase team efficiency and alignment
• Advocate for User Needs: Leverage user insights, data, and storytelling to ensure user perspectives are represented at all levels. Identify opportunities to create transformative, user-centered experiences that enhance family connection and everyday convenience
• Foster Collaboration and Impact: Build strong partnerships with senior leaders across Product, Engineering, and other key functions. Align on priorities and strategies while identifying opportunities to unlock high-value, user-focused initiatives
• Scale and Develop Design Talent: Mentor and empower a team of designers, fostering growth in craft and impact while promoting a high-performance, inclusive culture
• Drive Innovation: Collaborate across OGs to test bold design ideas and optimize experiences using Life360’s data and member insights. Influence product strategy with innovative, scalable solutions that deliver for both users and the business

Benefits

• Competitive pay and benefits
• Medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance plans (100% paid for employees)
• 401(k) plan with company matching program
• Mental Wellness Program & Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for mental well being
• Flexible PTO, 13 company wide days off throughout the year & paid Holiday Shutdown
• Learning & Development programs
• Equipment, tools, and reimbursement support for a productive remote environment
• Free Life360 Platinum Membership for your preferred circle
• Free Tile Products