Director of Product Design

Juniper Square, Inc.; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 250,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a visionary product design leader to spearhead their design organization. This role offers the chance to lead a talented team, innovate with AI-first design tools, and shape user experiences that set the company apart in the market. Collaborating closely with various departments, you will champion a culture of excellence while nurturing the professional growth of your team. If you are passionate about transforming product design and making a significant impact in a values-driven organization, this opportunity is tailored for you.

Benefits

Health, dental, and vision care

Life insurance

Mental wellness coverage

Flex Time Off

Paid family leave

Retirement saving plans

Annual professional development stipend

Qualifications

• 12+ years of product design experience with 6+ years in management.
• Proven track record in enterprise/B2B software companies.

Responsibilities

• Lead and scale a high-performance product design team.
• Drive AI-first design tools and improve product experience.

Skills

Product Design

Team Management

AI-first Design Tools

User-Centered Design

Design Systems

Visual Design Quality

Job description

About Juniper Square

Our mission is to unlock the full potential of private markets. Privately owned assets like commercial real estate, private equity, and venture capital make up half of our financial ecosystem yet remain inaccessible to most people. We are digitizing these markets, and as a result, bringing efficiency, transparency, and access to one of the most productive corners of our financial ecosystem. If you care about making the world a better place by making markets work better through technology – all while contributing as a member of a values-driven organization – we want to hear from you.

Juniper Square offers employees a variety of ways to work, ranging from a fully remote experience to working full-time in one of our physical offices. We invest heavily in digital-first operations, allowing our teams to collaborate effectively across 27 U.S. states, 2 Canadian Provinces, India, Luxembourg, and England. We also have a physical offices in San Francisco, New York City, and Bangalore for employees who prefer to work in an office some or all of the time.

About your role

We're seeking an experienced product design leader to develop and scale our design organization, and oversee the design of our product. You’ll inherit a high-performing team of six talented product designers, and will empower them to develop industry-leading user experiences and AI-first innovation, while growing professionally as individuals and as a team. You’ll report to our Chief Product Officer, and work closely with our product management function as well as our engineering, sales, marketing, and customer-facing teams to foster design excellence across the organization.

This role would benefit from in-person collaboration in San Francisco, where many of our product management, design, and engineering personnel are based, although we also welcome exceptional candidates from elsewhere in the United States and Canada.

What you’ll do

• Lead and scale a high-performance product design team, while strengthening our culture of excellence and innovation

• Lead our growing adoption of AI-first design tools, and pioneer new ways to transform the development process through AI-enabled rapid prototyping, in partnership with our product management and engineering teams

• Identify and drive step-change improvements in product experience that differentiate us in the market

• Lead efforts to develop innovative design patterns for our customer-facing AI products

• Uphold our high bar for talent as you grow the team and build specialist design functions over time

• Promote professional and career development for design team members

• Champion user-centered design across the organization, and drive company-wide design vision and strategy

• Partner with our engineering team to strengthen design systems and front-end capabilities

• Collaborate with our marketing, sales, customer experience, and fund administration teams to deepen understanding of our customers’ needs, and coordinate brand and product design strategies

Qualifications

• 12+ years of product design experience, with 6+ years managing and scaling product design teams

• Proven track record as a director-level design leader in rapidly growing enterprise/B2B software companies with top-notch design standards (financial or investment technology experience is a plus)

• Interest and curiosity to explore new ways of working with AI-first design tools to transform the software design and development process

• Experience scaling design teams (5-20+ people) while maintaining a high bar for quality and culture

• High personal standards for visual, interaction, content, and other aspects of design quality, and strong ability to build empathy with users

• Ability to nurture a healthy design culture, both within the design team and across the company

• Experience building and maintaining design systems in complex product environments

• Track record of transforming product experiences to create measurable business impact

• Strong portfolio demonstrating evolution from IC designer to influential design leader, showing exceptional design craft

• Experience transitioning teams from startup to scale-up practices

Compensation

Compensation for this position includes a base salary, bonus, equity, and a variety of benefits. The U.S. base salary range for this role is $250,000 - 300,000 USD. Actual base salaries will be based on candidate-specific factors, including experience, skillset, and location, and local minimum pay requirements as applicable.

Benefits include:

• Health, dental, and vision care for you and your family

• Life insurance

• Mental wellness coverage

• Fertility and growing family support

• Flex Time Off in addition to company paid holidays

• Paid family leave, medical leave, and bereavement leave policies

• Retirement saving plans

• Allowance to customize your work and technology setup at home

• Annual professional development stipend

Your recruiter can provide additional details about compensation and benefits.

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