Head of Product Design

Grupo QuintoAndar; United States; Remote; USD 69,000 - 134,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health plan

Work From Anywhere (WFA)

Meal and Food Vouchers

Home Office Allowance

Wellness & Mental Health Support

Education & Career Discounts

Job summary

Grupo QuintoAndar seeks a Head of Product Design to shape the future of living experiences. You will lead a multidisciplinary design team across product, engineering, and data to deliver exceptional user experiences at scale.

You will influence strategy, drive a multi-year roadmap, and ensure alignment with business goals while mentoring designers and promoting growth. This is a remote-first role with opportunities to visit offices and partner spaces.

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading multidisciplinary product design teams.
• Ability to translate customer needs into innovative design solutions.
• Strong storytelling and communication connecting design to business outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Be a product design leader responsible for the success and impact of your scope.
• Lead a 6-person design team and partner with Ops, Product and Engineering on strategy and roadmap.
• Move fast with a hands-on, entrepreneurial mindset to deliver high-impact results.
• Shape and communicate the experience vision for your problem space.
• Drive cross-functional projects to ensure unified customer experience and high-quality design outcomes.
• Coordinate coverage of projects and teams by prioritizing impact.
• Support and develop your team with growth opportunities.

Skills

Product design leadership

Portfolio demonstrated process

Team leadership

English proficiency

Strategic thinking

Education

Bachelor's in Design or related field

Job description

About Grupo QuintoAndar

We are Grupo QuintoAndar, the largest housing platform in Latin America. Driven by our shared purpose of helping people love where they live , we build technology and solutions that simplify the entire housing journey, from renting to buying and selling.

Operating across 6 countries (Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Peru, Ecuador, and Panama) and with a technology hub in Portugal , we bring together more than 3,100 people united by the challenge of transforming the real estate industry. Backed by top global investors such as SoftBank, General Atlantic, and Kaszek, we have raised over US$ 755 million and are valued at US$ 5.1 billion.

We lead market transformation as pioneers in large-scale Artificial Intelligence applications for the real estate sector. Our platforms welcome over 50 million monthly visits, managing more than 350,000 active rental contracts and processing R$ 20 billion in annual transaction value.

If you are looking to solve complex problems with autonomy, cutting-edge technology, and massive scale impact, come on in, the house is yours.

To learn more about our story, visit: grupoquintoandar.com/

Location & Work Model

• We operate under a remote-first model, giving you full flexibility to work from anywhere in Brazil. For those who enjoy in-person moments, we offer access to our office in São Paulo and partner coworking spaces. In addition, we have the Work From Anywhere (WFA) program, which allows you to work remotely from anywhere in the world for up to 90 days a year.

About the Team & The Challenge

As the Head of Product Design, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the present and imagining the future of living. You will partner cross-functionally with leadership in Product, Engineering, Data, and other lines to shape the vision and deliver exceptional user experiences that delight and empower people. Your work will help individuals find and love where they live, making a significant impact on their lives.

Your Responsibilities

• Be a product design leader, being accountable for the success and impact of your scope, leading your team and working closely with cross-functional peers to drive decision-making and execution.
• Lead a 6-person design team while bringing a strong executive presence to partner closely with Ops, Product and Engineering to develop and execute a multi-year product strategy and roadmap.
• Bring a hands-on, entrepreneurial mindset to move fast and deliver high-impact results for one of our main initiatives and business priorities.
• Shape, conceptualize and communicate the experience vision and direction for your line (problem space), ensuring high impact and alignment with user needs and business objectives
• Identify, shape and drive complex, cross-functional projects to ensure a unified customer experience within your problem space- ensuring high-quality design outcomes that positively impact both users and the business.
• Drive initiatives across lines to ensure a unified customer experience for QuintoAndar users and uphold experience quality in line with experience metrics and quality criteria.
• Coordinate to ensure appropriate coverage of projects and teams, allocating people and effort according to priorities and impact.
• Support and develop your team, creating opportunities for growth and addressing performance issues promptly.

What We Are Looking For (Requirements)

• Solid Product Design experience, proven by cases or portfolio that demonstrate your process and decision making.
• Proven track record of turning customer needs into innovative ideas and user-friendly designs for developer tools.
• Proven experience leading multidisciplinary product design teams and are passionate about helping people to grow and develop their careers.
• Ability to influence and inspire others towards a customer-focused, data-driven approach to design and development.
• Exceptional storytelling and communication skills, able to articulate and connect design decisions to business outcomes to different audiences.
• Enjoy both strategy and working closer to the team and deliverables.
• English proficiency is mandatory.
• Raise the bar on visual excellence, combining a refined aesthetic taste and a passion for craft with product strategy.
• Solid knowledge on product and Business metrics to ensure the team is focusing energy in the right things

What Is Our Selection Process Like?

We designed a transparent and straightforward journey focused on evaluating your technical and behavioral potential, while giving you the opportunity to get to know our teams and career paths:

1. Application and Profile Review

2. Initial Recruiter Screen

3. Technical Assessment - Case Study

4. Cultural Fit & Leadership Interview

5. Final interview

Benefits

We offer a comprehensive package designed to support your health, well-being, family, and professional growth:

• Compensation: Competitive salary, PLR (Annual Performance Bonus).

• Health & Well-Being: Health Plan, Dental Plan, Life Insurance, Wellhub (Gympass), and QuintoCare (free psychological, legal, social, and financial support).

• Quality of Life: Meal and Food Vouchers, Birthday Day Off, Mother’s Day, and Father’s Day.

• Flexibility: Home Office Allowance and the Work From Anywhere (WFA) program.

• Family & Care: Childcare Allowance, Atypical Parenting Allowance, Extended Parental Leave, and Kit Leiturinha (children’s book club).

• Education & Career: Partnerships and discounts with educational institutions.

Diversity & Inclusion at Grupo QuintoAndar

We value diversity and want everyone to feel welcome here , regardless of their age, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, ethnicity, origin, disability, religion, or any other characteristic. All our job openings are open to all individuals!

You’ll notice there are some diversity questions in the application form. For affirmative action roles, this information may be used to verify your alignment with the target audience for the opportunity. In such cases, it may be used for elimination purposes. For non-affirmative action roles, this data will be used anonymously, exclusively to monitor and improve our inclusion practices in the hiring process, and will have no impact on your application.

Privacy and Data Protection

The Grupo QuintoAndar operates in compliance with privacy and data protection laws, including, but not limited to, the Brazilian General Personal Data Protection Law (LGPD) (Law No. 13,709/2018), and ensures the security of your data. To learn more, please access our Privacy Notice for Candidates. For questions or to exercise your rights as a data subject, please contact us through our Service Channel.