Remote Associate Director, Product Design & Strategy

Parallel; United States; Teletrabalho; USD 150 000 - 210 000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

Parallel is seeking an Associate Director of Product Design to shape the quality of everything we make and grow the people who make it. You’ll lead with vision, balancing hands-on execution with mentorship so teams deliver outstanding, high-impact design.

You’ll work closely with our clients, driving real business and user value while setting a clear standard for design excellence. This remote, senior role emphasizes strategy, design systems, storytelling, and leadership across projects.

Qualificações

• 10+ years in product or UX design with proven time managing and mentoring design teams through complex work at a high bar.

Responsabilidades

• Lead by doing and balance leadership with hands-on design, guiding teams to create and ship exceptional work.
• Provide deep expertise in product design, design systems, product strategy, and human-centered design to sharpen work.
• Give clear, actionable feedback to project teams and manage client engagements and delivery.
• Be the trusted design advisor to clients, presenting work and building strong relationships grounded in Parallel's perspective.
• Drive project success using service design and change-management thinking.
• Partner with the business team to scope work and identify opportunities to grow accounts.
• Build a collaborative, inclusive, high-performance design culture and mentor designers.
• Represent Parallel in the design community and attract talent and new work.

Conhecimentos

Product / UX design

Leadership

Design systems

Product strategy

Vision and storytelling

Research

Critique and collaboration

Brand strategy

Content design

AI in design

Figma

Ferramentas

Figma

AI design tools

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Parallel is seeking an Associate Director of Product Design to shape the quality of everything we make and grow the people who make it. You’ll lead with vision, balancing hands-on execution with mentorship so teams deliver outstanding, high-impact design.

You’ll work closely with our clients, driving real business and user value while setting a clear standard for design excellence. This remote, senior role emphasizes strategy, design systems, storytelling, and leadership across projects.