Product Design Director
Courtyard.io
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: United States
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About the role
- Lead and mentor a growing team of product designers, providing guidance, feedback, and development opportunities
- Drive the design process from research and ideation to final implementation, ensuring high-quality user experiences
- Collaborate closely with team members to define requirements, prioritize features, and solve complex problems with elegant solutions
- Advocate for user-centered design, ensuring that the voice of the customer is at the core of every decision
- Help shape and evolve our design culture, processes, and standards, fostering a collaborative and high-performing environment
- Provide design leadership across multiple projects, balancing speed, quality, and scalability in a startup-like environment
- Facilitate design critiques, reviews, and workshops, promoting open and constructive feedback
- Plan projects, define milestones, assess risks, create actionable insights, and ensure projects meet deadlines
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience in product design, with at least 2+ years in a leadership or management role
- Experience in designing for cross-device experiences and platforms
- A strong portfolio showcasing your experience in user-centered design, interaction design, and visual design across web and/or mobile products
- Proven ability to lead and grow a design team, with a hands-on approach when needed
- Experience working in fast-paced, agile environments — ideally in startups or high-growth companies
- Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to articulate design decisions to cross-functional teams and executives
- A passion for solving complex problems and building delightful user experiences that have real impact
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to articulate positions, and respectfully challenge partners and stakeholders with new product design thinking.
Benefits
- Comprehensive health insurance packages with dependent coverage
- 401(k) plan with a 4% employer match to help you plan for the future
- $100 monthly dogfooding stipend to support trying out our products firsthand
- Access to employee wellness programs designed to support your overall well-being
- Enjoy the flexibility of a fully remote work environment
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
product designuser-centered designinteraction designvisual designcross-device designagile methodologiesdesign leadershipdesign critiquesproject planningrisk assessment
Soft Skills
mentoringcollaborationcommunicationproblem-solvingfeedback facilitationteam leadershiparticulating design decisionsfostering design cultureconstructive feedbackbalancing speed and quality