FranConnect

Director of Product Design

FranConnect

full-time

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Location Type: Office

Location: Herndon • Virginia • United States

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Lead

Tech Stack

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About the role

  • Responsible for the future of franchise management
  • Driving new initiatives and setting a high standard for excellence across the design organization
  • Collaborate with a multi-disciplinary set of stakeholders and leadership
  • Help mature the Design Organization
  • Coordinating designers across product pillars
  • Acting as a mentor to various designers in the organization
  • Strategically propel, craft, and safeguard the company's Product Design team’s vision
  • Steering the product design strategy and roadmap
  • Serve as a mentor and catalyst for growth
  • Guiding a team of skilled Product Designers towards excellence
  • Champion collaboration and innovation within our design team
  • Enhancing workflow integration throughout the organization
  • Govern the development of a comprehensive design system
  • Establishing scalable and uniform design principles
  • Monitoring and adopting cutting-edge design trends, tools, and methodologies
  • Forge meaningful connections with key stakeholders
  • Harness data and insights to shape and align the product roadmap with business objectives
  • Join forces with engineering leadership to envision, design, and deliver user-centric products
  • Excel in a dynamic and adaptive work setting
  • Engage with Customer Success and Go-to-Market teams
  • Attract, nurture, and retain a high-caliber team

Requirements

  • 7+ years of hands-on experience as a Product Designer or in a similar design role
  • 5+ years of proven experience in a leadership role, specifically as a Design Director or Manager a plus
  • Experience at a high-growth SaaS/tech company
  • Working with a product stack that is complex and multi-modular
  • Experience working in B2B SaaS
  • Strong portfolio of work you've led, designed, and shipped
  • Strong business insight and judgment
  • Excellent verbal, written and presentation communication skills
  • Professional stature and gravitas to collaborate with and influence executives
  • High professional standards and expectations for self and others
  • Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science or equally relevant degree or an equivalent combination of education and applicable work experience.
Benefits
  • Employee growth and well-being matter to us
  • Cultivating a workplace where every voice is heard
  • Ideas are valued
  • Contributions make a real impact
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
Product DesignDesign System DevelopmentUser-Centric DesignDesign MethodologiesWorkflow IntegrationData AnalysisPrototypingVisual DesignInteraction DesignSaaS Product Design
Soft Skills
LeadershipMentorshipCollaborationCommunicationStrategic ThinkingInnovationAdaptabilityBusiness InsightInfluencingTeam Building
Certifications
Bachelor of Science in Computer ScienceDesign Certifications