Design Director
Kira
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: New York City • California • New York • United States
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Salary
💰 $150,000 - $220,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Define and drive the overall design vision and strategy for Kira’s products.
- Lead, mentor, and grow a high-performing design team across product, UX, and research.
- Partner with Product and Engineering leadership to set priorities, shape solutions, and ensure user-centered design across the product roadmap.
- Establish design systems, standards, and best practices to ensure consistency, scalability, and efficiency.
- Oversee and guide design research and usability testing programs to inform data-driven decisions.
- Present design strategy, concepts, and outcomes to executive leadership and stakeholders, effectively advocating for user needs.
- Balance high-level strategic leadership with the ability to contribute directly to critical design projects when needed.
- Drive a culture of collaboration, experimentation, and continuous improvement within the design team and across the company.
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience in product/UX design, including significant leadership experience in EdTech, SaaS, or consumer-facing products.
- Proven track record of leading design teams and delivering measurable impact on product outcomes.
- Strong portfolio demonstrating end-to-end product design, strategic thinking, and team leadership.
- Expertise in design systems, prototyping, and user-centered design methodologies.
- Excellent communication and storytelling skills, capable of influencing cross-functional teams and executives.
- Deep understanding of user research, usability testing, and applying insights to inform design strategy.
- Low-ego, collaborative mindset, with the ability to inspire, align, and grow a design organization.
- Comfort operating in a fast-paced, resource-constrained Series A startup environment.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance, including 100% coverage of employee premiums
- DoorDash credit for lunch daily
- Dog-friendly office 🐶
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
product designUX designdesign systemsprototypinguser-centered designdesign researchusability testingstrategic thinkingend-to-end product design
Soft Skills
leadershipcommunicationstorytellingcollaborationinfluencingmentoringteam leadershiplow-ego mindsetinspiring