Director of Design (Player Coach Role) - Pre IPO AI Platform

We are looking for a Director Product Design to work in a hyper-growth Series D company with well over $500M in funding secured that are looking for a design leader in their expanding design team in New York. You will be leading a team of 3 with the mandate to grow & hands on leading from the front.

This is a company that is at the cutting edge of AI search engine technology and provide a SaaS product that is enabling AI Search & Insights capabilities to the Fortune 1000 community. Using the latest Machine Learning, NLP and Speech-To-Text technology as the backbone of their product suite, this company is rapidly growing their market share and fast being recognized as the leader in this market intelligence segment.

You will drive the overall design vision and strategy, foster innovation, and ensure consistency and excellence in design execution while pushing the limits of our Generative AI capabilities.

It is expected the successful candidate will have:

● Domain expert who is passionate about crafting best-in-class product experiences and robust tools for tasks like note creation/distribution, project management, email, task management, newsletter creation, and integrations.

● "Player/Coach" who has helped build and lead product design teams and mentor eager designers to continued success and professional growth.

● Expertise in visual hierarchy, layout, and information architecture.

● Thorough knowledge of using and/or building design systems to ensure consistency and efficiency in product development

● Evangelize a holistic approach to user experience design with a deep understanding of product vision and objectives.

Role will be based in NYC on a hybrid basis and will be expected to have close collaboration with local product, engineering, sales and research teams.