Head of Design

Our Values:

Dream big

—Be visionary, strategic, and open to innovation

Build great things

—Work in service of our users, always improving and pushing higher

Take ownership

—Take responsibility with bold decision-making and bias for action

Win like a sports team

—Be trusting and collaborative while empowering others

Learn and grow fast

—Never stop learning and iterate fast

Share our passion

—Share ideas and practice enthusiasm and joy

What you’ll do

• Lead, mentor and develop a team of 7 product designers, 1 UX researcher, and 1 DesignOps
• Partner with management, engineers, and product managers to align on design initiatives, define a rolling roadmap and long-term direction
• Work with designers across teams to define problems, support research, prototyping, and delivery
• Help foster our design culture with knowledge-sharing, peer support, leading weekly Design Review, and during informal hang-outs (we meet weekly for a “Designer Aligner”)
• Run the function’s performance reviews and salary reviews

Preferred requirements

• Experience managing a remote team in a scale-up environment with millions of users
• Driven to help companies elevate design maturity
• A great storyteller comfortable explaining rationale and getting buy-in from stakeholders on product vision
• Designed public-facing apps that have gotten love letters from users
• A strong understanding and experience in product design from exploration to launch and beyond

Even if you don’t meet all the criteria listed above, we would still love to hear from you! GoodNotes places a lot of value on learning and development and will support your growth if needed.

The interview process:

• An introductory call with someone from our talent acquisition team. They want to hear more about your background, what you are looking for, and why you’d like to join Goodnotes
• A role-specific call to discuss your background and skillset for this role more in detail
• A call with your hiring manager. This is the person who will be managing you day to day, working on your growth and development with you as well as support you throughout your career at Goodnotes
• A meet the team interview

What’s in it for you:

• Meaningful equity in a profitable tech-startup
• Budget for things like noise-cancelling headphones, setting up your home office, personal development, professional training, and health & wellness
• Sponsored visits to our Hong Kong or London office every 2 years
• Company-wide annual offsite
• Flexible working hours and location
• Medical insurance for you and your dependents