VP of Product Design

Your Role

We are seeking a VP of Product Design to lead our growing UX/D team. 

This role will work closely with Product Management, Engineering and Marketing across all products and solutions to establish world class user experience strategies, and partner with key stakeholders across the organization to bring those ideas to life for customers. This is an exciting opportunity to have a major impact on all of the products within the Fyllo portfolio and help shape the future of our offering. 

A successful candidate will be able to work through early-stage ambiguity and roadmap prioritization to establish a clear vision, anticipating future needs to ensure design strategies and systems are scalable to meet new demands.

Day to Day

• Lead the UX/D practice at Fyllo, helping to define and guide new ways of working to build best in class user experiences in a fast-paced, multi-product environment
  
• Attract, hire and retain top talent at all levels to develop a world-class org
  
• Work closely with Product, Engineering, and Research leaders to shape our product roadmap.
  
• Cultivate a culture of evidence-based design, championing User Experience and Design at executive levels of the organization
  
• Advocate for winning user experience and design priorities within cross-functional teams in creating products that consider users, push for innovation, prioritize usability and balance business objectives from ideation to launch through maintenance on live products
  
• Provide systems-level design thinking informed by user needs and insights, and establish yourself as a thought leader across the organization, actively contributing to the overall product strategy and roadmap
  
• Be an excellent communicator and storyteller both verbally and visually, bringing ideas to life using sketches, workshops, wireframes, journeys, prototypes, presentations and more to communicate clearly and move the needle within creative teams and with less design-fluent stakeholders
  
• Represent the voice of our users, demonstrating a strong understanding of their needs and advocating for those perspectives within the product development lifecycle
  
• Establish a cohesive user experience across the Fyllo ecosystem, connecting and improving the user journey across all touch points
  
• Partnering with Product, Engineering and Marketing teams to prioritize the roadmap and iterate quickly to bring solutions to customers
  

Preferred Experience

• 10+ years of design leadership experience, with half this time as a people manager
  
• Experience leading and managing teams that drive high visibility, high impact design projects
  
• Demonstrated ability to lead at the project level, product level, organization level, and company level.
  
• Demonstrated ability to hire, manage, and develop UI/UX, graphic, and product designers at the department level
  
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
  
• Experience developing and executing on strategic plans, OKRs, and KPIs
  
• Experience operating in a fast-paced startup environment
  
• Customer centric and data driven
  

Perks & Benefits

• Unlimited PTO
• Monthly mobile stipend
• Home office stipend
• 401K matching
• Hybrid work schedule
• Blue Cross Blue Shield medical coverage
• Dental & vision insurance
• Parental leave
• Pre-tax commuter programs
• Learning & development programs

Next Steps

Our Recruiting team would love to connect with you! If your interests and experience are aligned with a current open role, one of our Recruiters will arrange a 30 minute introductory call with you. Following, depending on the role, there will be a 30 min introduction call with the Hiring Manager. Assuming all goes well, we will then set you up to speak with potential peers from your team and/or cross functional teams, with each call being 30 minutes. 

On average, from initial Recruiter Screen to Offer, takes 10-14 business days – we like to move fast across our business :) We understand the hectic lives we all lead and appreciate you taking the time to meet with us in pursuing opportunities with the FylloFam. Thank you!