Head of Product Design

Tbwa Chiat/Day Inc is looking for Head of Product Design in San Francisco, CA.
This local job opportunity with ID 3073050246 is live since 2025-02-11 23:19:18.

Scale is looking for an experienced product design leader to manage the growing Product Design team. This role will report directly to the VP of Engineering. You will be the voice of our users and customers while partnering with leaders across Product, Engineering, Marketing, and Sales to understand, scope, and resource the company’s product design needs. You will grow the product design team, coach & mentor its members, and ensure consistent user experience across all of Scale’s products.
Responsibilities

1. Build and lead a team of product designers
2. Drive product design strategy and nurture Scale’s design processes, systems and technical expertise
3. Develop a partnership with Product & Engineering to optimize user experience
4. Foster design culture and promote strong team morale
5. Collaborate with engineering and product teams to define measurable OKRs for the team during the quarterly planning cycle, and allocate & deploy resources in alignment with the company goals
6. Cultivate career and skill growth opportunities for your reports
7. Establish a deep understanding of Scale’s verticals and product ecosystem
8. Quickly grasp and translate ambiguous feedback and communications into clear, actionable plans and solutions for your team
9. Balance competing interests diplomatically and with an open mind while also prioritizing Scale's vision

Requirements:

1. 8+ years of total Product Design experience
2. 3+ years of experience managing designers and growing a team
3. An excellent portfolio showing UX, UI, and visual design
4. Highly skilled in Figma (and other design tools)
5. Strong ability to “filter out the noise” in order to prioritize and adjust scope to align best with the company needs
6. Exceptional communication & presentation skills that enable productive and collaborative working relationships
7. Experience delivering 0-1 products from concept to launch
8. Experience and passion for mentoring Designers
9. Thrive under pressure and can seamlessly adapt to rapid changes
10. Shown success working in and leading teams in a scrappy and fast-growing environment
11. Experience creating and/or maintaining robust design systems
12. Experience in enterprise SaaS companies or products

Nice to haves:

1. Prior experience working at start-ups
2. Experience designing cutting-edge AI and ML technologies
3. Background working in Enterprise SaaS, B2B, D2C
4. Experience designing for new products from the ground up
5. A passion for AI and Scale’s mission to accelerate AI development
6. A deep interest in innovating towards complex problems

Compensation packages at Scale for eligible roles include base salary, equity, and benefits. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position, determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, interview performance, and relevant education or training.

About Us:

At Scale, we believe that the transition from traditional software to AI is one of the most important shifts of our time. Our mission is to make that happen faster across every industry, and our team is transforming how organizations build and deploy AI. Our products power the world's most advanced LLMs, generative models, and computer vision models. We are trusted by generative AI companies such as OpenAI, Meta, and Microsoft, government agencies like the U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force, and enterprises including GM and Accenture. We are expanding our team to accelerate the development of AI applications.

We believe that everyone should be able to bring their whole selves to work, which is why we are proud to be an affirmative action employer and inclusive and equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability status, gender identity or Veteran status.