Product Design Director

Posted Mar 24

At Chainlink, we put our users first, focusing on consistently bringing innovative, world-changing products to market to serve millions of people every day.

We're designing tools and services that enable our users to build, run, scale, and integrate decentralized apps (dApps) in a trust-minimized world. That's where you come in: we're looking for a Product Design Director to establish an impactful and efficient design process and working practices that include close collaboration with the Product and Engineering departments.

Your impact

  • Define the overall vision for the product experience 
  • Build and lead a world-class Product Design team to deliver successful products that meet business’, Product’ and Engineering needs
  • Establish an impactful and efficient design process and working practices that include close collaboration with Product and Engineering
  • Deliver measurable user experience improvements in new and existing products 
  • Lead the team to translate complex and highly technical concepts into usable and intuitive products
  • Ensure that the work meets the highest quality standards for Design and User Experience
  • Build cross-functional relationships and partner with peers in other departments
  • Strategically allocate Product Design resources prioritizing business goals
  • Encourage an innovation and experimentation culture by focusing on design thinking techniques and leading discussions about the short and long-term future vision

Requirements

  • At least 9+ years of relevant design experience
  • Minimum or 3+ years of experience leading a team of Product Designers or UX designers in developer tooling (involving developers SDKs/coding & complex systems)
  • Experience working across departments to understand what the larger organization needs from Design, identifying opportunities, and addressing constraints
  • Solution-driven and collaborative mentality to resolve issues and optimize processes
  • Proven ability to balance strategic and tactical work
  • Proven track record of working closely with Product and Engineering teams to ship successful products
  • A high level of care, and attention to detail
  • Comfortable facilitating workshops, design sprints, and other activities with peers
  • Ability to make quality decisions, and make constant progress in an ever-evolving technological industry
  • Desire to take ownership of Projects and outcomes
  • Ability to communicate and articulate Design decisions
  • Proficiency in Figma, and familiar with Jira
  • A curious, no-ego approach to leadership, design, and product development

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience working on a remote, cross-functional design team (ideally as a Product or UX Designer in a Tech company)
  • Blockchain interest or experience (bonus if you are already familiar with Chainlink)
  • Developer experience is a big plus