Director of Product Design

Posted on: 
September 5, 2024

This is Design at Lattice

Lattice is looking for a Director of Product Design to lead an impactful, growth-oriented team of Designers as we cement our position as a category leader. You will be responsible for owning the design strategy for our team that’s responsible for Lattice’s entire Talent suite — helping us deliver connected, cohesive, and coherent experiences. Some of the sub-teams and work-streams focus on a whole host of products, from Performance Reviews to Engagement surveys to Compensation tooling and Manager experiences.

Responsibilities

In this role, you will help us reimagine the experience of enterprise software and build valuable experiences that enable thousands of companies, including ours, to engage, retain and develop their employees. If you see the potential of how delightful people management tools can transform a business, this role is for you.

Managerial Duties

As a manager, you will be responsible for helping to evolve the Product Design team, its culture, and its operations. You’ll also be expected to support, coach, and help grow the team’s members into the next generation of design leadership at Lattice.

Design Leadership

As a design leader, you will be responsible for partnering with Research, Data Science, Engineering, and Customer Experience to establish a multi-year vision and strategy for your portfolio of surface areas that result in end-user experiences that redefine people success practices. You’ll also be expected to set new levels of excellence for craft and execution, and chart a course for your team to get there.

Senior Member of EPD

As a senior member of EPD, you will be expected to partner with leadership across our organization to ensure we are developing our platform on common primitives with high degrees of product interoperability.

Requirements

Who you are

You have 7+ years of progressive experience in Product Design, including 4+ years experience managing Designers, as well as:

  • A very high craft bar, with a portfolio to prove it.
  • Experience going deep on multiple complex product areas at once.
  • The ability to give design feedback even when you do not have deep product knowledge.
  • High energy around shaping and evolving design and product development culture.
  • Examples of taking accountability for all the products and design work you oversee.
  • A history of partnering successfully with associated practices.

Vision and Strategy

You have experience establishing a vision and strategy that help to shape the future of the business, including:

  • The ability to communicate design's potential impact on business outcomes.
  • Deep partnership with Research to identify UX opportunities.
  • Mastery in solving unstructured problems.
  • The ability to define and communicate clear expectations for excellence.

Why join our Design & Research Team?

We're a passionate group of people who are dedicated to growing together. Currently ~25, our team spans Brand Design, Content Design, Product Design, and Research. You can learn more about us on our Notion page.

Why Lattice?

  • We invest in the personal and professional growth of every employee.
  • Join an experienced and ambitious team passionate about solving customers’ needs.
  • Partner with 5,000+ companies around the world.
  • A culture that encourages and promotes professional growth.
  • Competitive salary, equity, and benefits.

Benefits

The Company offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements:

  • Medical insurance
  • Dental insurance
  • Vision insurance
  • Life, AD&D, and Disability Insurance
  • And more

About Lattice

Lattice is on a mission to build cultures where employees and their companies thrive. In an age where employees have more choices than ever before, businesses that put employees first are winning 🏅– and Lattice is building the tools to empower those people-centric companies. Lattice is a people success platform that offers performance reviews, employee engagement surveys, real-time feedback, and more. Since launching in 2016, we have grown to over 5,000+ customers globally.

Join us in our mission to create exceptional employee experiences!

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