Lead, coach, and grow a team of Product Designers embedded across CoLab’s product development teams, creating an environment of trust, ownership, and continuous improvement
Work with product to set a clear design vision that supports CoLab’s long-term product and go-to-market strategy
Build and evolve scalable design standards, systems, and processes that enable speed without sacrificing quality
Partner with Product and Engineering leadership on roadmap planning and execution
Hold a high bar for quality and usability as product velocity and technical complexity increase
Advocate for the user while balancing technical and commercial constraints
Model CoLab’s values by leaning into hard problems, giving and receiving candid feedback, and collaborating across disciplines to get to the best outcome
Stay hands-on when needed, reviewing work in Figma, unblocking execution, and jumping in where it matters most
Push CoLab’s leadership team to think differently about design by bringing ideas we haven’t asked for yet, and backing them up with data and conviction
Work hand-in-hand with the Brand Design Lead to unify product and brand, so CoLab is cohesive across marketing, platform, and customer touchpoints

10+ years of experience in Product Design, with 5+ years in senior leadership roles with strong operational rigor
A design-first leader you care about design more than almost anyone in the room
Proven experience designing for B2B SaaS and/or complex technical products
A track record of building, scaling, and inspiring high-performing Product Design teams
Strong product thinking
you understand how design choices impact adoption and retention
Hands-on by nature you still design, still use Figma, and can get into the weeds when the work demands it
Highly detail-oriented, borderline obsessive about quality, and unwilling to ship things that don’t feel perfect
Fluency in modern design tools and systems (e.g., Figma, design systems)
Excited about applying AI to accelerate the design process

VP, Design

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