Director, Product Design

MyFitnessPal is dedicated to helping individuals achieve their health goals through innovative tools and resources. They are seeking a Director of Product Design to lead their core product experience, providing strategic direction and enhancing design quality across teams.

Responsibilities:

• You will be responsible for providing leadership, strategic direction, and driving design quality for a team of talented Product Designers
• In this role, you will be a key member of a cross-functional leadership team, working together with your counterparts in Product Management and Engineering to guide the team to build products that address real customer needs
• You will serve as a thought leader and partner, both internally and externally, championing design as a catalyst for strategic growth
• Transform ambiguity into clarity, leveraging your expertise and design process to establish structure
• You proactively plan, anticipate challenges, and envision the next steps, even when they’re not immediately clear
• Inspire and lead, driving innovation, exploration, and a high-performance mindset while fostering continuous learning, curiosity, and a sense of urgency in delivering transformative results
• Think strategically, framing designs within the broader customer experience, while also being adept at diving into detailed execution
• Gain alignment by sharing work to stakeholders and executive leaders, facilitating review and gathering feedback
• Act as a strategic partner, collaborating across departments to ensure design aligns seamlessly across the holistic user experience

Requirements:

• 10+ years of experience in Product Design with at least 5+ years of leadership experience with direct reports under your guidance and leadership, including hiring and developing talent
• Demonstrated experience leading high-velocity Design teams to have meaningful impact on the customer and the business
• Extensive experience leading consumer-facing Product Design design teams focused on native iOS and Android apps
• Ability to create design direction and processes that balance small design iterations with larger experience changes to improve the end-to-end experience and achieve goals
• A strong bias-to-action to address challenges, build and test products, and learn from failures and successes
• Analytical approach to Design work, incorporating qualitative and quantitative insights to inform decision making and measure outcomes
• Strong written, verbal, and visual communication skills
• To be considered, you must provide a link to an online portfolio (please include password)