Summary

Meet the team

As the Head of Product Design, you will lead the design team across all SingleStore products. This is a player/coach role where you will be setting the comprehensive design vision across various products while actively engaging in hands-on design for high-profile mission-critical projects. The product design team consists of 3 Senior UX designers, working across 12 product managers, with primary focuses on Growth, Developer Experience and AI.

What you will do

1. Take ownership of the end-to-end user experience across all SingleStore products and ensure it is consistent and easy to use for prospects and customers
2. Partner with product & engineering leadership to deliver features and contribute to the longer-term direction of the product strategy across the SingleStore platform
3. Work with product and engineering to use AI to improve the user experience and to make SingleStore the best platform for creating apps that utilize AI
4. Leverage your skills in user experience, interaction design, and research to get hands-on with complex projects
5. Champion design-led thinking in everything you do, evangelizing partners to do the same
6. Coach team members to continually improve their craft and deliver an exceptional experience, fostering a culture of design excellence and business impact.

Required Skills and Experience

1. Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent in Graphic Design, Human-Computer Interaction, Interaction Design, or an equivalent or technical field
2. 2+ years of experience managing design teams, specifically mentoring and growing senior designers
3. 5+ years of experience in product design, with 2+ years of experience working on B2B software
4. Experience working on a data product is highly desirable
5. Experience working on product led growth / free trial experiences highly desirable
6. A system thinker who has the vision to design the big picture, and the strategic background to align design work with business goals and influence broader product strategy.
7. Deep expertise in interaction, visual design, and user experience with an emphasis on translating complex concepts into simple interfaces
8. Ability to build strong relationships across functions and communicate design decisions clearly to different sets of audiences: senior leadership, PMs, engineers, customers and users

SingleStore’s base salary range for this role, if based in California, Colorado, Washington, or New York City is: $192,000 - $235,000 USD per year

Skills

• Communications Skills
• Graphic Designing
• Strategic Thinking
• Team Collaboration
• Visual Design