Director of Design
Department: Product
Reports to: Chief Product Officer
Location: Bellevue, WA (or Remote)
Employment Type: Full-time
Start Date: ASAP
Who we are:
Fabric is a modern commerce platform that gives retailers tools to create world-class shopping experiences for mid-market enterprises. We champion a new, harmonious way of doing business that emphasizes connectedness and collaboration over competition and dominance. This is showcased in our products that rely on microservices, APIs, and easy integrations, and in our globally distributed team that genuinely cares about its customers. Our founders directed groundbreaking commerce initiatives at Amazon, Staples, Google and eBay. We're growing fast and looking for more awesome people to join us.
Your next career:
Guide our design team in designing enterprise platform applications that empower eCommerce operators, merchants, and marketers to manage and grow their digital and omnichannel businesses (click here to learn more about our products). You will build and execute a comprehensive product design vision that sets the standard for the industry in collaboration with leadership, marketing, and the product organization. Support the design team throughout the end-to-end design process, creating user flows and wireframes, building user interface mockups and prototypes, and designing experiences that spark engagement, empower users and drive customer business objectives.
Infrequent travel may be required.
Your Responsibilities:
- Research and meet with current customers - Product Research
- Create and manage a domain of design, people management and design strategy
- Build and lead a team of talented designers and researchers to create industry-leading experiences for our business operators
- Allocate design resources across Fabric products to ensure business needs are met
- Evolve the structure and operations of the product design team to meet the needs of the organization
- Ideate and implement repeatable processes to enable consistent delivery of high quality design, end-to-end
What you bring to the table:
- 15-20 years of professional experience with a focus on digital product design
- 5+ years people management experience & building a team
- Experience working in a Saas environment
- Exceptional leadership and coaching skills
- Demonstrated track record of strong results on numerous high impact initiatives
- Ability to build strong cross functional relationships across creative, non-creative, and technical stakeholders
- Strong listening, communication, negotiation, and presentation skills
- Able to thrive in an ambiguous environment, helping to bring structure and deliver results
- Experience with Figma, Jira, and Confluence is a plus
What we bring to the table:
- Competitive compensation packages
- PTO and Holiday plans
- Benefits package which includes Medical, Dental, Life, and Vision
- Fast-paced, fun and collaborative environment
- A team invested in you both personally and professionally