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Director of Product Design
Company | Duolingo |
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Location | Pittsburgh, PA, USA |
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Salary | $196000 – $426000 |
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Type | Full-Time |
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Degrees | |
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Experience Level | Expert or higher |
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Requirements
- 10+ years of experience in product design as a people manager at a similar or later-stage tech company, including experience managing managers
- Experience sourcing, interviewing, hiring, and onboarding for your team, as well as spot promising design talent
- Consistent track record of effectively managing people, including developing talent on your teams and recruiting a diverse team that reflects our learners
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills that lead to effective and concrete output
- Experience defining and influencing product strategy
- An understanding and appreciation for the accurate application of data and metrics in product design
- Attention to detail and a focus on excellence
Responsibilities
- Grow and lead a talented, diverse, inclusive team of designers and leaders that consistently delivers high-quality products
- Mentor and develop the skills, talents, and careers of the designers and design managers on your team, coaching them to success and impact
- Collaborate closely with leaders in other functions (Product and Engineering) to ensure that product areas are both planning well and hitting their metrics
- Build a thriving culture where designers do high-quality work and uphold our outstanding product experience
- Design and scale the organization, partnering closely with Leadership and Talent Acquisition on headcount budgeting and forecasting
Preferred Qualifications
- A portfolio of exceptional visual design and craft as done by their teams
- Organizational savviness, and the ability to build relationships with leaders of all functions
- Worked at a company with very high design standards