Role Overview
This is Design at Lattice
Lattice is looking for a Director of Product Design to lead an impactful, growth-oriented team of Designers as we cement our position as a category leader. You will be responsible for owning the design strategy for our team thatโs responsible for Latticeโs entire Talent suite โ helping us deliver connected, cohesive, and coherent experiences. Some of the sub-teams and work-streams focus on a whole host of products, from Performance Reviews to Engagement surveys to Compensation tooling and Manager experiences.
In this role, you will help us reimagine the experience of enterprise software and build valuable experiences that enable thousands of companies, including ours, to engage, retain and develop their employees. If you see the potential of how delightful people management tools can transform a business, this role is for you:
As a manager, you will be responsible for helping to evolve the Product Design team, its culture, and its operations. Youโll also be expected to support, coach, and help grow the teamโs members into the next generation of design leadership at Lattice.
As a design leader, you will be responsible for partnering with Research, Data Science, Engineering, and Customer Experience to establish a multi-year vision and strategy for your portfolio of surface areas that result in end-user experiences that redefine people success practices. Youโll also be expected to set new levels of excellence for craft and execution, and chart a course for your team to get there.
As a senior member of EPD, you will be expected to partner with leadership across our organization to ensure we are developing our platform on common primitives with high degrees of product interoperability.
This role is excellent for leaders who excel at strategy/storytelling, relationship building, cross-team/org collaboration, and systems-thinking. This role will report to our Head of Product Design.
Who you are
- You have 7+ years of progressive experience in Product Design, including 4+ years experience managing Designers.
- A very high craft bar, with a portfolio to prove it.
- Experience going deep on multiple complex product areas at once.
- The ability to give design feedback even when you do not have deep product knowledge.
- High energy around shaping and evolving design and product development culture.
- Examples of taking accountability for all the products and design work you oversee.
- A history of partnering successfully with associated practices.
Vision and Strategy
- You have experience establishing a vision and strategy that help to shape the future of the business.
- The ability to communicate design's potential impact on business outcomes.
- Deep partnership with Research to identify UX opportunities.
- Mastery in solving unstructured problems that have many dependencies.
- The ability to define and communicate clear expectations for excellence.
- Preferably, experience with multi-product, B2B SaaS applications.
Communication and Collaboration
- Youโre a great communicator, collaborator, and facilitator.
- Is a compelling and confident storyteller.
- Has outstanding written and verbal communication skills.
- Effectively organizes and leads discussions/rituals.
Why join our Design & Research Team?
We're a passionate group of people who are dedicated to growing together.
Why Lattice?
- We invest in the personal and professional growth of every employee.
- The opportunity to join an experienced and ambitious team.
- Partner with 5,000+ companies around the world.
- A culture that encourages and promotes professional growth.
