💼 About This Role

You'll lead and grow a product design organization, setting a clear design vision and strategy across our products while coaching a team of designers and researchers. You'll shape how design influences product direction by blending strategic direction with hands-on involvement in critical initiatives. This role ensures design is a driving force behind clarity, cohesion, and joy in our products for readers, writers, and advertisers.

🎯 What You'll Do

• Lead, coach, and mentor a team of product designers and researchers
• Define and evolve a clear design vision aligned to product strategy and user needs
• Actively contribute to high-impact initiatives and critical product moments
• Champion user-centered practices by ensuring insights shape product direction

📋 Requirements

• Proven experience leading and scaling design teams in a product-driven organization
• Strong design point of view with ability to set direction and make hard tradeoffs
• Deep experience shaping end-to-end product experiences across multiple surfaces
• Ability to move fluidly between strategy and hands-on execution