Product Design Co - op supporting Manulife’s enterprise design system. Creating accessible digital experiences, prototypes, and reusable components with cross - functional teams.
About the role
- Director of Product Design driving AI-first product design at rapidly growing fintech startup Baselane. Leading design vision, strategy, and a talented team while enhancing product quality and efficiency.
Responsibilities
- Define Baselane's AI-first approach to product design, from research through dev handoff
- Reshape workflows and tooling so AI is woven into the day-to-day, not bolted on
- Set quality standards for when to lean on AI and when human judgment leads
- Partner with Engineering on design-to-code workflows
- Set and communicate the design vision and strategy
- Translate company priorities into clear design roadmaps
- Define what "great" looks like and uphold the quality bar
- Own headcount planning and org design
- Personally own the design work for one product pod end-to-end — from research and concepting through final visual design and handoff
- Set the bar through your own craft, not just by directing others
- Stay close to the customer and the product surface to inform org-wide standards
- Lead, coach, and grow the product design team
- Run 1:1s, feedback cycles, and team rituals that build a strong design culture
- Own career paths, promotions, and end-to-end recruiting
- Evolve design processes and partner cross-functionally with PM, Eng, Marketing, and GTM
- Own the design system, Figma structure, and stakeholder feedback loops
Requirements
- 8+ years of product design experience, with 3+ years leading and scaling design teams at high-growth technology startups
- Comfort and proven experience operating as a player-coach, leading a team while personally owning hands-on design work
- Hands-on experience leading the adoption of AI tools and AI-first workflows, with a clear point of view on where the field is going
- Strong people management skills, including hiring, coaching, performance management, and career development
- Excellent design craft across UX, visual, and interaction design, with the ability to provide substantive feedback in critique
- Experience defining and evolving design processes, design systems, and ways of working across multiple pods or teams
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills, able to influence at the executive level
- Fluency with Figma and the modern AI design tooling landscape
Benefits
- Competitive compensation
- Equity, ownership in what we are building!
- High-quality Medical, Vision, and Dental Insurance
- Life Insurance and Disability Coverage
- Generous time off
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