Higharc

Director of Product, Design Systems

Higharc$130K — $180K *
US-AnywhereRemote in United States
Real Estate & Construction
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 8+ years of product management experience, focusing on complex product areas or teams
  • 4+ years of experience in people management, specifically in coaching product managers
  • Proven track record of delivering impactful platform or workflow-driven products
  • Strong product sense combined with keen design judgment for high-quality user experiences
  • Cross-functional leadership experience across Product, Engineering, and Design teams
  • Systems thinking capability to align technical architecture with user workflows and business objectives
  • Excellent communication skills for stakeholder alignment and decision-making
  • Comfortable navigating ambiguity to create clear product roadmaps.

Responsibilities

  • Build and develop a high-performing team of product managers
  • Own product vision, strategy, and roadmap for Higharc's core platform
  • Transform Studio product into a platform via APIs for better integration
  • Integrate AI into product workflows and shared platform capabilities
  • Accountable for product metrics, adoption, impact, and business outcomes
  • Collaborate with Engineering and Design to solve complex challenges
  • Define exposure and integration of platform functionalities across the organization
  • Clarify customer and technical needs to steer product direction
  • Keep up with trends in AI, design automation, and construction tech.

Benefits

  • Remote-first workplace culture since inception in 2018
  • Flexible working hours to support work-life balance
  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • Unlimited paid time off (PTO) and meaningful maternity/paternity leave
  • Access to short/long-term disability plans and a 401K
  • Stipend for creating an ideal home office setup.
Full Job Description
We9re looking for a Director of Product, Design Platform to lead a major pillar of our Product organization. You9ll set the vision, strategy, and execution for the core platform experience that powers the journey from drafting through construction documents-partnering closely with Engineering, Design, and GTM to build the foundation for how homes are designed, configured, and delivered.

What You9ll Do

Serving as a product leader, you9ll set direction for one of Higharc9s most strategic product areas while managing and developing product managers across a broad platform surface area. Expect to:
  • Build and manage a strong team of product managers. Support team growth while maintaining a high bar for product thinking, execution, and customer impact.
  • Own the product vision, strategy, and roadmap for Higharc9s core platform experience, including the end to end flow from drafting through construction documents.
  • Turn Studio product into a platform by exposing the core building model and drafting workflows through APIs, so customers and partners can integrate Higharc directly into their design, estimating, and operational systems.
  • Help define how AI is woven across the product portfolio, both as embedded intelligence within core workflows and as shared platform capabilities that can be leveraged across teams and products. Partner with R&D team to continue building best in class AI capabilities based on proprietary homebuilding data.
  • Own product metrics and business outcomes, with clear accountability for performance, adoption, quality, and impact over time.
  • Partner closely with Engineering and Design leadership to turn complex technical and workflow challenges into scalable, intuitive product experiences.
  • Shape how platform capabilities are exposed and extended through integrations, internal tooling, and shared services across the company.
  • Create clarity in ambiguous spaces by connecting customer needs, technical architecture, and company strategy into a clear product direction.
  • Stay on top of industry trends and emerging technologies, including advancements in AI, design automation, 3D workflows, interoperability, and construction technology.


About You

You9re a strategic, systems minded product leader who thrives on complexity and knows how to translate broad platform challenges into clear product direction. You are energized by building foundational products that enable great user experiences at scale and by leading teams through ambiguity with rigor and clarity.

You have:
  • 8+ years of product management experience, including experience leading complex product areas or product teams
  • 4+ years of people management experience, including coaching and developing product managers
  • A strong track record of shipping platform, workflow, or systems driven products with meaningful customer and business impact
  • Pair strong product thinking with strong design judgment, ensuring experiences are not only effective and scalable, but also intuitive, cohesive, and high quality.
  • Experience leading cross functional teams across Product, Engineering, Design, and other partners in fast moving environments
  • A systems thinking mindset with the ability to connect technical architecture, customer workflows, and business goals
  • Operate with strong attention to detail, balancing big picture thinking with rigor in execution, product quality, and user experience.
  • Excellent communication skills with the ability to align stakeholders and drive decisions at both the strategic and tactical level
  • Comfort operating in ambiguity and turning broad problem spaces into focused roadmaps and execution plans

A major plus if you also bring:
  • Experience in architecture, construction technology, design tools, or homebuilding software
  • Familiarity with 3D workflows, CAD or BIM style systems, configurators, or construction document generation
  • Experience with APIs, integrations, platform strategy, or AI enabled product experiences
  • Track record of scaling services with high data loads
Working at Higharc

Higharc has been remote first since our founding in 2018. We offer flexible hours so you can do your best work without missing out on life. Higharc offers competitive salaries with significant equity, in a fast-growing, well-funded company.

Personal healthiness is an important value for us- we provide comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage, with unlimited PTO, and meaningful maternity/paternity leave to all U.S based employees that are full-time. You9ll also have access to other big-company benefits such like short and long-term disability plans and a 401K. Haven9t worked remotely before? We provide a stipend to create the ideal home office.

About Higharc

Higharc is a technology company that provides a platform for designing and building custom homes. The company's platform uses artificial intelligence and machine learning algorithms to generate custom home designs based on user preferences and site-specific data. Higharc's platform also provides tools for collaboration between architects, builders, and homeowners, as well as tools for managing the construction process. The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Learn more about Higharc
Size
10 employees
Industry
Founded
2016

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