The person we're looking forWe're seeking a
Senior Design Lead with a proven ability to bring clarity to complex problems. You'll guide multiple projects and teams, coach designers to grow their craft, and be a trusted voice for design with senior stakeholders. You'll also manage direct reports and client relationships.
Job Overview- Lead multiple complex design projects or workstreams, defining approaches, deliverables, and timelines while guiding teams through ambiguity.
- Know when to step in, when to delegate, and how to keep the team aligned and working collaboratively.
- Maintain consistent design judgement and critical rigour.
- Coach direct reports, leads and senior designers to sharpen their critique and articulate a clear point of view.
- Identify opportunities to strengthen design thinking across your team's projects, helping designers slow down, question assumptions, and avoid shortcuts that weaken the work.
- Own client relationships, managing expectations, addressing concerns, and escalating strategic decisions to directors as needed.
- Establish and articulate the design strategy to the team to ensure work is aligned with business goals, and work with senior clients to align on future-state vision.
- Advocate for and defend design decisions at a senior stakeholder level, translating design rationale into language that resonates with executive audiences.
Requirements- Proven 8 years full-time industry experience as a product designer
- 4+ years of people management experience
- Portfolio we can access
- Must have a minimum 3-hour overlap with Toronto EST timezone
Benefits- $135,000 - $165,000 annually
- Work from anywhere
- Annual 15% discretionary bonus
- Paid time off (over 20 days)
- Health benefits
- Training & development opportunities
- Annual team-wide trip
