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Roo

Design Lead

Roo

. Lead, mentor, and grow the 5-person Product Design team .

Posted 10/3/2026full-timeRemote • United StatesSenior💰 $115,000 - $235,000 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates extensive experience in product design, with a strong focus on building and scaling design systems while advocating for user-centered design principles. Proven ability to lead and mentor design teams, aligning design strategies with business goals and enhancing customer experience across multiple products.

Highest-signal resume keywords
Product Design ExperienceManagement ExperienceDesign Systems DevelopmentAI Fluency in DesignCross-Functional Communication

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Hard Skills
Visual DesignInteraction DesignSystems ThinkingProduct StorytellingUser-Centered DesignUser Research MethodsPrototypingConcept DevelopmentDesign PracticesTeam Leadership
Soft Skills
MentoringCoachingCollaborationProblem-SolvingCommunication
Industry Keywords
Two-Sided MarketplaceCustomer ExperienceDesign CompetenciesQuality StandardsExploratory Concepts

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Lead, mentor, and grow the 5-person Product Design team
  • Define and operationalize company-wide design competencies and quality standards
  • Run development conversations and write performance reviews with business-unit leaders
  • Perform hands-on design work across difficult problems, quick wins, exploratory concepts, and team-unblocking work
  • Partner with leadership to align design direction with product strategy and company goals
  • Build and strengthen scalable design systems, including AI-agent-friendly components
  • Shape design practices across discovery, concept development, interaction design, prototyping, and delivery
  • Encourage exploration while grounding decisions in user needs and market realities
  • Advocate for customer experience across all product surfaces

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • 8+ years of product design experience
  • 2+ years of management experience
  • Ability to grow, coach, and support senior designers
  • Strong portfolio demonstrating excellence across visual design, interaction design, systems thinking, product storytelling, and user-centered craft
  • Experience building and scaling design systems
  • AI fluency in design practice
  • Ability to bring clarity to ambiguous spaces and turn loose ideas into compelling product concepts
  • Strong cross-functional communication skills and experience working closely with cross-functional leadership
  • Experience with a variety of user research methods
  • Experience leading design across multiple products or surfaces
  • Two-sided marketplace experience is a strong plus

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Accelerated growth & learning potential
  • Stipends for home office setup, continuing education, and monthly wellness
  • Comprehensive health benefits with base medical plan covered at 100% and optional premium buy-up plans
  • 401K
  • Unlimited Paid Time Off
  • Paid maternity/paternity and reproductive care leave
  • Birthday and anniversary gifts
  • Opportunity for domestic travel, including regional team-building events