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Roo

Head of Product Design

Roo

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

Posted 11/11/2026full-timeRemote • United States, CanadaLead💰 $150,000 - $280,000 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates extensive experience in product design and management, with a strong focus on building and scaling design systems, user-centered design practices, and effective cross-functional collaboration. Proven ability to mentor and grow design teams while aligning design strategies with business goals.

Highest-signal resume keywords
Product Design ExperienceManagement ExperienceDesign Systems DevelopmentUser Research MethodsCross-Functional Communication

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Hard Skills
Visual DesignInteraction DesignSystems ThinkingProduct StorytellingUser-Centered DesignAI Fluency in DesignPrototypingConcept DevelopmentDiscovery PracticesPerformance Reviews
Soft Skills
MentoringCoachingCollaborationCommunicationProblem-Solving
Tools & Technologies
Figma
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 consistently apply company-wide design competencies and quality standards
  • Run development conversations and write performance reviews with business-unit leaders
  • Perform hands-on design work in Figma across hard problems, quick wins, exploratory concepts, and team unblockers
  • Partner with leadership to align design direction with product strategy and company goals
  • Build and strengthen scalable design systems, including efforts to make them agentic-friendly for AI-assisted prototyping
  • 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 every product surface

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • 10+ years of product design experience with 4+ years of management experience
  • Demonstrated ability to grow, coach, and support staff-level 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 and considered judgment about appropriate AI use
  • 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 (US)
  • 401K (US)
  • Registered Retirement Savings Plans (RRSPs) and Tax-Free Savings Accounts (TFSAs) through Wealthsimple (Canada)
  • Unlimited Paid Time Off
  • Paid Maternity/Paternity and reproductive care leave
  • Gifts on your birthday & anniversary
  • Opportunity for domestic travel, including regional team building events