Senior Director – Digital Experience Design

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in California.

📋 Description

• Take ownership of the design vision and implementation across Slate’s digital products aimed at customers and partners.

• Establish the design direction for the website, online marketplace, vehicle configurator, purchasing experience, ownership/service mobile application, and in-vehicle digital interfaces.

• Transform Slate’s brand and product strategy into unified, human-centered designs.

• Champion customer interests during roadmap discussions, sprint reviews, and executive meetings.

• Set and uphold quality standards from initial concepts to final production delivery.

• Lead, mentor, and develop UI designers, UX designers, and copywriters.

• Recruit to enhance team capabilities as Slate transitions from pre-launch to post-launch phases.

• Cultivate a culture of craftsmanship, curiosity, and open feedback.

• Create career development paths and growth frameworks.

• Own and continuously improve the digital design system.

• Scale version-controlled design artifacts, component libraries, and documentation.

• Enhance design workflows within the agile delivery framework.

• Promote the use of Figma, design tokens, and handoff processes.

• Establish a streamlined UX research practice utilizing user testing, usability evaluations, and data-informed iterations.

• Collaborate with Product and Software leadership on roadmap prioritization, requirements, and design-engineering compromises.

• Work alongside brand, marketing, and vehicle design teams.

• Represent design in discussions at the executive and board level.

⛳️ Requirements

• 15+ years of experience in product design, UX, or UI design for high-traffic consumer/customer experiences.

• A minimum of 7 years in a leadership position, including experience managing other managers or leads.

• A strong portfolio showcasing end-to-end ownership of intricate digital products.

• Extensive experience in creating and sustaining design systems based on atomic design principles.

• Demonstrated ability to collaborate with product and engineering teams.

• Experience designing for web, native mobile, or embedded/in-vehicle user interfaces.

• Proficiency in Figma and contemporary prototyping workflows.

• Experience utilizing GenAI in an agile production setting.

• Experience in establishing design tooling standards across the team.

• Experience leading A/B and multivariate testing to enhance customer experience.

• Strong instincts in UX research.

• Outstanding communication abilities.

• Bachelor’s degree in Interaction Design, Human-Computer Interaction, Product Design, Graphic Design, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.

• Preferred experience in growth design and/or interaction design.

• Preferred experience leading design for new or scaling e-commerce or digital marketplaces.

• Familiarity with HTML, CSS, and component-based front-end frameworks is preferred.

• A Master’s degree in HCI, Interaction Design, or a related field is preferred.

• Preferred experience in scaling a design team from early-stage to major product launch.

• Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States on a permanent basis.

• Visa sponsorship is not available.

🏝️ Benefits

• Medical insurance

• Dental insurance

• Vision insurance

• Life insurance

• Disability insurance

• Vacation

• 401k

• Eligibility for equity program

• Eligibility for discretionary annual incentive program

• Reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities