Senior Director of Design, Search & Feeds

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

📋 Description

• Establish the design vision for Search & Feeds encompassing search, feed experiences, recommendations, and community discovery.

• Lead and nurture design leaders as well as individual contributors.

• Mentor design leaders and individual contributors, create clear ownership, and encourage ambitious work and personal growth.

• Collaborate with cross-functional leaders to pinpoint opportunities, set priorities, and guide investment decisions.

• Oversee interaction design, information architecture, accessibility, and ensure quality execution from concept to launch.

• Enhance clarity and user control regarding ranking, personalization, and recommendations.

• Design for users seeking specific answers, exploring new interests, and returning community members.

• Assess the impact of search and feeds on participation, conversation quality, and community well-being.

• Evaluate usefulness, satisfaction, and discovery quality through research, experimentation, and behavioral analytics.

• Influence teams across Reddit, foster alignment, and contribute to the establishment of design standards and practices.

⛳️ Requirements

• Proven experience in leading design for complex consumer products at scale, with significant contributions in search, discovery, feeds, recommendations, or similar fields.

• Demonstrated track record of building and developing design teams, including managing other managers and supporting individual contributors.

• Strong product judgment with the capability to translate ambiguous challenges into clear strategies and engaging experiences.

• Extensive expertise in interaction design and information architecture.

• A portfolio showcasing design quality and measurable user impact.

• Experience collaborating with Engineering, Product, Research, and Data Science on experiences shaped by ranking and personalization systems.

• Ability to balance user needs, business priorities, technical limitations, and the overall health of the product ecosystem.

• Effective communication skills with the ability to influence senior leaders, resolve competing priorities, and make decisions with incomplete information.

• A genuine appreciation for community-driven products and the diverse ways individuals seek information, engage, and cultivate trust online.

🏝️ Benefits

• Equity in the form of restricted stock units.

• Commission eligibility based on the position offered.

• Medical insurance coverage.

• Dental insurance coverage.

• Vision insurance coverage.

• 401(k) program with employer matching.

• Generous vacation time off.

• Parental leave benefits.

• Reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans.

• Option to opt out of interview recording, transcription, and summarization.