Senior Director of Product Design

nd execute against our bold vision for transforming the real estate industry. You will be responsible for building, leading, and mentoring a high-performing team of skilled product designers.

This role reports to the VP of Design.

What you'll do:

This position will be successful by taking ownership and initiative to up-level product design and user experiences in one of the Company's key product verticals. There are three areas where this leadership is most required:

Design Leadership

• Craft a cohesive and exceptional aesthetic in the product experiences within your vertical, and collaborate across all verticals to ensure consistency

• Create and uphold a high standard for design excellence, and challenge work that does not meet it

• Articulate design with credibility, clarity, and confidence to Product and Engineering leaders as well as other important stakeholders

• Uphold the values and culture through servant leadership, exemplifying daily the high standards we must have to succeed

Management

• Recruit, develop, and challenge a team of designers working on multiple challenges

• Provide managing and mentoring to direct reports, and equip managers to do the same

• Give clear and useable design feedback, and receive it with professionalism and patience

• Actively promote employee growth paths and talent retention

• Provide visibility and accountability for your team's work

• Build partnerships and trust-based relationships with Engineering and Marketing, as well as other key partners

Operations

• Help nurture the efficient use of software tools and user-centric design thinking methodologies

• Contribute to an inclusive culture of design which invites all to contribute

• Work with the VP of Design and other leaders to establish standard design and UX methodologies, and ensure consistent adoption and understanding of such across the team

What you'll bring:

• 10+ years working in design industry

• 7+ years of working in a product-led organization

• 3+ years of managing a team of five or more designers

• 2+ years of managing managers

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

• A strong visual aesthetic and design point of view, exampled in a rich portfolio

• Multiple shipped native apps

• Experience delivering iteratively with cross-disciplined teams

• Informed and strong opinions, loosely held

• A practitioner of user-centric processes and design thinking principles

• Exemplifies a We, Not Me attitude

Do the best work of your life at Realtor.com®

Here, you'll partner with a diverse team of experts as you use leading-edge tech to empower everyone to meet a crucial goal: finding their way home. And you'll find your way home too. People are our foundation-the core that drives us passionately forward. At Realtor.com®, you'll bring your full self to work as you innovate with speed, serve our consumers, and champion your teammates. In return we'll provide you with a warm, welcoming, and inclusive culture; intellectual challenges; and the development opportunities you need to grow.

Diversity is important to us, therefore, Realtor.com® is an Equal Opportunity Employer regardless of age, color, national origin, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital status, status as a disabled veteran and/or veteran of the Vietnam Era or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, Realtor.com® will provide reasonable accommodations for otherwise qualified disabled individuals.