VP Product Design

Today, CommerceHub is the #1 ecommerce network used by the world’s leading retailers and brands to extend their retail and ecommerce businesses.

Consumer expectations have shifted. In the now economy, they expect that our customers have what they want, in stock, ready for delivery, and with an experience that delights them at every step of the buying journey.

We believe we have a unique opportunity to help retailers, brands and suppliers connect to customers and meet the challenges of the now economy. Think that sounds interesting? It is!

Our remote-first team is growing, and we’re looking to add great people like you, who are ready to use their expertise to transform the world of ecommerce.

Job Summary

As the VP of Product Design, you will be responsible for leading a team of designers across all of our product squads as well as working with our Product Leaders as an individual contributor on product design innovation and ideation. At varying times this involves creating a vision, establishing a roadmap, and ensuring a high level of product quality. You will be responsible for the creation of elegant and strategic products and ensuring we are building a design system that scales.

• Set the design strategy and vision for your area, offering a compelling design perspective that influences your cross-functional partners.
• Coach and advocate for your team—inspiring and elevating them to their highest potential. Provide regular feedback and guidance, setting a high quality bar and help other team members rise to it.
• Lead design sprints and workshops in order to solve complex problems across the organization and drive bold innovative thinking.
• Oversee and manage design delivery for product features and new product development. Partner with Product Management and Engineering leaders in resource planning and work sequencing.
• Ensure organizational visibility into the work your team is doing and facilitate collaboration by infusing the culture with a design thinking mindset.

Job Requirements

• Master of Craft – 10+ years experience shipping digital product design with an outstanding portfolio that showcases your mastery of typography, interaction, and visual design.
• Strategic Thinker – You think about the big picture and can help others connect their work to business strategy through effective written and verbal communication.
• Iterative – You understand that designs are ever-evolving and seek impact over perfection.
• Mentor – You have experience mentoring and giving healthy feedback to team members to help them grow.
• Design Systems Advocate – You are familiar with Design Systems and have a passion for evangelizing them.
• Highly Collaborative – You know how to build cross-disciplinary support, particularly with product, engineering, and marketing, to deliver a best-in-class experience
• Data-Driven – You proactively seek out qualitative and quantitative insights to inform and improve your designs.
• User-Centric – You are familiar with user research methodologies, have participated in user research and/or testing, and have experience generating design prototypes for user testing purposes.
• Remote-First – You are living wherever you want and are excited about the all remote lifestyle.

What it’s like to work at CommerceHub

We have big plans for growth and transformation and we’re doing it with a remote-first team across the world.

Remote first gives us more flexibility to help each other do our best work. It means that work-life balance is more than a cliché. We’ve built balance into our culture and it’s at the core of everything we do—how we collaborate and make change happen.

Connected by our drive to transform ecommerce, our culture is driven by our employees. We trust each other, work hard and respect both personal and professional boundaries, knowing that we’re at our best when we’re intentional about how and where we work. We believe autonomy leads to great work and an even bigger impact.

Benefits

• Medical, dental and vision benefits: Affordable health care plans with premiums that will not exceed 5% of your salary and company HSA contributions, starting on Day 1
• A 6% 401(k) match
• Competitive time off package with 20 days of Paid Time Off, 9 paid company holidays, 2 paid floating holidays, 7 paid sick days, and a paid volunteer day
• 4 weeks paid Parental (Bonding) Leave
• Remote work stipend for internet, cell phone, office furniture and supplies
  
• Culture and team-building activities
• Employee Assistance Program
• Tuition assistance
• Career development opportunities
• Charitable contribution match per team member

CommerceHub is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates without regard to race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.