Product Design Lead

The Impact You’ll Be Contributing to Moloco:

As an entrepreneurial Product Design Lead, you will spearhead and expedite the product design efforts of our Moloco Commerce Media (MCM) product. Your role involves crafting simple, intuitive, and innovative experiences for eCommerce platform business operators and advertisers aiming to execute high-performance sponsored ad campaigns. This hands-on role will be highly visible, partnering with leaders across the organization and being responsible for design at every stage of product development from concept to stakeholder alignment, through launch, and beyond. Leading the product design initiative, you'll collaborate with existing UX teams at Moloco, influence the design team culture and practices, and champion design as a strategic partner in product development.

The Opportunity:

• Our product has gained significant traction due to its robust performance and technology. To further our customer growth, we're doubling down on design to enhance intuitiveness and ease of use, aiding our users in making informed decisions. Your expertise as a design leader will be crucial in driving these initiatives.
• Work closely with PMs, engineers, and cross functional teams to define and design the product experiences for our MCM product.
• Adopt a customer-centric design approach, utilizing insights from generative and evaluative user research and testing to shape design choices.
• Build deep customer empathy and inspire cross functional teams to enhance their understanding of our customers.
• Work alongside both design and product teams to define, craft and evolve our design system, creating a unified experience across platforms and customer touchpoints.
• Elevate the design practice.
• Embody and establish best practices for the design team, acting as a mentor to fellow designers.
• Your influence on the product vision, customer interaction, and the new ways companies can leverage machine learning for growth will be profound.

How Do I Know if the Role is Right For Me?

• 7+ years of experience in designing software products that customers love.
• A compelling portfolio that showcases your ability to deliver successful products, demonstrating proficiency in user-centered design methods, storytelling, data visualization, and interaction design.
• A collaborative spirit capable of engaging effectively with designers, engineers, and leaders, characterized by clarity, openness, and curiosity.
• A knack for simplifying complex problems into simple, elegant solutions.
• An ability to design for the long term while also iterating quickly to realize initial visions.
• A strong advocate for evidence-based design, experienced in both generative and evaluative research methods.
• Experience with developing design systems and visual frameworks that meet modern usability standards.
• Preference for candidates with Enterprise SaaS / B2B software design experience.
• Ability to excel in a fast-paced, largely autonomous environment.
• Experience in mentoring designers and enhancing design craft and quality.
• A keen interest in addressing challenges in the ad tech industry.