Director of Product Design

Summary:
The Child Mind Institute (CMI) is seeking a Director of Product Design to accelerate the pace of scientific innovation and discovery in mental health and learning. This 3-year leadership position will help CMI, through its partnership with California's Department of Health Care Services (DHCS), enable collaborations that can test, improve upon, and adopt innovative mental health solutions for the benefit of every child, teen, and young adult.
The Director of Product Design will be responsible for leading our product development organization from a design leadership perspective. You will recruit, manage, and lead the alignment of our internal and external design resources. You will also help support our strategic partners across the globe. Working closely with our Program Director, Engineering Directors, and Product Managers you will help define the strategy for our digital products and platforms (30%), lead the UX/UI design and execution of all our products and platforms (40%), and review and approve designs from internal and external resources (30%).
Reporting to our Program Director, this is an exempt, full-time position located in New York or California. A hybrid/remote schedule is possible.
The Child Mind Institute is proud to be named a Great Place to Work-Certified company! Our competitive compensation and benefits include medical insurance, 401(k), paid parental leave, dependent care, flexible work schedules, discounted tickets and entertainment perks programs. For more information about our benefits, please visit our employee benefits website.
Responsibilities:

• Help define the vision, goals, and business strategy for all digital platforms and products at CMI alongside the Program Director and other leaders.
• Provide design leadership and strategic direction for internal and external design teams, ensuring operational effectiveness.
• Collaborate effectively with key stakeholders, including executive leadership, to ensure alignment of technology and design initiatives with overall business objectives.
• Manage our teams of internal and external designers and researchers with the ability to hire, mentor, motivate, and hold team members accountable for delivering high-quality results.
• Help define and deliver the product roadmap, working with product managers, engineering directors, and external resources.
• Define design principles that establish what good design looks like at CMI, drive good decision-making for internal and external designers, and foster innovation cross-functionally.
• Act as player-coach, with the ability to be hands-on with design without the oversight of a manager.
• Comfortable in a startup, wearing multiple hats while staying focused on the most important deliverables.
• Foster an inclusive and diverse team environment, nurturing talent and providing mentoring and opportunities for professional growth and development for all team members.
• Be driven by our mission of transforming children's lives.

Qualifications:

• 10+ years of product design experience implementing and maintaining complex technology products and platforms.
• 7+ years leading design and cross-functional teams.
• Demonstrated expertise in Figma and other design and research tools, accompanied by technical acumen in web and native mobile tech stacks.
• Minimum of Masters Degree in Human-Computer Interaction or equivalent professional experience.
• Experience building scalable design systems, patterns, and principles.
• Familiarity with HIPAA/GDPR/COPPA regulations.

Special Considerations:
Please upload your CV during the application process.
All new hires must be vaccinated and must stay up to date with vaccines against the COVID-19 virus unless they have been granted a reasonable accommodation for religion or disability. If you are offered employment with CMI, this requirement must be met by your date of hire, unless a reasonable accommodation for exemption is received and approved by CMI.
The Child Mind Institute is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in employment based on race, religion (including religious dress and grooming practices), color, sex/gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or related medical conditions), sex stereotype, gender identity/gender expression/transgender (including whether or not you are transitioning or have transitioned) and sexual orientation; national origin (including language use restrictions and possession of a driver's license issued to persons unable to prove their presence in the United States is authorized under federal law [Vehicle Code section 12801.9]); ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information/characteristics, marital status/registered domestic partner status, age (40 and over), sexual orientation, military or veteran status, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law or ordinance or regulation.