Product Design Team Lead

At Fairmatic we're on a mission to make roads safer, one fleet at a time. 

Fairmatic is revolutionizing the auto insurance industry by using data and AI to personalize options and incentivize safe driving with savings. Our predictive risk models have been trained with 200 billion miles of driving data and tested with hundreds of thousands of paying drivers. Fairmatic's leadership team includes serial entrepreneurs, insurance industry innovators, and startup veterans who have raised over $88M in funding in less than a year. Join our global team of curious, adaptable technologists and problem solvers who are passionate about creating a positive impact on the world!

We're looking for a motivated and opinionated Product Design extraordinaire to lead our small and bright team of UX designers. You’ll report to the VP of Product and manage a team of 2 designers, define the vision, and execute the user experience strategy, with the ultimate goal of improving the day-to-day of our users and, of course, delighting them.

You will be responsible for

• Design strategy: working closely with senior leadership to understand the company’s goals and translate them into a design vision that is aligned with the needs of the end-users, as well as communicating the design strategy and priorities across the organization.
• Design standards: responsible for developing and maintaining design standards that ensure consistency across all products and services. This includes defining the visual design language, interaction patterns, and usability guidelines.
• Design execution: working closely with the product team to implement the design accordingly, and ensure the end product meets the desired user experience standards.
• Team leadership: overseeing all aspects of its vision and execution, including structuring and optimizing the organization to achieve Fairmatic’s business strategy

You have:

• A portfolio that illustrates functional and delightful experiences created both as an individual contributor and via teams you have led
• 5+ years as UX designer - must
• 2+ years managing designers - must
• Great English skills
• Experience leading successful consumer products at scale and proven track record of delivering impactful strategic work
• Strong leadership and social skills, and a natural empathy for both the customer and your colleagues
• Adept at quickly gaining a high-level understanding of issues, while also being able to deep dive into low-level details
• Eagerness to accelerate team efficiency by improving processes and workflows
• Ability to work in an office environment a minimum of 3 days a weekExperience managing designers remotely on a global scale - an advantage
• Insurtech experience - an advantage