At Realtor.com®, we have among the most comprehensive and accurate coverage of real estate listings and the most engaged users across all the online real estate portals. Our mission is to make buying, selling, renting, and living in homes easier and more rewarding for everyone.Building your career? Build it better at Realtor.com®. Join us and help change the world of real estate, one home at a time.Are you a design expert? Are you looking to be a driving force in creating world-class experiences that help people find and enjoy a home of their own. If you want to expand your professional goals at Realtor.com ® , this is the role for you. Join us as our newest Senior Director of Product Design and continue to Love Your Career at Realtor.com ® ,This role will partner closely with cross-functional leaders in Product and Engineering to create and 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.
