Head of Design London, England
Job description
We're a well-funded Tech scaleup in Europe and Asia with a mission to make the world fairer and more productive. We are doing this by making assets more transparent, trustworthy and accessible - starting with real estate. Incomes have stagnated, so more access to high value assets like real estate = less wealth inequality. We have first mover advantage!
Our CEO and co-founder Moubin had a successful career at McKinsey and private equity firm, APAX. Our CTO and co-founder Misrab is a Stanford Computer Scientist and scaled the data team at Gojek, a Tech unicorn in Asia.
Our values sit at the core of GetGround - no BS, pursuit of excellence, feedback obsession and healthy egos.
GetGround in numbers:
- 85 colleagues (ex Google, Meta, Deliveroo, Feedzai etc)
- £1Bn+ of assets on our platform
- 15,000+ users across 70 countries, with a 10% market share already
- Global hubs (UK, Portugal, Hong Kong, Singapore)
Head of Design | Hammersmith
(hybrid working with 3 functional days a week in our new office in Hammersmith - free daily breakfast and gym membership provided)
Reporting into our CEO and Product Lead (Moubin), you will lead Design at GetGround. We currently work with external resources and aim to bring our design in-house.
You will be responsible for high quality product design across our three Tech squads, and will be keen to get involved in hands-on design when required. You will partner with colleagues in Product, Marketing, Engineering, Sales, Operations and other disciplines to nurture and develop Design at GetGround to shape the products we create for our global user base at scale.
What you will do
- Lead design execution and strategy across our three product squads
- Partner with Product Managers, Marketing, Engineers and leadership to develop the design process, operations and practices
- Cultivate a healthy design process for the business, providing guidance on output and facilitating collaboration
- Design end-to-end flows and experiences that are simple and elegant
- Foster an environment of design excellence and trust
You will have experience...
- Managing design teams
- Leading product design workstreams collaboratively with engineering in a fast-paced SaaS product environment
- Leading product direction and strategic thinking - representing work to a broader product team and other leaders, clearly and succinctly articulating the goals and concepts
- Articulating and synthesizing design problems and solutions to a cross-functional team of engineers, marketeers etc.
- Working with research and data to drive decision making
- Being hands-on when needed to help your group to achieve the desired outcomes
Our benefits
- Competitive salary + stock options
- Private health + dental benefits
- Flexible/hybrid working (check details with your recruiter)
- 12 mental health days off annually (1 per month) PLUS holidays and public days off
- Mental health support - 24/7 access to mental health support, counselling, therapy & coaching through Spectrum.Life for all employees and their immediate family
- Team and company-wide events
- 360° performance reviews to promote a culture of growth and development
- Support for conferences and professional learning & development
[+ other localised benefits depending on your office location e.g. free breakfast daily and free gym ️ membership in London)
What we are building
The first end-to-end real estate investment offering - making the dream of owning real estate more accessible to everyone globally.
Diversity & inclusion at GetGround
We encourage applications from all sections of society and we believe in the criticality of an inclusive culture. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, religion or belief, ethnic or national origin, disability, age, citizenship, marital, domestic or civil partnership status, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other basis as protected by law.
- 42% of our employees identify as female or non-specified, 58% as male
- 19 nationalities represented across offices in 5 countries
- Our work on Design Accessibility
- Inclusion is at the heart of our culture - we celebrate and reflect on key D&I and cultural events such as: Black History Month, International Women's Day and Pride
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