Head of Product Design

Head of Product Design Department: Engineering / Product / Design Employment Type: Full Time Location: Remote - USA Reporting To: Chief Product Technology Officer Compensation: $150,000 - $175,000 / year Description As the Head of Product Design, you will lead the vision, craft, and execution of user experience and interface design across Tithely’s full product platform. You’ll establish product design as a key function to deliver a great product. While staying close to the work, you will grow and lead a small team of product designers by setting direction, raising the bar for design quality, and partnering closely with Product and Engineering to deliver intuitive, impactful experiences. AI is changing how all functions operate in product development, and you will lead that change for product design. Reporting directly to the CPTO and operating as a peer to the Director of Product, you will help ensure that everything we build is not only functional, but thoughtful, cohesive, and deeply valuable to the churches and ministries we serve. Primary Responsibilities of the Role Drive measurable improvements in usability and customer satisfaction within first year. Evaluate and improve the health of the product design function, including team approach, processes, and outputs; and implement a clear plan for ongoing improvement. Ensure our product teams feel supported and unblocked by design through strong collaboration, clear communication, and clear ownership. Identify and implement opportunities to leverage AI tools and workflows to improve the speed and quality of design output. Own and drive the overall design vision, ensuring a consistent, high-quality user experience across all products and platforms. Establish and maintain a scalable design system and shared visual language that enables consistency and speed across teams.

Qualifications

A Successful Candidate Will: Plan and align individual and department goals to help achieve greater company goals; drive engagement through communicating and gaining alignment with your teams. Direct Work at hand in a clear and concise manner while discovering and implementing change that optimizes work processes and efficiencies.. Ensure Accountability by holding yourself and others accountable to meet commitments by establishing and communicating clear responsibilities and processes for monitoring work and measuring results. Manage Ambiguity even when things are uncertain or the way forward is unclear, and deal constructively with problems that do not have clear solutions or outcomes. Build effective teams by building a strong identity team that applies their diverse skills and perspectives to achieve common goals in partnership with others. Action-oriented by taking on new opportunities and tough challenges with a sense of urgency, high energy, and enthusiasm Strategic mindset by seeing what’s possible, understanding the tradeoffs, and charting a path forward to deliver measurable value for our customers and business. Required Technical Qualifications: 8+ years of experience in product design, with at least 3+ years managing and developing designers. Strong portfolio demonstrating high-quality design work across both mobile and web applications. Proven experience owning and building design systems and scaling design practices. Experience improving usability, user satisfaction, and overall product experience through measurable outcomes. Experience leveraging AI tools within the product design process to improve efficiency and quality. Preferred Technical Qualifications: Experience working in a SaaS environment. Familiarity with the needs of churches, nonprofits, or small-to-medium-sized organizations. Experience building or scaling design teams in a growth-stage company. Office Requirements: We are a fully distributed team (100% remote) with travel sometimes required 1-2 times per year. A stable work environment with designated workspace and access to high-speed internet. US-based and legally able to work full time in the US. Sponsorships are not available at this time. Tithely is currently able to employ in the following states: AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA, MI, MN, MT, NC, NE, NJ, NV, NY, OH, OR, PA, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WV Additional Information Health insurance, dental, vision for your family, 401K, paid time off, sick leave, parental leave, and more. We believe taking care of our team is important and want to be sure you have what you need. Tithely is an Equal Opportunity Employer Yourgiving, Inc. DBA Tithe.ly (herein, “the Company”) is an Equal Opportunity Employer that does not discriminate on the basis of actual or perceived race (including hairstyles), color, alienage or national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, sex, gender, gender identity, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical condition, religious creed, physical disability or handicap, mental disability or handicap, age, medical condition (cancer), marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, genetic information, arrest record, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. Our management team is dedicated to this policy with respect to recruitment, hiring, placement, promotion, transfer, training, compensation, benefits, employee activities and general treatment during employment. Apply To This Job