Head of Product Design

We are looking for a dynamic and visionary Head of Product Design to lead our design team and shape the future of our product offerings. As the leader of our design function, you will play a critical role in crafting user-centric experiences, uncovering key insights about our users, shaping PrizePicks’ creative vision, establishing strategic design initiatives, and influencing cross-functional teams to deliver exceptional product solutions.

This role requires not only a mastery of design principles but also strong leadership, collaboration, and strategic thinking. You will mentor and inspire a growing team while working closely with product, engineering, and executive leadership to ensure design contributes meaningfully to the company’s success.

What you’ll do:

• Lead Design Strategy: Shape and drive the overall design vision and strategy across the product lifecycle, ensuring alignment with business goals and customer needs.
• Team Leadership & Development: Manage and mentor a team of designers and UX Researchers across multiple disciplines (e.g., UX, UI, product design), fostering a collaborative and innovative team culture.
• Design Excellence: Establish and uphold a high standard of design quality across all touchpoints, ensuring that our products are intuitive, beautiful, and usable.
• Cross-functional Collaboration: Partner with product management, engineering, marketing, and executive leadership to ensure that design is integrated into the product development process and contributes to the company's strategic objectives.
• User-Centered Design: Champion a user-centered approach by integrating user research, data insights, and feedback into the design process, ensuring our products meet the evolving needs of our users. Oversee a user experience research team to uncover key insights and ensure our design solutions solve key problems and delight our consumers. 
• Scalability and Efficiency: Develop scalable design systems, processes, and best practices to enhance team efficiency and consistency across products.
• Stakeholder Communication: Act as the design advocate in key leadership meetings, articulating the value of design to stakeholders at all levels of the organization.
• Innovation and Trends: Stay current on design trends and emerging technologies to continuously push the boundaries of what’s possible and innovate within the space.

What you have:

• Experience: 10+ years of experience in design, with a strong portfolio demonstrating design leadership, strategy, and execution. Previous experience in a similar role (VP/Director of Design, Head of Design) within a fast-growing, product-driven organization.
• Leadership: Proven ability to lead and inspire a diverse team of designers, motivating them to produce their best work.
• Collaboration: Experience working cross-functionally with engineering, product management, and leadership to deliver high-quality product experiences.
• Strategic Thinking: Strong strategic acumen, able to balance the big picture with the details of product design execution.
• Design Systems: Expertise in creating, evolving, and maintaining scalable design systems that align with business goals.
• Communication Skills: Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to articulate the value of design and advocate for user-centric solutions at all levels of the organization.
• Creative Problem-Solving: Ability to navigate complex design challenges with creativity, leading the team to develop innovative, user-focused solutions.
• Business Acumen: A deep understanding of how design impacts the business and contributes to broader company objectives.

What makes you stand out:

• Experience leading design within a consumer tech, SaaS, or B2B environment.
• Expertise with modern design tools (e.g., Figma, Sketch, Adobe Creative Suite) and proficiency with prototyping and user testing tools.
• A background in human-centered design, UX/UI design, or product design.
• Experience scaling design teams and processes in a high-growth environment.
• In particular, a background working with mobile games or video game design would be of interest, but not a firm requirement.

Where you’ll live:

• While we prefer candidates based in Atlanta, we are open to qualified applicants from anywhere in the U.S. and are willing to consider remote candidates.