Full-Time

Head of Design

Square

Square

10,001+ employees

Digital payment processor

Consulting
Energy
Social Impact
Financial Services
Consumer Goods

Senior

Remote in USA + 1 more

Required Skills
Communications
Marketing
Product Design
Requirements
  • Experience as an influential design leader who delivers impactful, strategic work that moves a business forward
  • Experience managing talent and cultivating career growth
  • A keen systematic and visual eye, and an understanding of how to use creativity to meet team goals
  • Experience collaborating with leadership to inform product development processes and an understanding of how to solve product challenges across platforms
  • Multiple examples of shipping successful high quality, end-to-end experiences or products
  • Extensive industry experience with a proven track record of scaling product design teams
  • Bias towards action with a high degree of self-sufficiency and ability to influence up and across disciplines
  • Keen interest in innovating within complex problem spaces that do not have inspiring industry standards
  • An understanding of performance marketing and brand marketing strategies
  • A clear point of view on design direction, an openness to new ideas and a bias for transparency and communication
  • Empathy for the customer, your teammates, and our mission
Responsibilities
  • Lead and scale a distributed design team, inclusive of Product Designers and Design Managers
  • Guide the careers and development of your team, ensuring the amplification and growth of team members, including managers
  • Bring comfort and expertise in technical environments, including knowledge of the mobile client-side development process
  • Develop deep partnerships across our business to effectively speak to design processes, design goals, and deliver user insights that inform product and go-to-market decisions
  • Play an important role in strategic planning efforts to understand and bridge our priorities with Design investment and output
  • Contribute to Design team culture and take ownership for I&D efforts

Square's mission is to ensure that all businesses are able to participate and thrive in the economy. The company is building infrastrucutre for online payments.

Company Stage

IPO

Total Funding

$601.2M

Headquarters

Oakland, California

Founded

2009

Growth & Insights
Headcount

6 month growth

0%

1 year growth

13%

2 year growth

16%
INACTIVE