VP of Research and Design

What you own:

• Own every surface, consumer and business, from acquisition to retention, and make all of it feel like one relationship.
• Set design strategy, define what the product should feel like in two years, and lead research as a strategic function.
• Own brand in the product, co-authored with Marketing, and build quality as a system with a design system and accessibility standards.

Your First Year:

• Land the brand evolution in the product with the flagship connectivity launch.
• Decide what the design system needs and draw the working boundary between design and product management.
• Move research from answering questions to setting them, and build the career framework for design and research.

Must-haves:

• Have led design for a business at real scale, responsible for a whole product, with consumer depth and experience in B2B.
• Have led or worked closely with research, written and sold a design strategy, and are still close to the work.
• Can make the case for design in commercial terms and reach for one system that scales.