Lead Product Designer

About the position

As a Lead Product Designer at Zocdoc, you will play a crucial role in driving the user experience and design direction of our products. You’ll be responsible for leading design projects from ideation to implementation and contributing to the overall growth and success of the design team. With your expertise, creativity, and leadership skills, you will help shape the future of healthcare technology and directly influence the way patients connect with healthcare providers.

Responsibilities

• Leading and successfully delivering design projects of significant scope, ensuring high-quality outcomes
• Clearly communicating user experience decisions and rationale, facilitating productive discussions, and driving progress forward
• Acting as a design leader within the team, bringing valuable insights and perspectives to design crits and cross-functional meetings
• Staying up to date with the latest design and research trends, tools, and best practices, incorporating them into your work
• Contributing to the development of design and research guidelines and standards, ensuring their adherence throughout the process

Requirements

• 6+ years of experience as a product designer, with a strong portfolio demonstrating your ability to create impactful, user-centered designs
• BA/BS degree in design, a related field (e.g., interaction, graphic, visual communications, product, industrial), or equivalent practical experience
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, enabling effective collaboration and articulation of design decisions
• Strong leadership skills, with a proven track record of mentoring and guiding junior designers
• Exceptional problem-solving and critical-thinking abilities, capable of leading and delivering on projects of various scopes
• Deep understanding of user-centered design principles, research methodologies, visual design, and interaction design best practices
• A life-long learner mentality with a growth mindset

Benefits

• Flexible, hybrid work environment
• Unlimited PTO
• 100% paid employee health benefit options
• Employer funded 401(k) match
• Corporate wellness programs with Headspace and Peloton
• Sabbatical leave (for employees with 5+ years of service)
• Competitive parental leave
• Cell phone reimbursement
• Great Place to Work Certified
• Catered lunch everyday along with snacks
• Commuter Benefits
• Convenient Soho location