VP of Product

REQUIREMENTS:
As the VP of Product, you will be required to have the key qualifications:

An exceptional portfolio showcasing user experience and visual design work for web, mobile and desktop apps.
5+ years’ work experience creating world-class user interfaces & experiences in web, mobile and desktop app experiences.
3+ years building and leading Product Design and/or UX/UI teams.
Demonstrated experience and passion running Discovery & Solution Validation Exercises with target-users including creating UX research plans; problem discovery interviews & workshops; prototype and usability testing; deploying & analyzing data from feedback systems, UX/UI regression analysis & testing etc.
A deep passion & appreciation for finding simple solutions to complex problems.
Ability to articulate design rationale and share insight into designed solutions.
Exceptional talent in articulating your work and presenting your ideas (Excellent written, oral and presentation skills). Ability to present work to large groups and executives.
Excellent listening skills & a very high degree of empathy.
Exceptional attention to detail.
Demonstrated proficiency in documenting interaction details, visual design specifications and QA of the implemented product.
Enthusiasm and history working in an iterative design process; motivated by group critique.
Excellent collaborator with excellent interpersonal skills (a ‘people-person’).
Exceptional rapid-prototyping skills.
Highly professional, with the ability to deliver solid work on tight schedules.
Excellent Planning and Organization Skills.
Experience in both designing and leading teams to design digital products from conception to completion.
Ability to lead and manage several complex projects simultaneously; manage & communicate to stakeholders; and manage stakeholder expectations.
Prior experience working within and contributing to a design system.
Fluency in cutting-edge design principles, tools, systems and methodologies including (but not limited to):
Figma, Adobe XD, Sketch, Miro, Photoshop, Illustrator et al.
User Experience Research
Usability Testing
User Interface Design
Applied Psychology in Design
Product Design & Lean Startup Methodologies
A passion for team building; and leading/coaching teams and team members to achieve their fullest potential.
Candidate must be a natural collaborator and a great communicator, able to develop and present design ideas in a large team environment. She or he will work closely with cross-functional teams such as Engineering, QA, Business, and Senior Management. Prior experience working within a technical environment is a key requirement. Candidates should possess exceptional visual and user interface design skills, as well as user-centered design principals.
The applicant must have an affinity for consistency, color use, typography, and a keen eye for subtle details. While exercising a good-eye for aesthetics, candidates must be able to grasp and distill highly complex issues and translate them into clean, focused, understandable solutions. Interest in emerging technologies in web, mobile, and other devices is required.
Candidate should be a self-starter, self-motivated, able to work independently, and perform multiple tasks without supervision.
Experience building and running software engineering teams a plus.
Prior experience working within and contributing to a design system is a plus.
BA in design related studies a plus.
An understanding of HTML, CSS and Javascript is a plus.
Prototyping skills are a plus.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Build, lead and manage a world-class Discovery & Design Team & Practice at Amitruck.
Institute an effective & efficient design and discovery process that leads to the accurate & continuous discovery, definition & prioritization of our target users’ problems; and the rapid, iterative creation of products, services and solutions that surprise and delight them.
Participate and be intimately involved in the infinite Discovery & Design Process; and in ensuring that all our users’ needs are accurately captured & prioritized; that proposed solutions meet & exceed our users’ expectations; and that final engineered products line-up perfectly with validated solutions.
Relationship building and maintenance with target end-users.
Relationship building and maintenance with product stakeholders, engineering team members, other discovery team members.
Creating Product Requirement Specifications (PRS’) alone, or in Collaborating with Program Managers & Heads of Engineering.
Relating, working-with and managing all these teams to ensure users’ needs & challenges are accurately captured; problems are articulated clearly; simple, elegant solutions are created & validated; final (engineered) products are 100% in sync with validated solutions; and that each release produces products and feature our customers absolutely love and want to use.
Act as a key advocate for world-class user experience and design & discovery processes.

We are very interested in individuals with the above-mentioned requirements. The more experienced & skilled, the better. They highly value both a good attitude and personality and place a lot of emphasis on these “soft skills” including passion, drive, integrity and empathy.

The role is for you if you:

Want to be on a world-class technology team were user-needs, design, user experience, world-class engineering, world-class end-user support and ‘getting things done fast and efficiently’ are all represented, prioritized and defended.
Want to work on a team where the best ideas win regardless of source.
Want to work on a team where trust, sharing and healthy debate is the norm.
Want to be on a team that works closely, collaboratively, and cooperatively with one another to achieve our common goals.
Want to work on a team that develops effective processes that ensure success.

Female candidates are encouraged to apply.

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