Head of Design

Head of Design — Confidential Client Fast-growing, well-capitalized technology company building a new category of software for the wealth management and private-client ecosystem is looking for their first Head of Design.

The company is using AI and proprietary data infrastructure to modernize highly complex workflows around wealth transfer, tax, estate planning, and related advisory services. Its customers include sophisticated organizations across wealth management, private banking, trust, tax, and legal services.

The business has already achieved meaningful commercial traction and is now entering an important phase of product and organizational growth. For confidentiality, I’m sharing the company name and additional identifying details directly with qualified candidates rather than posting them publicly.

$250k + negotiable, 100% employee health insurance coverage (plus 50% dependent coverage), monthly wellness stipend, unlimited PTO, 401(k), parental leave. The Opportunity The company is looking for a Head of Design to take ownership of the design function and help define the next generation of its product experience.

Understanding of building teams, complex workflows, and start-up mentality or experience is highly preferred. This is an unusually hands-on leadership opportunity. You’ll lead a small, high-caliber design team while continuing to operate as a product designer yourself.

You’ll work closely with senior Product and Engineering leadership to influence product strategy, establish the design vision, and raise the quality bar across the organization.

The ideal candidate is someone who enjoys moving between strategy and execution : setting direction for a design organization, developing designers, establishing effective processes and systems, and personally tackling some of the company's most important product challenges.

The product itself involves sophisticated users, complex workflows, and high-stakes financial decisions, so this is a particularly interes