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Block, Inc.

Design Director Core Experience

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You will lead a design team of 10+ designers focusing on Core Experience and define long term vision in partnership with senior product, engineering, and research leaders. You will set a high craft bar while staying hands-on with the most critical work and drive roadmaps that redefine what a financial product can feel like. You will mentor designers across career stages, grow the team, and build trusted partnerships with cross functional peers to position design as a driver of business strategy. You will adopt emerging tools and AI driven approaches to accelerate your team's craft and velocity.

Responsibilities

  • Define and uphold craft excellence for Core Experience, leading critique and ensuring every shipped experience meets the highest quality bar.
  • Drive long term vision, strategy, and roadmaps in partnership with senior product and engineering leadership.
  • Lead and grow your team by mentoring designers, fostering accountability, and developing people across career stages and disciplines.
  • Tackle the most complex ambiguous design challenges while empowering your team to deliver exceptional work independently.
  • Build trusted partnerships with senior cross functional peers, championing Design as a critical driver of business strategy.
  • Drive adoption of emerging tools and AI driven approaches that accelerate your team's craft and velocity.

Requirements

  • 12+ years of experience in product design with a portfolio demonstrating exceptional craft, taste, and ability to make complex systems feel simple.
  • Track record leading design teams, including experience as a player-coach directing strategy while personally driving critical projects.
  • Demonstrated ability to craft long term vision and customer focused strategies for products at scale.
  • Deep expertise in designing consumer financial products or similarly complex, trust dependent systems.
  • Outstanding partnership and communication skills that inspire alignment across senior leadership, product, engineering, and research.

Benefits

  • Remote work
  • Medical insurance
  • Flexible time off
  • Retirement savings plans
  • Modern family planning