Director, Design for Brands

Location: San Francisco, CA or New York, NY, United States

Salary: $241,400–$355,000 USD per year, plus potential equity grants.

Company

hirify.global operates a multisided marketplace connecting brands, retailers, consumers, and delivery partners.

What you will do

• Set the vision and strategic roadmap for Brands design, translating company goals into pragmatic milestones.
• Lead design for brand insights, sales and operational metrics, catalog management, ads, promotions, and emerging retail product surfaces.
• Partner with Product, Engineering, Analytics, Operations, and design leaders across consumer and driver experiences.
• Build and scale the design organization by hiring, coaching, mentoring, and developing designers.
• Establish operating practices that improve team effectiveness, prioritization, delivery quality, and morale.
• Drive customer-centric thinking and measurable business impact across the marketplace.

Requirements

• 15+ years of experience in design, including at least 7 years building and managing teams.
• Experience managing and scaling a team of 20+ people.
• Strong portfolio demonstrating large-scale problem solving and high design caliber.
• Experience leading product design in a fast-paced environment with a strong bias toward action.
• Excellent storytelling, communication, cross-functional collaboration, and people-management skills.
• Ability to define vision, advocate for product quality, and solve complex customer and business problems.

Nice to have

• Experience designing for merchants, advertisers, brands, retailers, or multisided marketplaces.
• Experience with insights tools, in-store solutions, ads, promotions, or other growth products.

Culture & Benefits

• Flexible paid time off and 80 hours of paid sick time annually for salaried roles.
• 401(k) plan with employer matching, medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• 16 weeks of paid parental leave and family-forming assistance.
• Wellness, mental health, commuter, disability, and basic life insurance benefits.
• Paid holidays and additional benefits in accordance with applicable laws.
• Compensation includes potential equity grants and is localized based on work location.