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Head of Product Design

About Skillz:

Skillz is the leading mobile games platform connecting players in fair, fun, and meaningful competition.

The gaming industry is larger than movies, music, and books, with more than 2.7 billion gamers playing monthly and 10 million developers worldwide. Mobile is the fastest-growing segment of the gaming market, expected to increase from $68 billion in 2019 to $150 billion in 2025.

Skillz is pioneering the competitive mobile gaming experience, leveraging its patented technology to power over two billion esports tournaments a year. The company is headquartered in San Francisco and backed by leading venture capitalists, media companies, and professional sports leagues and franchises.

Through its philanthropic initiatives, Skillz has harnessed the power of its platform to transform the way nonprofits engage with donors, enabling anyone with a mobile device to support causes such as the American Red Cross , Susan G. Komen , American Cancer Society , and NAACP by playing in Skillz tournaments.

Skillz has also earned recognition as one of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies , a two-time winner of CNBC’s Disruptor 50 , one of Forbes’ Next Billion-Dollar Startups , and the #1 fastest-growing company in America on the Inc. 5000.

Who we're looking for:

Skillz is looking for an exceptional and experienced Head of Product Design to lead product design at Skillz. The right leader will know how to build a design organization, instill a culture of excellence and passion, and deliver amazing world class experiences for end users and developers.

You’ll lead a team of design leaders and designers in 3 offices to create the future of digital competition. This will be done in collaboration with Product Management, Engineering, Marketing and Program. The right leader will be able to form strong relationships with other functions and influence the entire team to execute effectively.

It's critical that the Director be able to establish credibility at the executive level, have a strong design viewpoint, and be able to lead the design direction of the entire company.

What you'll do:

• Lead and evangelize a UX vision for all Skill product experiences
• Manage a distributed team of Product Designers that build the UX across the entire company
• Build out the product design team at Skillz and nurture top talent
• Develop a world class design culture that is inspiring and innovative
• Create product design and testing processes to create beautiful functional designs that have been rigorously tested

Your Skillz

• You have 10+ years of experience designing and delivering user-centered, engaging experiences across a range of platforms and can demonstrate the success and impact of your efforts for both users and business.
• Including 5+ years of management experience, including experience leading large design teams of 20+ people within a cross functional organization.
• A leader who people want to follow. You build trust, inspire, and mentor designers and design managers.
• A leader who possesses deep knowledge of user-centered design methods, experience working in design systems, and a highly refined visual design sensibility.
• A great communicator (verbal, written, and visual) who has the ability to influence and build consensus both within a design team and with executive stakeholders across the company.
• BA/BS and/or MA/MS in a relevant design field

Skillz embraces diversity and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. As part of our commitment to diversifying our workforce, we do not discriminate on the basis of age, race, sex, gender, gender identity, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, marital status, citizenship, veteran status and/or disability status.