Lead Product Designer, Core Search

Drive the design vision and execution for the core search experience, ensuring consistency and usability across multiple teams. Collaborate with cross-functional partners to translate complex user needs into elegant solutions.

Responsibilities

• Design Leadership & Execution: Drive the design vision and execution for the core search experience, including map-based discovery, filtering systems, results architecture, and interactions that connect users to listings
• Lead and maintain design quality across multiple squads by defining reusable patterns and ensuring consistency across consumer touchpoints
• Collaborate closely with Product, Engineering, Research, and Data Science to translate complex user and business needs into elegant, usable solutions
• Deliver scalable and intuitive design frameworks that support iteration and long-term growth of the product
• Uphold a high bar for design craft, challenging work that does not meet expectations for usability, accessibility, and polish
• Partner with user research to deeply understand customer behaviors, pain points, and mental models related to search and discovery
• Drive strategic initiatives in search personalization, relevance, and results optimization with thoughtful design exploration and experimentation
• Mentorship & Influence: Act as a thought leader and subject matter expert in search design, providing coaching and support to Product Designers working in or adjacent to search
• Facilitate critiques, design reviews, and working sessions to elevate the quality of design thinking and outcomes
• Clearly communicate design rationale and user impact to senior stakeholders in Product and Engineering
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Understand the needs of multiple product managers and engineering leads and deliver unified design direction that supports product strategy
• Participate in strategic planning, roadmap definition, and high-level product direction with senior cross-functional partners

Requirements

• 10+ years working in the design industry
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
• 3+ years in a product-led organization
• 3+ years providing design direction and mentoring to junior colleagues
• A strong visual aesthetic and design point of view, evidenced by a rich portfolio
• Experience delivering multiple projects simultaneously with cross-disciplinary teams
• Strong communication skills and ability to articulate design rationale in plain language
• Informed and strong opinions, loosely held
• Practitioner of user-centric and data-informed design
• Experience with consumer products or marketplaces preferred
• Champions a “We, Not Me” team-first mindset

Benefits

• Inclusive and Competitive medical, Rx, dental, and vision coverage
• Family forming benefits
• 13 Paid Holidays
• Flexible Time Off
• 8 hours of paid Volunteer Time off
• Immediate eligibility into Company 401(k) plan with 3.5% company match
• Tuition Reimbursement program for degreed and non-degreed programs
• 1:1 personalized Financial Planning Sessions
• Student Debt Retirement Savings Match program
• Free snacks and refreshments in each office location