Design Leadership - Future Opportunities

Lead the long-term design vision and product strategy while remaining hands-on in creating high-fidelity mockups and prototypes. Build and mentor a team of designers and collaborate with executive leadership to drive design as a strategic business driver.

Responsibilities

• Strategic Leadership: Partner directly with Founders, VPs, and Product Directors to define and drive the long-term design vision and product strategy for a specific pillar
• Hands-On Craft: Lead by example, diving into the work to illustrate complex design solutions, creating process flows, wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity mockups
• Team Building & Mentorship: Build, lead, and mentor a team of 2-3 high-potential designers, elevating their craft, guiding their career growth, and fostering a culture of design excellence
• Cross-Functional Influence: Champion the value of design across the organization, working seamlessly with Engineering, Product, and Data leads to ensure design is a strategic driver, not just a service
• System & Scale: Evolve the design system to support rapid scaling while maintaining consistency and quality across a growing product suite
• Design Operations: Help establish and refine design processes, from discovery to delivery, ensuring the team operates with speed and precision

Requirements

• Startup DNA: 8+ years of experience in product design, with a proven track record of leading design in an early-stage, high-growth startup environment
• Player-Coach: A seasoned leader who still loves to design, with the ability to seamlessly switch between strategic planning and pushing pixels in Figma
• Executive Presence: Comfortable presenting to and debating with C-level executives, with the ability to articulate the business value of design decisions and influence org-level strategy
• Proven Builder: Experience building teams, hiring, mentoring, and managing designers, helping them reach their full potential
• Master of Craft: Industry-leading quality in UX and UI, with deep expertise in systems thinking, information architecture, and prototyping complex workflows
• Iterative Mindset: Ability to balance the pursuit of perfection with the need for speed, delivering high-quality work iteratively
• Tool Proficiency: Expert-level fluency in Figma and modern design tools

Benefits

• Salary: A strong base salary aligned with market ranges, along with the flexibility to tailor the mix of cash and equity to match longer-term goals
• Equity Ownership: Ownership in one of Canada's fastest-growing companies, with real ownership and meaningful long-term wealth-building potential tied to success
• Flexible health benefits & life insurance
• 21 Days PTO + stat holidays, and personal leave
• Health & personal spending accounts
• A wide variety of discounts through the partner network
• Access to early use of products and discounts on fixed-term Neo mortgages
• Parental top-up & equity vesting during long-term leave
• Neo night events
• Company-wide huddles, and education

Key Skills