Design Leadership - Future Opportunities

The role involves strategic leadership in defining and driving the long-term design vision and product strategy, while also leading hands-on design work. Additionally, it includes building and mentoring a team of designers and championing the value of design across the organization.

Responsibilities

• Strategic Leadership: Partner 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, with expertise in creating process flows, wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity mockups
• Team Building & Mentorship: Build, lead, and mentor a team of designers, with a focus on 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, with expertise in working seamlessly with Engineering, Product, and Data leads
• System & Scale: Evolve the design system to support rapid scaling, with a focus on maintaining consistency and quality across a growing product suite
• Design Operations: Help establish and refine design processes, from discovery to delivery, with a focus on 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: Seasoned leader who still loves to design, with expertise in systems thinking, information architecture, and prototyping complex workflows
• 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, with a track record of hiring, mentoring, and managing designers
• 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, with expertise in delivering high-quality work iteratively
• Tool Proficiency: Expert-level fluency in Figma and modern design tools

Benefits

• Competitive, market-leading rewards program
• Salary: Strong base salary aligned with market ranges, with flexibility to tailor the mix of cash and equity
• Equity Ownership: Share directly in the upside of one of Canada's fastest-growing companies
• Short-term Incentive Plans: Earn big with short-term incentive plans
• Collaboration with Top Talent: Collaborate with the brightest minds to build something meaningful
• Flexible Health Benefits & Life Insurance: Flexible health benefits and life insurance
• Time Off: 21 Days PTO + stat holidays, and personal leave
• Health & Personal Spending Accounts: Health and personal spending accounts
• Discounts through Partner Network: A wide variety of discounts through the partner network
• Access to Early Use of Products and Discounts on Fixed-Term Neo Mortgages: Access to early use of products and discounts on fixed-term Neo mortgages
• Parental Top-up & Equity Vesting during Long-term Leave: Parental top-up and equity vesting during long-term leave
• Neo Night Events: Neo night events
• Company-wide Huddles, and Education: Company-wide huddles, and education

Key Skills