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Head of Design

Nu Advisory Partners 🇺🇸 United States of America

Full-time Head

Set the product design vision, simplify the end-to-end customer experience, establish and maintain an adopted design system, and build and develop a high-performing design team. Partner with product and engineering leaders, stay hands-on with design craft, and guide AI-powered experiences, onboarding, activation, and design practices across the organization.

Responsibilities

  • Set the product design vision, simplify the end-to-end customer experience, establish and maintain an adopted design system, and build and develop a high-performing design team. Partner with product and engineering leaders, stay hands-on with design craft, and guide AI-powered experiences, onboarding, activation, and design practices across the organization.

Requirements

  • Requires 10+ years of product design experience, including significant design-team leadership at a SaaS company and experience leading design managers. Candidates should have a record of simplifying complex products and building widely adopted design systems, strong interaction and visual design skills, sound judgment about AI, and the ability to influence executives and partner closely with engineering.

Key Skills

Design Leadership Design System Development Product Design Vision AI‑Powered Experience Design Interaction Design Visual Design Cross‑functional Partnership Executive Influence Team Building Mentoring Strategic Road‑mapping Design Craft Stakeholder Management Communication Problem Simplification

About Nu Advisory Partners

NU Advisory Partners is an AI-native executive search and advisory firm specializing in senior executive, operating, and board roles, with deep expertise in private capital-backed environments. Executive search hasn’t changed in 50+ years. We were founded to break the mold in an industry that’s slow, outdated, and inefficient. We leverage tech, data, and AI — whether we’re building, buying, or modifying — to make search smarter, faster, and built for how businesses move today. No wasted time. No outdated playbooks. No excuses. Just a better experience for clients, candidates, and ourselves. With 2,000+ searches and deep industry expertise, we deliver high-touch service, unmatched networks, and leadership talent that drives long-term value. Welcome to the future of search.

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