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Head of Design

Nu Advisory Partners 🇺🇸 United States of America

Full-time Head

Set the product design vision and improve the end-to-end customer experience by simplifying complex product journeys, building and governing the design system, and shaping AI-powered experiences. Recruit and develop the design team, stay hands-on with design craft, and partner with product, engineering, and executive leaders on standards, priorities, and strategy.

Responsibilities

  • Set the product design vision and improve the end-to-end customer experience by simplifying complex product journeys, building and governing the design system, and shaping AI-powered experiences. Recruit and develop the design team, stay hands-on with design craft, and partner with product, engineering, and executive leaders on standards, priorities, and strategy.

Requirements

  • Requires 10+ years of product design experience, including significant SaaS design leadership and experience leading design managers or building that management layer. Candidates should bring a record of simplifying complex products, strong interaction and visual design skills, systems-thinking experience, AI judgment, executive communication ability, and trusted engineering partnerships.

Key Skills

Design vision setting Design system governance AI‑powered experience design Product design leadership Recruiting and team development Hands‑on design craft Cross‑functional partnership (product, engineering, executive) Strategic planning SaaS product design Interaction design Visual design Systems thinking Executive communication Stakeholder management Mentoring User journey simplification Prototyping Design ops Agile methodology Design thinking

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 We were founded to break the mold in an industry that’s slow, outdated, and inefficient.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 No outdated playbooks.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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