Senior Director of Design, Bevi
Product & Experience
$220.7-272.6k
+ Stock options
2-5 days a week in office
Water dispenser for office and commercial spaces
Posted today
Water dispenser for office and commercial spaces
201-500 employees
Posted today
$220.7-272.6k
+ Stock options
2-5 days a week in office
201-500 employees
Company mission
Bevi is on a mission to unbottle the future.
Role
Who you are
- 10+ years of design experience with 5+ years leading both physical/industrial design and digital/UI-UX design, ideally for connected hardware or consumer electronics products
- Proven experience managing and growing a multidisciplinary design team
- A portfolio that shows range across hardware and digital, with strong craft in both
- Experience owning CMF decisions and working closely with engineering and manufacturing partners to bring designs to production
- Comfortable setting vision and being in the details. This role needs both
- Strong communicator who can hold their own with engineers on manufacturing constraints and with executives on brand and product vision
- A track record of building or scaling design systems that keep a growing product line consistent
- Bonus: a broad design sensibility beyond ID and UI/UX to help inform and drive how Bevi views design more holistically than just the physical and digital products themselves
- We value individual accomplishments, specialized knowledge, and genuine passion over simply checking boxes on a requirements list. Whether you're a seasoned expert or an emerging talent, we're looking for people who are ready to build what's next. If any of our open positions interest you, we'd encourage you to apply!
What the job involves
- Bevi is looking for a Senior Director, Product & Experience Design to lead the team that shapes how our products look, feel, and work, from the Bevi machine that houses your favorite drinks, to the screen experience that turns your selections into your go-to pour
- We believe design isn't just how Bevi competes, it's how we win. The way our machines look and feel, and the way our interfaces guide someone through a choice, is often the difference between a drinker reaching for a plastic bottle or reaching for Bevi
- This role owns that: you'll shape how the Bevi product shows up in the world - both in terms of physical industrial design and UI/UX design -and you'll have real influence over decisions that touch every product we ship
- Everything you and your team do must have an incredibly close connection to our customers - they are your beacon in this role. Their needs/problems must be solved through a highly functional and beautifully designed set of products that bring our brand to life
- You'll own design across two disciplines: industrial design and UI/UX design. You'll manage the designers who bring both to life, and you'll be the person who makes sure a Bevi machine feels like Bevi whether someone is touching the hardware or our digital components (both outward facing and to our service partners, technicians, and internal teams)
- This is a craft and leadership role in equal measure. You'll set the product design vision and standards, and you'll manage a team that needs a strong creative leader and a strong people manager at the same time. You’ll drive the team to find new ways to design and build
- This role will partner closely with our Marketing and Brand Creative teams to ensure that our brand is brought to life cohesively
- This role reports to the VP of Product and sits on the extended product leadership team. It will operate in close partnership with Product Management, Engineering, Quality, Manufacturing, and more. As Bevi's design function grows, there's room for this role to grow with it
- Define and maintain a coherent design language across Bevi's hardware and digital products, so the physical machine and the on-screen experience feel like they came from the same place
- Set the bar for craft across industrial design and UI/UX, and be hands-on enough to raise it as well
- Own CMF (color, material, finish) standards and decisions for hardware, in partnership with Product, Engineering, and Operations
- Bring a strong point of view on where design should push Bevi's products forward, not just execute on what's asked. You should be comfortable not just engaging with Bevi’s executive team, but guiding them through the lens of design principles
- Own how every drinker, client, and partner experiences the Bevi product, from “the first look” through the choice, the pour, the taste, and the reason they come back. Everything they see, touch, taste, and feel should be unmistakably Bevi - and that shared essence is driven by you and your team
- Treat user experience as the engine of product love. Great design drives repeat pours, advocacy, and in turn, a placement into a habit, and a habit into growth for Bevi
- Design for the full journey Bevi takes folks on, from the drinkers who use our products, to the clients who place them, to the partners and technicians who service them. The experience should hold end to end
- Manage and grow a team of Industrial Designers and UI/UX Designers, giving each discipline what it needs to do great work while keeping both aligned to one vision
- Coach designers on craft and career growth, and build a team that can scale with Bevi's product roadmap
- Partner with Product Management to translate roadmap priorities into design direction, and push back when a plan doesn't hold up design-wise
- Work directly with Engineering to protect design integrity from concept through production, especially on hardware where tolerances and manufacturing realities meet the vision
- Represent design in product strategy and planning conversations, making sure design is shaping and informing decisions early, not just polishing them at the end
- Build and maintain design systems that let the team move fast without losing consistency as Bevi's product line grows
- Establish clear standards and processes for how design work gets reviewed, approved, and put into execution mode by designers and cross-functional partners
Application process
- A member of the Bevi Talent team 'recruiting@bevi.co' will be reaching out about next steps if we would like to move forward
Our take
Americans buy billions of water bottles per year, the manufacture of which uses millions of barrels of crude oil. This alone causes significant damage to the environment, before even considering the carbon impact of delivery or the plastic waste produced. Bevi hopes to change this with its smart beverage-dispensing machine that only requires a tap water source to function.
Bevi’s dispensers allow users to customise their drinks, check nutrition information and track the environmental impact of their usage. With the ability to carbonate beverages as well as flavour them with natural essences, and even some caffeine and electrolytes if one wishes, Bevi has created a versatile hydration system that caters to the modern consumer on both eco-conscious and personal taste levels.
This simple and effective hydration system has become popular across industries. Over 4000 companies, including Volkswagen, Netflix and Google, make use of Bevi machines. The company, though having to fight through some self-admittedly "frightening" times, has raised significant funding that will support its rapid growth and expansion into new verticals and products.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
23% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Aug 2022
$70m
SERIES D
Jan 2019
$35.5m
SERIES C
Total funding: $130.2m
Company benefits
- Flexible Time Off: Our paid time off (PTO) policy means you can plan your perfect gvetaway when you need to recharge.
- Health is Wealth: Comprehensive health coverage through Blue Cross & Blue Shield which keeps you and your loved one protected.
- Stay, Fit, Stay Happy: Boost your wellness with gym membership reimbursements and additional fitness perks.
- Ownership Mindset: Everyone gets a piece of the pie with our stock options plan. When the company succeeds, you succeed.
- Bevi Annual Retreat: Recharge and bond with teammates during our unforgettable company retreat packed with adventures and team building.
- Awesome Office Perks: Enjoy our office culture with catered lunches, happy hours, exclusive Bevi flavor tastings, and a dog-friendly workplace.
Company HQ
Medford Street / The Neck, Boston, MA
Leadership
Eliza Becton
(Co-Founder & VP of Product)Eliza's background is in user-experience design at various startups, with end-to-end experiences from ideation to market research to prototyping. Eliza graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) with a Masters in Industrial Design, and from Yale University with a BS in Mechanical Engineering.
Cathy Lewenberg
(CEO)With a diverse background across consumer, retail, healthcare, and tech industries, Cathy earned her BA in Politics and American Studies from Princeton University and MBA from the Wharton School.
Sean Grundy
(Co-Founder)Previously, Sean has had 3 years experience managing environmental projects at Rare. They attended MIT Sloan School of Management for their MBA and Princeton for their undergraduate degree.
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