Product Design Lead, Retool
$251.9-340.7k
Low-code internal tools building software
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Low-code internal tools building software
201-500 employees
Be an early applicant
$251.9-340.7k
201-500 employees
Company mission
Retool's mission is to create the future of internal software by making software development for engineers simpler and more accessible.
Role
Who you are
- A body of work that demonstrates high quality and meaningful business impact—you know what great design looks like, and how to enable your team to produce just that
- 12+ years of professional design experience with 4+ years of leadership experience, including managing individual contributors and managers
- Experience setting product design direction in a cross-disciplinary, multi-team environment at all altitudes, from strategic direction down to detailed UI design
- Strong systems and conceptual thinking, paired with direct communication that's concise, articulate, and capable of inspiring a team
- A history of deep collaboration with product and engineering functions, empowering design to lead with vision and drive holistic product experiences that significantly impacted the business' trajectory
- An obsessions with customers, and direct experience building processes for developing customer understanding in collaboration with sales, customer success, and marketing partners
- Proven expertise in attracting, nurturing, and retaining top-tier talent, cultivating well-rounded and inclusive teams that expand with the company's growth
- The inspiration and drive to radically rethink how software is built, and shape the future of programming
What the job involves
- We're seeking a design leader to guide an extraordinary team of product designers, shaping their work and processes to ensure high quality and timely execution of Retool’s goals and product vision
- Your influence will extend beyond the design realm, as you’ll partner closely with your product management and engineering counterparts to effectively communicate the objectives, insights, and status of product work to the rest of the organization
- You’ll help scale the product design function at Retool, recruiting and developing the careers of product designers, while building an environment where design changes the trajectory of our customers and our business
- Work closely with our Head of Design to model Retool's operating principles, cultivate an inclusive and empowering workplace with a clear organizational structure, and devise practical strategies that help us achieve concrete and measurable objectives
- Help establish an outstanding design practice, influence product strategy, plan and ensure product execution, and uphold a high quality bar
- Lead with clarity and vision, motivating and coaching designers to deliver the best work of their career by building a demanding, but supportive environment
- Help to create repeatable systems and processes for product design to deliver high quality work at an ambitious velocity
- Improve our process for attracting high-quality product design candidates and refine our career growth frameworks
- Partner with our other design leaders to facilitate close collaboration and operational support between product design, brand design, and design engineering
- Share ownership of product outcomes with your engineering and product management partners, reinforcing a “three-legged stool” operating model
- Create alignment by communicating objectives and progress across the company and to senior leadership
Our take
Retool allows developers to build internal applications quickly using a complete set of ready-made building blocks. These internal applications can be used to display company data from a range of sources, including Redis, Salesforce, Google Cloud, and Slack.
For a monthly fee, the platform enables companies to save time that they would have otherwise spent on developing their own internal applications. Retool brands itself as 'low-code,' meaning that it is easy to use and customize. There is a huge demand for systems that allow teams to analyze the data they already have. Retool already counts brands such as Amazon, Philips, Peloton, NBC, and Mercedes-Benz as customers.
Retool was founded in 2017, and the company is now valued at over $1 billion. Founded by Oxford graduate David Hsu, the management team includes ex-Stripe and ex-Airbnb employees with plenty of experience in taking a company from a start-up to a global brand. Retool was awarded $45 million in Series C in 2022, which it is using to expand its workforce, tweak its platform, and develop new products.
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Jul 2022
$45m
SERIES C
Dec 2021
$20m
SERIES C
Total funding: $165.2m
Company benefits
- Competitive healthcare, dental and vision benefits
- Breakfast, lunch and dinner at our San Francisco and New York offices
- $1,200 annual stipend for anything learning-related (books, conferences, classes, etc.)
- $1,000 work-from-home-setup stipend
- Flexible PTO
- Family planning support and paid parental leave
- 401(k) Matching
- Mental health and wellness benefits
Company HQ
Civic Center, San Francisco, CA
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Leadership
David Hsu
(CEO)David studied Philosophy and Computer Science at the University of Oxford, before founding Retool in 2017. He has served as CEO ever since.
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