Product Design Lead, Pathstream
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Web-based platform for teaching tech skills
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Web-based platform for teaching tech skills
101-200 employees
Job no longer available
More information about location
101-200 employees
Company mission
To change the future of careers.
Role
Who you are
- Degree or equivalent experience in Design, Product Design, HCI, or a related field
- Minimum of 5 years of professional experience in user experience and/or product design
- Strong portfolio showcasing a variety of design projects, including web and mobile applications, with a focus on finding solutions that harmonize business goals with user experience
- Proficiency in design tools such as Figma and Adobe Creative Suite
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams
- Experience with usability testing and user research methodologies
- Commitment to using design thinking principles to drive meaningful outcomes
- Leadership experience or a demonstrated ability to manage and mentor a design team
What the job involves
- Pathstream is seeking a talented Product Designer to join our dynamic Engineering, Product and Design (EPD) team
- We are looking for someone who can own the entire UX process from concept to completion, starting with generative discovery all the way through detailed design
- Driving the design and user experience of our digital career pathing and learning platform
- Providing hands-on management to a team of two UI/UX designers, guiding their growth and ensuring the delivery of exceptional design solutions
- Supporting our prototyping and hypothesis testing efforts to shape the future development of our product
- Developing best-practice collaborative processes with product management and engineering
- This is a full-time, remote position and reports to the VP of Product
- Design Leadership: Lead the design process, frameworks, and execution for Pathstream's digital career pathing and learning platform
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including product managers, engineers and user/market researchers to translate concepts into design solutions. Proactively identify and pursue design opportunities
- Team Management: Provide mentorship and manage the capacity of a team of two designers, fostering their growth and development specifically in relation to product design and UX/UI design
- Set clear objectives, review their work, and ensure the team consistently delivers high-quality designs that are production-ready for engineers
- Standards of Craft: Contribute to the refinement and maintenance of standards of craft, including a design system that ensures consistency and scalability across all product interfaces
- User Research and Usability Testing: Conduct user research and usability testing to inform the design process in close collaboration with our User Research Lead. Create wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity designs that can be tested with users
- Prototyping: Support product innovation work by partnering with our Revenue and Innovation leads to develop new design concepts which can be tested with users and buyers to inform the future direction of our platform
- Collaboration and Stakeholder Communication: Spearhead and maintain collaborative processes between design and product, engineering, sales, innovation, and other stakeholders to ensure alignment on design goals and deliverables
- Clearly present and communicate design concepts and rationale to members of the Design Team and other internal stakeholders
- Lifelong Learning: Stay up-to-date with industry trends, emerging design tools, and best practices to continuously improve design processes and outcomes
Our take
Applicant Tracking Systems are frequently used by companies to filter out resumes that do not include essential skills. However, University degrees often focus on generalized skill sets as opposed to career-critical skills, resulting in many strong candidates slipping through the cracks.
Pathstream builds optimized digital skill programs for job seekers by partnering with companies and educational institutions, with programs designed in collaboration with companies including Salesforce, Facebook and Tableau. The startup's aim is to deliver courses in career-critical skill sets to ensure applicants have all the necessary skills relevant to their career path.
Pathstream believes that degrees in the US still focus too much on qualifications in antiquated skill sets. It does not want to replace educational institutes, but partner with them to teach platform-centric and industry-critical skill sets. Strong funding and a good initial reach will support this aim moving forward.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-9% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Jun 2023
$38.8m
LATE VC
Aug 2019
$12m
SERIES A
Total funding: $51.8m
Company benefits
- Disability, life insurance
- Flexible spending accounts
- Flexible vacation
- Commuter benefits
- 401(k)
- Team Activities
- Work from home opportunities
- Health insurance
Company HQ
Union Square, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Eleanor Cooper
(Co-Founder & CEO)Worked at Morgan Stanley as an Investment Banking Analyst. Was a Private Equity Investment Associate at Energy Capital Partner, and New Venture Lead at Entangled Ventures.
Lauren Pizer
(Co-Founder & SVP of Learning Experience)Was a Special Projects Associate at Explore Schools, Teaching Team Member at Hasso Plattner Institute of Design, and Director of Student Experience at MissionU. Was also Case Team Leader at Entangled Ventures.
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