Head of Product Design at halter

halter

Auckland·2d ago

ExecutiveFull-timeRailsGitGoAI

Salary Range

$202,300 - $273,700 /year

Estimated

This salary is estimated based on similar roles. The actual salary may vary.

About the Role

Halter is seeking a Head of Product Design to define and craft the future of their product experience. This leader will own everything from design vision and strategy to the finer details of user experience across mobile and web applications.

Key Responsibilities

→Define and evolve Halter’s product design vision, strategy, principles, and standards
→Establish and scale a design system that enables speed, consistency, and quality across mobile and web
→Translate complex, real-world data into clear, intuitive digital experiences
→Own design quality as a competitive advantage
→Work closely with Product, Engineering, and Go-to-market leadership
→Advocate for users while balancing business needs and technical constraints
→Lead, manage, mentor, and grow a team of product designers
→Build a high-performance design culture grounded in craft and continuous improvement
→Stay close to the work - guiding key flows, reviewing designs, and unblocking teams
→Drive strong design critique, experimentation, and data-informed decision making
→Establish best practices across UX research, interaction design, visual design, and accessibility

Requirements

✓Experienced product designer with deep craft and strong product instincts
✓Experience building and shaping design teams, ideally in a Head of Design role
✓Comfortable operating across levels, from vision and strategy down to execution
✓Experience designing and scaling complex, data-rich products
✓Highly effective working with Product and Engineering as peers
✓Champion of intelligence and automation, comfortable shaping a design function to benefit from AI tooling
✓Low ego, opinionated but pragmatic, comfortable making hard trade-offs
✓Motivated by real-world impact and building something revolutionary