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Weekday AI (YC W21)

Head Of Design

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Weekday AI (YC W21)

Mumbai Full-Time 4–8 yrs exp Posted 1 day ago  · Apply by Sep 22, 2026
This role is for one of the Weekday's clients

Min Experience: 10+ years

Location: Mumbai

JobType: full-time

Requirements

Key Responsibilities

  • Design Leadership & Strategy
  • Define and own the overall design vision and strategy aligned with business objectives
  • Build, mentor, and manage a high-performing team of product, visual, and brand designers
  • Foster a strong design culture centered around innovation, user empathy, and collaboration
  • Establish design processes, frameworks, and best practices across the organization
  • Product Design
  • Lead end-to-end product design across web and mobile platforms
  • Drive user-centric design decisions through customer research, usability testing, and data insights
  • Create seamless and intuitive user experiences that improve adoption, engagement, and retention
  • Collaborate closely with Product and Engineering teams to deliver high-quality product experiences
  • Design Systems & UX Excellence
  • Develop and maintain scalable design systems and component libraries
  • Ensure consistency across products, platforms, and customer touchpoints
  • Define and monitor UX metrics and continuously improve customer experiences
  • Brand & Marketing Design
  • Oversee the company's visual identity across digital and offline channels
  • Ensure consistency in branding, messaging, and visual storytelling
  • Support marketing initiatives through high-quality creative assets for campaigns, events, social media, and sales enablement
  • Cross-functional Collaboration
  • Partner with Product, Engineering, Marketing, Sales, and Leadership teams to align design efforts with business goals
  • Translate complex business and technical requirements into intuitive and elegant user experiences
  • Advocate for design thinking across the organization

What We're Looking For

  • Experience
  • 10+ years of experience in Product Design, UX/UI Design, Interaction Design, Visual Design, or related disciplines
  • Demonstrated experience leading and scaling design teams in high-growth SaaS or enterprise technology organizations
  • Experience working within B2B SaaS, CRM, ERP, MarTech, CPaaS, or enterprise software environments is highly preferred
  • Proven track record of delivering customer-centric experiences that drive adoption, engagement, and business outcomes
  • Leadership
  • Experience managing and mentoring senior designers and cross-functional teams
  • Ability to influence executive stakeholders and drive alignment across functions
  • Strong strategic thinking with the ability to balance long-term vision with execution excellence
  • Technical & Functional Expertise
  • Deep understanding of user-centered design methodologies and modern product development practices
  • Expertise in design systems, information architecture, interaction design, and usability principles
  • Proficiency with industry-standard design and collaboration platforms including Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, Miro, prototyping solutions, user research tools, and design system frameworks
  • Experience working within agile product development environments
  • Communication
  • Exceptional communication, storytelling, and stakeholder management skills
  • Ability to articulate design decisions through customer insights, business metrics, and strategic outcomes
  • Preferred Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree in Design, Human-Computer Interaction, Engineering, Fine Arts, or a related discipline
  • A master's degree or MBA is considered advantageous
  • Experience designing for enterprise users and complex business workflows
  • Familiarity with experimentation frameworks and data-driven product design practices

Why Work With Us?

  • Accelerated Career Growth - Fast-track your way into leadership roles with a clear growth path
  • Challenging Work Environment - Collaborate with large enterprises and solve complex technology problems.
  • Career Flexibility - Explore transitions into roles like Product Manager and beyond
  • Supportive Culture - Work with a friendly, approachable team and management that values people
  • Founder-Led Exposure - Get a front-row seat to the startup journey and work closely with the founding team
  • Sharpen Customer-Centric Skills - Gain hands-on experience and build strong customer-facing and problem-solving skills
  • Hands-On Innovation - Be directly involved in AI bot creation, prompt engineering, and cutting-edge customer engagement solutions

Must-have Skills

Product Designer