Lead Product Designer, VTS RISE
ABOUT VTS
VTS is changing the way that commercial real estate (CRE) is done—disrupting a $15 trillion industry by becoming the modern operating system for CRE. We invented the category of leasing and asset management, which allows landlords and brokers to take their entire leasing process online to maximize revenue and performance. Last year, we launched the fastest adopted new product in proptech, VTS Market. Rise Buildings by VTS is leading an entirely new category of software - tenant experience. We also recently launched VTS Data, already getting front-page references in the Wall Street Journal and quoted by Reuters, The Real Deal, Commercial Observer, and many more. Our success shows in our numbers—we hit "Unicorn" status in 2019 and today we have over 12 billion square feet of commercial space managed on VTS on 80,000 buildings in 34 countries, and we’ve expanded to over 400 employees globally. It’s an exciting time to join the VTS team as we continue to grow rapidly and break records.
Our headquarters are in NYC, but we have major hubs in other cities including Chicago, IL, Toronto, CA, London, UK, San Francisco, CA, and Austin, TX.
Learn more at vts.com, risebuildings.com, or follow us on Instagram (@WeAreVTS), Twitter (@WeAreVTS), or LinkedIn.
How does this Position help VTS Succeed?
We are seeking a Lead Product Designer for VTS Rise. This position at VTS comes with a high degree of autonomy and responsibility. You will be part of a cross-functional team working to expand and improve the VTS Rise product by conducting research, prototyping solutions, and ultimately delivering highly-attuned customer experiences.
If you’re an entrepreneurial-minded, execution-focused professional looking for an opportunity to grow and be part of a closely-knit team, we look forward to speaking with you. We value people who take ownership and get stuff done while working in a highly collaborative, supportive environment.
What you’ll do:
- Partner closely with Product and Engineering to discover and solve complex problems, within a culture of teamwork, partnership, and respect
- Design platforms that enable our products to work seamlessly together, accounting for larger application structure and context across all users and permissions
- Lead the design and application of ambitious platform-wide patterns and views that greatly reduce redundancy and debt, improve the user experience, and closely align to customer outcomes and workflows
- Promote research methodologies and lead qualitative and quantitative exercises that provide you with deep empathy for all of our customers’ motivations, goals, and larger systems in which they operate
- Facilitate design workshops and mentor other Designers to produce bold ideas and feedback
- Proactively pitch ideas, and exhibit substantive written and verbal communication skills, contributing design process and strategies to the platform, your product, and the Design team
- Contribute to organization-level strategies and objectives, and operationalize them
- Be a Design leader, with IC/Manager opportunities to coach other Designers
About You:
- Have a degree in Design, Human-Computer Interaction, Research, or a related field
- Have 10+ years' experience as a Product Designer in web and mobile applications at a software company, with bonus points for prior Real Estate experience
- Have prior IC/Manager or design management experience
- Have a strong portfolio showcasing your best work and demonstrating process, usability principles, and research methodologies
- Have clear and concise written and verbal communication skills, and the ability to rationalize design decisions with Design and non-Design stakeholders alike
- Are a leader and a team player, with a strong desire to lead a growing organization of fellow Designers, Product Managers, and Engineers
What VTS Values & How We Show It:
- Strive for Excellence - We know your potential is unlimited. Take advantage of our executive coaches and our training and career development programs available to all employees!
- Be Customer Obsessed - We’re employee obsessed too! VTS offers competitive compensation, comprehensive health benefits (including dental and vision), pre-tax commuter benefits, and a 401(k) plan. Not to mention the fun stuff - monthly happy hours, wellness events, clubs, and team lunches!
- Be Curious - Benefit from a culture that promotes new learning. VTS offers an education stipend to all employees!
- Move as One - We work in an open floor plan to promote cross-functional collaboration.
- Take Ownership - Be an owner of the company you’re building with our equity packages.
- Appreciate the Difference - VTS embraces and celebrates diversity. We understand the importance of a strong work-life balance. We offer a flexible PTO policy, generous family leave program, and more!
VTS embraces diversity and equal opportunity in a serious way. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. The more inclusive we are, the better our work will be.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.