Head of Design and Research

| New York, NY, USA
Employer Provided Salary: 190,000-260,000 Annually
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Meet Upside:

We created Upside to transform brick-and-mortar commerce. Our technology uses the sophistication of online retail—profit measurement, attribution, and incrementality—to provide users with more value on their everyday purchases and brick-and-mortar businesses with new, profitable customers. We’ve helped millions of users earn 2 to 3 times more cashback than any other product, and hundreds of thousands of brick-and-mortar businesses earn measurable profit. Billions of dollars in commerce run through the Upside platform every year, and that value goes directly back to our retailer partners, the consumers they serve, and important sustainability initiatives.


Meet the Product Design team:
Our team works to craft simple and impactful experiences for both sides of our marketplace (merchants + consumers). We are a small but mighty team that threads the needle through the connective tissue across all of our customers’ experiences. This is a wonderful opportunity to contribute and continue to craft the Design practice for a hyper-focused, high-growth team!

The Impact You'll Make:

The Manager, Product Design will lead Product Designers and enhance our consumer product experiences. This role builds relationships and collaborates with Product Management and Engineering in order to fully realize products and features from inception to release. The position reports to the Head of Design, and together, with the rest of the Design Team, you’ll work to optimize our process, and tools, and help uplevel Design Culture at Upside.

  • Lead and grow a team of Product Designers, run team ceremonies and design sprints
  • Contribute, build, and present artifacts such as user journeys, wireframes, detailed UX flows, prototypes, UI mockups, sketches, visuals, decks, and explanations that promote understanding and alignment with leadership and cross-functional teams
  • Liaise with Product Manager and Research partners to apply consumer and business insights and turn them into tangible customer experience
  • Be a part of our product development life-cycle, from strategy through pixel-perfect delivery
  • Collaborate with Engineering to understand feasibility and optimize designs, coming up with creative solutions to help us ship faster while adhering to our design craft standards
  • Explore concepts, optimize processes and tools, iterate on feedback, and narrow to the best solution while maintaining momentum
  • Present your work across the organization, inclusive of executives and partners
  • Advocate for Design Culture and Best Practices


What you should have:

  • 7+ years as a Product Designer and 2+ years of management or lead experience
  • Proactive, self-starter work ethic, entrepreneurial personality
  • Has a Human-Centered approach to Design 
  • A high level of empathy - for both our customers and internal collaborators
  • Comfort working within some ambiguity in a fast-paced environment
  • Be committed to delivering pixel-perfect designs
  • Ability to back decisions with data and research
  • Proficiency in Figma
  • Experience with and working within Design System frameworks
  • Expert at articulating the reasoning behind your design decisions
  • A love of results-driven experimentation


The fine print:

Location:

  • This role is a hybrid role and required to work from our San Francisco or New York City office 1 day/week.

Compensation:

  • The US base salary range for this full-time position is $190,000-$260,000 + equity + benefits. The final starting pay will be determined based on job-related skills, experience, qualifications, work location, and market conditions. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range during the hiring process.


Notice to recruiters and placement agencies: 

  • This is an in-house search with a dedicated recruiter. Please do not submit resumes to any person or email address at Upside. Upside is not liable for, and will not pay, placement fees for candidates submitted by any party or agency other than its approved recruitment partners.


At Upside, we believe that diversity drives innovation. Our differences are what makes us stronger. We‘re passionate about building a workplace that represents a variety of backgrounds, skills, and perspectives and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. Everyone is welcome here. Come join us!

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Technology we use

  • Engineering
  • Product
  • Sales & Marketing
  • People Operations
    • JavaLanguages
    • PythonLanguages
    • RLanguages
    • SqlLanguages
    • TerraformFrameworks
    • DynamoDBDatabases
    • MySQLDatabases
    • AWS (Amazon Web Services)Services
    • GitHubServices
    • Google AnalyticsAnalytics
    • LookerAnalytics
    • FigmaDesign
    • InVisionDesign
    • AsanaManagement
    • ConfluenceManagement
    • Google DriveManagement
    • Google DocsManagement
    • JIRAManagement
    • WebflowCMS
    • HubSpotCRM
    • SalesforceCRM
    • Google HangoutsCollaboration
    • SlackCollaboration

Location

New York, NY

What are Upside Perks + Benefits

Culture
Volunteer in local community
Partners with nonprofits
Open door policy
OKR operational model
Team based strategic planning
Open office floor plan
Flexible work schedule
Remote work program
Diversity
Documented equal pay policy
Mandated unconscious bias training
Diversity manifesto
Mean gender pay gap below 10%
Hiring practices that promote diversity
Health Insurance + Wellness
Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
Disability insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Health insurance
Life insurance
Wellness programs
Team workouts
Mental health benefits
Financial & Retirement
401(K)
Company equity
Performance bonus
Child Care & Parental Leave
Childcare benefits
Generous parental leave
Family medical leave
Adoption Assistance
Vacation + Time Off
Unlimited vacation policy
Paid holidays
Paid sick days
Office Perks
Commuter benefits
Company-sponsored outings
Free daily meals
Free snacks and drinks
Company-sponsored happy hours
Pet friendly
Fitness stipend
Home-office stipend for remote employees
Professional Development
Job training & conferences
Lunch and learns
Promote from within
Online course subscriptions available

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