Head of Design

| San Francisco | Hybrid
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Zumper is on a mission to make renting an apartment as easy as booking a hotel. With 75 million annual users across three brands (Zumper, PadMapper, Spaces), we’ve generated support from top-tier investors and recently raised $60m in Series D funding (of $140m total). We’re searching for passionate, hardworking people to build extraordinary products and revolutionize the rental industry. Jump aboard our rocket ship!

We're looking for a talented Head of Design to be a manager & leader for our nascent Design organization. Zumper is a design-led company that believes in the power of our product to bring simplicity to renting. You are able to switch between strategic, long-term thinking as well as participate and coach in the individual steps of the design process. You’ll be a mentor for our team, to set the bar for design excellence and help us deliver a world-class experience.

What You Will Do

  • Manage and grow a team of talented product designers
  • Set and raise the bar for design excellence by providing feedback to team member projects regularly
  • Research, understand and evangelize the needs of our customers (renters, landlords, agents, property managers) to our product and design teams
  • Own and drive our design process by evaluating the effectiveness of design activities through a balance of efficiency and problem de-risking
  • Build and develop our design team, including defining our hiring and performance rubrics
  • Establish the vision/mission/goals for the design team organization
  • Influence both company and product strategy through your team's work

Who You Are

  • A design manager with demonstrated experience in developing design processes and systems
  • Can ensure teams are delivering high-quality product design work that delivers on our business strategy and mission
  • Can demonstrate skills in visual and product design and the ability to successfully address both the functional and emotional needs of customers
  • Able to coach and mentor designers to grow through project feedback/critiques and performance evaluations
  • Collaborative with leaders across functions (e.g. Product, Engineering, Growth, Marketing) to ensure that teams are collaborating effectively to execute on company strategy
  • Proficient in design tools such as Sketch or Figma (P.S. we’re a Figma shop)
  • Empathetic, committed and curious in nature
  • Passionate about our mission to help people find the perfect home

What We Offer

  • Great medical, dental, vision insurance options with 90-100% employee premium coverage
  • 401k plan + 3% company match
  • Stock options
  • Flexible vacation policy; work hard and take time when you need it
  • Mass transit/rideshare stipend
  • Health & wellness reimbursements
  • Catered meals and stocked kitchen with coffee, snacks and beverages
  • Team adventures and outings
  • Weekly insight into all major company metrics
  • Up to 12-weeks of paid parental leave

Life at Zumper

Zumper HQ is located in the heart of downtown San Francisco, next door to the iconic Transamerica Building. We have offices in Chicago, New York, Providence, and Scottsdale and are lucky to have 200+ team mates across the US.

We care deeply about diversity. We are fostering an environment that celebrates authenticity and enables you to be your best self. As an equal opportunity employer, we welcome all applicants regardless of gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, religion, marital status, veteran status, age, disability, or race. We are committed to ensuring that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other employee benefits (Please contact us to request accommodations.)

We are proud to have won awards from Inc. Magazine (2019 Best Places to Work) and SF Business Times (2020 Best Places to Work and 2019 Bay Area Workplace Wellness Award). 

Please note

Zumper does not accept unsolicited resumes from staffing vendors, recruitment agencies and/or search firms. Please do not forward resumes to our jobs alias, employees, or any other company location. Any submittals without a prior signed agreement will become property of Zumper.

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Zumper HQ is located in the heart of downtown, next door to the iconic Transamerica Building - just an 8 min walk from the Montgomery BART station.

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