Director of Product Design, Yahoo Finance

Job Highlights:

• Company: Workwarp
• Location: Remote
• Start Date: Immediate openings available
• Compensation: a competitive salary
• Position: Director Of Product Design, Yahoo Finance

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The largest business and financial news site in the world, with unrivaled access to data, insights and original editorial content.

A Little About Us:

At Yahoo Finance, we believe that business news is for everyone -- from Wall Street to Main Street. Yahoo Finance is the largest business and financial information and tools app+site in the world, with unrivaled access to data, insights, tools and up-to-the-minute financial news. Under a new leadership team, we are recommitted to building and revitalizing this financial OG and positioning it for the future. This role will have a huge impact as you will be spearheading efforts that will allow millions of Yahoo Finance users to make the best investing decisions and act on them. If you’re a consumer product leader and are passionate about finance or investing, this one's for you!

Your Day at Yahoo Finance:

• Collaborate with a cross-functional team that is spread out across the US and globally. Identify key business and user experience opportunities and drive consensus within a diverse team of stakeholders.
• Leads design activities at the portfolio level, by identifying unique opportunities to apply skills to deliver business value
• Creates partnerships across design disciplines and portfolios to avoid duplication and integrate experiences for customers
• Advocates for skills required for the product and portfolio
• Build a strong design culture within the greater product org by promoting design thinking to counterparts in Product and Engineering. Grow the design team through mentorship, visioning, and team development
• Ensure work across the team is of the highest quality and the implemented products accurately reflect the product and design vision

About You:

• Location Preference: Mountain View or surrounding areas - hybrid work environment
• 12+ years of cross-platform product design exp experience in the consumer products space
• 3+ years of experience managing and developing complex design teams
• You are passionate and enthusiastic about leadership and the impact servant leaders can have on a designer's career. You have experience leading teams for multiple years and have coached high-performing, high-impact designers to success
• Solid craftsmanship: skilled in both the theory and practice of design, up-to-date on design patterns, able to differentiate between trends and emerging best practices, familiar with user research methods, and a firm understanding of user-centered design and when to apply different tools and processes to achieve a great outcome
• Enough professional experience that you thrive in the face of ambiguity and complexity and know how to get things done across a globally distributed environment. You have excellent communication skills across all mediums with the proven ability to influence a diverse set of stakeholders and executives. Your teammates love collaborating with you!
• Demonstrated passion for fintech, financial markets, and Yahoo Finance’s product and potential
• Strong communicator of design direction with the ability to communicate at all levels of the organization
• Experience leading concept-to-deliver design projects
• Highly collaborative, energetic, and results-oriented, working hands-on in a fast-paced software development environment
• Extra credit for experience leading through major UI overhauls or having taken products from 0 to 1

Yahoo is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, and will not be discriminated against based on age, race, gender, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, disability or any other protected category. Yahoo is dedicated to providing an accessible environment for all candidates during the application process and for employees during their employment. If you need accessibility assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability, please submit a request via the Accommodation Request Form (www.yahooinc.com/careers/contact-us.html) or call 408-336-1409. Requests and calls received for non-disability related issues, such as following up on an application, will not receive a response.

At Yahoo, we know that diversity makes us stronger. We are committed to a collaborative, inclusive environment that encourages authenticity and fosters a sense of belonging. We strive for everyone to feel valued, connected, and empowered to reach their potential and contribute their best. Check out our diversity and inclusion (www.yahooinc.com/diversity/) page to learn more.

The compensation for this position ranges from $160,965.00 - $349,885.00/yr and will vary depending on factors such as your location, skills and experience. The compensation package may also include incentive compensation opportunities in the form of discretionary annual bonus or commissions, in addition to equity incentives. Yahoo provides industry-leading benefits including healthcare, 401K savings plan, company holidays, vacation, sick time, parental leave and an employee assistance program. Eligibility requirements apply.

Yahoo has a high degree of flexibility around employee location and hybrid working. In fact, our flexible-hybrid approach to work is one of the things our employees rave about. Most roles don’t require specific regular patterns of in-person office attendance. If you join Yahoo, you may be asked to attend (or travel to attend) on-site work sessions, team-building, or other in-person events. When these occur, you’ll be given notice to make arrangements.

If you’re curious about how this factors into this role, please discuss with the recruiter.

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