About the team
Salvador Dali once famously said “Have no fear of perfection -- you’ll never reach it”. We love you Dali, but you kinda don’t know the design team at slice. Meticulousness, unconventional, creativity - 3 strong pillars that make every design ever created at slice perfection. Check out our website and you know we ain’t lying.
About the role
Gives you the opportunity to build your own team to build a product/brand image that you and all of us can be proud of. Upbringing is crucial and we want to trust you with it. We want our Designs to go down in history, with your signature on it. Join us and be the design of the company that replaced credit cards. Feedback is breakfast of champions, and we'd ensure you'd get as much as you need to iterate and improve to reach our mutual goal of building a world class product.
What You will do
- Manage and lead a collaborative design process from concept exploration to implementation.
- Work closely with internal teams to define the strategy and road map.
- Hire, coach, and mentor excellent product designers. Manage the career development for the reporting managers.
- Help formulate the product vision of slice.
- Evangelize and communicate the design plan and practices.
- Be a brand custodian who keeps the highest bar on quality and delivery.
- Help designers collaborate with their Product, Engineering, Research, Data and Business counterparts
- Gain a deep understanding of new trends driving user expectations and behaviors.
- Spearhead the translation of company and team objectives into actionable design initiatives and measurable OKRs with the help of other design leads and managers
- Provide guidance and mentorship to peers and junior design staff, assisting them in the resolution of complex problems and growing their skills and knowledge.
- Understand the business priorities and manage various projects at the same time.
- Help elevate slice’s Design community, culture, and processes
What you will need
- 8+ years of Product Design experience.
- Excellent problem solving, organization, critical thinking, presentation and communication skills
- Ability to articulate your thoughts at all stages of the design process.
- Decent understanding of brand narratives, personalities and visual identity
- An excellent negotiator and communicator and able to build and maintain strong relationships with all relevant stakeholders. Able to convert complex projects into pieces that can be worked on by more junior designers.
- In-depth knowledge of user experience along with strong experience of conceptualizing and implementation using various tools and technologies
- Demonstrated ability to effectively navigate ambiguity and enjoys working in a collaborative, iterative, and agile process
- Track record of guiding teams and delivering innovative new solutions that reframe and reshape the user experience for end-to-end consumer mobile user journeys
Life at slice
Life so good, you’d think we’re kidding:
- Competitive salaries. Period.
An extensive medical insurance that looks out for our employees & their dependants. We’ll love you and take care of you, our promise.
Flexible working hours. Just don’t call us at 3AM, we like our sleep schedule.
Tailored vacation & leave policies so that you enjoy every important moment in your life.
A reward system that celebrates hard work and milestones throughout the year. Expect a gift coming your way anytime you kill it here.
Learning and upskilling opportunities. Seriously, not kidding.
Good food, games, and a cool office to make you feel like home. An environment so good, you’ll forget the term “colleagues can’t be your friends”.
