Director of Design
220k - 275k USD
On-site
Full Time
#Design
#Mental Health
#Technology
#Product Design
#User Research
#UX
#Web Design
#Mobile Design
About us:
Grow Therapy is on a mission to serve as the trusted partner for therapists growing their practice, and patients accessing high-quality care. Powered by technology, we are a three-sided marketplace that empowers providers, augments insurance payors, and serves patients. Following the mass increase in depression and anxiety, the need for accessibility is more important than ever. To make our vision for mental healthcare a reality, we’re building a team of entrepreneurs and mission-driven go-getters. Since launching in February 2021, we’ve empowered more than ten thousand therapists and hundreds of thousands of clients across the country and insurance landscape. We’ve raised more than $178mm of funding from Sequoia Capital, Transformation Capital, TCV, SignalFire, and others.
About The Role:
We are looking for a seasoned Design Director to come in and build out the Product Design roadmap for Grow Therapy, manage a team of existing designers, and continue to grow and scale the organization.
What you’ll do:
- Drive and execute the vision for Grow Therapy’s user and provider experiences in partnership with cross functional leaders across product, engineering, branding, and more.
- Lead, develop, and inspire a team of product designers to create exceptional product designs that not only meet business objectives but also improve patient and therapist outcomes and experiences
- Establish the design practices, processes, and principles to consistently deliver a world class experiences to Grow Therapy’s users and providers
- Build out and evolve the cross-functional process of continuous discovery, user research, and usability testing
- Conduct research and analysis to understand patient and provider needs and preferences, and use insights to inform product design decisions that improve healthcare outcomes.
- Influence and evangelize a great design culture as well as a highly collaborative environment throughout the organization
- Stay up-to-date with emerging design trends, tools, and technologies and make recommendations for incorporating them into the design process to ensure we continue to innovate and stay ahead of the curve.
You’ll Be a Good Fit If:
- 10+ years of experience designing exceptional, engaging, and user-centered web experiences for both consumers and internal teams with a successful track record of impacting business deliverables
- 5+ years of management experience, including experience leading design and user research teams within a cross functional organization
- A product design portfolio that demonstrates a user-centered design approach, exceptional problem-solving skills, and a deep understanding of mobile and web design best practices.
- Strong communication skills, you are able to speak fluently to product managers, designers, engineers, senior leadership and other key partners
- You are a leader with extensive experience mentoring, coaching, and teaching the craft of design to your team. You have experience building and growing a team while maintaining a great culture and are willing and able to be hands on as needed
- Experience creating strategic & scalable design processes and systems in a fast-paced environment
- Comfortable working in spaces with significant ambiguity, leading product discovery, and taking new products to market
- Track record of effectively aligning engineering practices with organizational strategy to deliver business results
- Substantial experience working across the end-to-end design process, with a particular strength in turning user research into thoughtful UX
We use Covey as part of our hiring and / or promotional process for jobs in NYC and certain features may qualify it as an AEDT. As part of the evaluation process we provide Covey with job requirements and candidate submitted applications. We began using Covey Scout for Inbound on January 11, 2025.
Please see the independent bias audit report covering our use of Covey here.
Benefits
- The chance to drive impact within the mental healthcare landscape from day one
- Comprehensive health insurance plans, including dental and vision
- Our dedication to mental health guides our culture. Wellness benefits include (but are not limited to):
- Flexible working hours
- Flexible Time Off
- Company-wide winter break
- Mental health mornings (2 hours each week)
- Wellness Stipend
- In-office meals and snacks
- Continuous learning opportunities
- Competitive salary
- The opportunity to help build a rapidly scaling start-up organization by taking strong ownership of your work, mentorship, and our unbounded leadership opportunities
Grow Therapy is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.
As part of our recruitment process, we use a third-party AI tool (Covey) to assist in the initial screening of resumes and applications. This tool analyzes candidates' qualifications based on the information provided in the application to identify potential matches. Certain features may qualify the tool as an AEDT (automated employment decision tool) under New York City Local Law, and may be considered an AI tool under other applicable state and city laws. As part of the evaluation process we provide Covey with job requirements and candidate submitted applications. Final hiring decisions are made by our human recruitment team, and no automated system makes the ultimate decision regarding hiring. We began using Covey Scout for Inbound on January 11, 2025. The independent bias audit report covering our use of Covey here.
By submitting your application, you acknowledge and consent to the use of automated tools in our recruitment process. You also understand that your application may be processed by AI systems as part of the screening and selection process.
We are committed to ensuring transparency in our hiring practices. If you have any questions about how our AI tools work, or if you would like to request additional information, please contact [email protected] you require an accommodation due to a disability, or if you have concerns regarding the use of AI in our hiring process, please contact [email protected]. We will be happy to provide assistance or discuss alternative methods for participating in our recruitment process.
