Director/Sr. Director, Product Design

About the Opportunity

We are seeking a visionary and strategic Director or Sr. Director of Product Design to build, lead, and scale our product design and user research organization. The Director will be a key member of the technology leadership team, responsible for maturing product design as a core competency and strategic driver across the company. As the senior design leader, you will work closely with Product Management and Engineering teams to shape our product strategy. You will be responsible for delivering world-class, human-centered user experiences across our entire portfolio of AI-powered SaMD products. This role requires a leader who can thrive in a fast-paced startup environment, championing a culture of design excellence and ensuring our solutions meet the complex needs of clinicians and patients.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and own the overarching product design strategy for the entire Cleerly portfolio, ensuring a unified and cohesive user experience that aligns with clinical needs and achieves key business objectives.
• Build, mentor, and scale a world-class, multidisciplinary team of product designers and user researchers. Define the hiring strategy, career paths, and rituals that foster a culture of product excellence, craftsmanship, and collaboration.
• Drive a deep, evidence-based understanding of the end-to-end cardiovascular care pathway. Translate complex clinical workflows, user needs, and cardiological data into a clear design vision that results in a safe, effective, and intuitive product experience..
• Lead the Human Factors & Usability Engineering (HFE) process from end-to-end, ensuring that our design outputs are not only intuitive but also rigorously documented and validated to meet global regulatory standards for patient safety. Own and scale the design operations, including the Design System, to ensure quality and efficiency.
• Establish and lead a mature user research practice that delivers actionable insights to the entire organization. Build and evolve Cleerly’s user research repository into a centralized, strategic resource that informs product, design, and company-level decisions.
• Serve as the primary design leader and work with Product and Engineering teams and other key stakeholders. Present design vision, strategy, and solutions to the leadership team to ensure deep alignment with company goals.

• 15+ years of experience as a product designer, with at least 5+ years in a design leadership role, including experience managing senior design leads.
• A Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Product Design, Interaction Design, Human-Computer Interaction, or a related field (or equivalent proven field experience).
• A compelling portfolio of UX work demonstrating your experience across the entire product development lifecycle, from user research and ideation to launch and iteration.
• Proven track record of building, scaling, and leading high-performing design teams in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.
• Deep expertise in establishing and scaling design operations, including creating and implementing pattern libraries and design systems.
• A passion for and mastery of both qualitative and quantitative user research methods, with the ability to translate insights into innovative, user-centric solutions.
• Hands-on working knowledge of modern design and prototyping tools (e.g. Figma). As the leader of a growing team, you must be able to directly review work, mentor designers, and guide best practices.
• Exceptional communication skills with the ability to influence and collaborate effectively with the engineering teams, product teams, and the leadership.

• 15+ years of experience as a product designer, with at least 8+ years in a design leadership role, including experience managing other managers or senior design leads.
• Significant experience in a leadership role within the regulated medical software (SaMD) or digital health industry.
• Deep familiarity with designing for complex clinical workflows, medical imaging, and expert users like cardiologists and radiologists.
• Working knowledge of relevant medical device standards and regulations (e.g., IEC 62304, ISO 14971, Human Factors/Usability Engineering).
• Experience designing products that meet high accessibility standards (e.g., WCAG 2.1).
• Required travel 20-30%.

TTC*: $264,000- $330,000

*Total Target Compensation (TTC): Total Cash Compensation (including base pay, variable pay, commission, bonuses, etc.).

Each role at Cleerly has a defined salary range based on market data and company stage. We typically hire at the lower to mid-point of the range, with the top end reserved for internal growth and exceptional performance. Actual pay depends on factors like experience, technical depth, geographic location, and alignment with internal peers.