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Kindred is a members-only home swapping platform that has grown to 300,000+ members across 150+ cities since launching in 2022. The company has raised over $150M from top-tier investors including Andreessen Horowitz, Index Ventures, and NEA, and is backed by founders from Opendoor, Figma, and ClassPass.
As Head of Product Design, you will lead the product design function through its next growth phase, reporting directly to the Co-founder & President. You'll own the end-to-end member experience across web and mobile, lead and grow a team of five designers and researchers, and partner closely with product, engineering, marketing, and operations leadership.
Key responsibilities include: leading and coaching a cross-disciplinary design team spanning product design, research, and UX writing; setting design vision and strategy aligned with company goals; championing member-centric thinking grounded in qualitative and quantitative insights; owning the quality bar for the member experience from strategic initiatives to fit-and-finish details; building and scaling design systems and processes that enable fast shipping; establishing an AI-native design practice; and partnering with marketing and brand to ensure product and brand operate as one cohesive system.
You'll be a hands-on player-coach who still loves the craft and ships work yourself when it matters. The ideal candidate has 12+ years in product design with 5+ years leading design teams, deep experience with design systems, a track record designing for trust in marketplaces or communities, and a strong point of view on AI's impact on design teams. You're a strong operator who runs tight rituals, gives sharp feedback, and builds teams people want to stay on.
Bonus experience includes being the most senior design leader at a company, marketplace or community product expertise, experience with both consumer and brand/marketing design, shipping production features built with AI tools, and experience taking products from 0→1 and 1→10.
