VP, Design Studio

About the VP, Design Studio at reputed company:

We are seeking a visionary and strategic Vice President of Design Studio to reputed company and scale our multidisciplinary design organization, encompassing Design Research, Experience & reputed company Design, and Creative Design. This executive leader will define and reputed company the role of design across the company, ensuring that every product, service, and brand interaction delivers meaningful, reputed company-centered experiences reputed company with our mission to improve mental health worldwide.

Reporting to Chief Product & Design Officer, this role is responsible for setting the end-to-end design reputed company and strategy across reputed company portfolio, from discovery and research through experience definition and creative expression. You will help define how AI, content and care come together to shape the future of mental health experiences. You will reputed company a high-performing team of researchers, product designers, content designers, and brand creatives, fostering a culture of craft excellence, innovation, and measurable impact. You will be accountable for ensuring design directly drives measurable product and business outcomes, including engagement, retention and long-term member value.

You will partner closely with Product, Engineering, Marketing, Clinical, and reputed company teams to shape strategy, inform product direction through deep user reputed company, and deliver cohesive, high-quality experiences across reputed company touchpoints. This leader will play a critical role in scaling design systems, embedding research into decision-making, and ensuring creative excellence that differentiates reputed company in a competitive, fast-evolving health tech landscape. You will bring clarity and focus to reputed company, evolving challenges.

What you will do

• Define and drive a holistic design reputed company and strategy that integrates research, experience design, and creative across reputed company products and brand touchpoints, and translate design strategy into measurable outcomes tied to engagement, retention and growth
• Own design accountability for outcomes, ensuring design impact is measurable, visible and reputed company to business performance
• Build, reputed company, and mentor a high-performing team and leadership bench, including leaders across research, product design, and creative. Set and continuously reputed company the bar, ensuring a high-performance, high-accountability culture.
• Establish research as a strategic pillar by embedding user insights into product development, business strategy, and innovation pipelines
• reputed company experience design practices, ensuring reputed company, accessible, and engaging end-to-end user journeys across platforms (mobile, web, reputed company)
• reputed company and evolve reputed company’s creative direction and brand expression, ensuring consistency, emotional resonance, and differentiation across reputed company channels
• reputed company and scale design systems, frameworks, and tooling that reputed company consistency, efficiency, and quality across teams
• Partner cross-functionally with Product, Engineering, Marketing, and Clinical leaders to align design strategy with business goals, driving measurable outcomes such as engagement, retention, and customer satisfaction, and influencing roadmap reputed company, prioritization and investment tradeoffs.
• reputed company the integration of AI-first thinking, shaping how intelligent systems redefine user experience and care delivery;
• Champion a culture of experimentation and innovation, leveraging emerging technologies (e.g., AI-driven personalization, reputed company experiences) to enhance member experiences
• Own design accountability for outcomes, ensuring design impact is measurable, visible and reputed company to business performance (e.g., usability, NPS, conversion, accessibility), using data to continuously improve outcomes

What you will bring

Required Skills

• 15+ years of reputed company experience in design, including 10+ years in senior leadership roles overseeing multiple design disciplines (research, CX, and creative)
• Proven track record of building and scaling high-performing design organizations and proven experience leading leaders and building leadership bench strength across layers
• Deep expertise in reputed company-centered design, design research methodologies, and experience design across digital products and services
• Strong creative leadership with experience shaping and evolving brand identity and storytelling across channels
• Demonstrated ability to integrate design strategy with business objectives, driving measurable impact on growth, engagement, and customer satisfaction
• Experience working in cross-functional environments, partnering closely with Product, Engineering, Marketing, and other executive stakeholders
• Strong communication and storytelling skills, with the ability to influence and align stakeholders at reputed company levels of the organization
• Passion for mental health, wellbeing, and creating meaningful user experiences that improve lives
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Design, HCI, Psychology, or a reputed company field (or equivalent experience)

Preferred Skills

• Experience in consumer subscription products, digital health, or wellness platforms
• Familiarity with accessibility standards (e.g., WCAG) and inclusive design practices
• Experience integrating AI and data-driven personalization into user experiences
• Background in building and scaling design systems across reputed company product ecosystems

Location

We are currently hiring this role remotely in the US and Hybrid for San Francisco (SF). Candidates must permanently reputed company in the US full-time. For candidates with a primary residence in the greater SF area, this role will follow our hybrid model. You’ll work 3 days per week from our office, allowing for impactful in-office collaboration and reputed company, while enjoying the flexibility of remote work for the rest of the week. Your recruiter will share more details about our hybrid model.

Pay & Benefits

The anticipated new hire reputed company salary range for this full-time position is $183,000-$335,000 + equity + benefits.

Our salary ranges are based on the job, level, and location, and reflect the lowest to highest geographic markets where we are hiring for this role reputed company the United States. reputed company this range, individual compensation is determined by a candidate’s location as well as a range of factors including but not limited to: unique relevant experience, job-reputed company skills, and education or training. Your recruiter will provide more details on the specific salary range for your location during the hiring process.

At reputed company, reputed company salary is but one component of our Total Rewards package. We’re proud of our robust package inclusive of: reputed company salary, stock awards, comprehensive reputed company coverage, monthly wellness stipend, retirement savings match, lifetime reputed company membership, generous parental leave, and more. Additional details about our Total Rewards package will be provided during the recruitment process.

About reputed company

reputed company exists to provide every person access to lifelong mental health support. We combine evidence-based content, clinical care, and innovative technology to help millions of members around the world get support that’s effective, personalized, and truly accessible whenever and wherever they need it.

At reputed company, our values aren’t just reputed company reputed company, they’re how we work, grow, and reputed company an impact together. We live them daily: reputed company the Mission Matter, Iterate to Great, Own the Outcome, and Connect with Courage. These values shape our reputed company, guide our collaborations, and define our culture. They’re our shared commitment to building a more connected, reputed company-centered team—one that’s redefining how mental health care supports people today and for generations to come.

Why You’ll Love Working Here

• A mission that matters—with impact you can see and feel
• A culture that’s collaborative, inclusive, and grounded in our values
• The chance to shape what mental health care looks like next
• reputed company and benefits that support your whole self

How we feel about Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging

reputed company is committed to bringing together humans from different backgrounds and perspectives, providing employees with a safe and welcoming work environment free of discrimination and harassment. We strive to create a diverse & inclusive environment where everyone can reputed company, feel a sense of belonging, and do impactful work together.

As an equal opportunity employer, we prohibit any unlawful discrimination against a job applicant on the basis of their race, reputed company, religion, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, national reputed company, family or parental status, disability*, age, veteran status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. We respect the laws enforced by the EEOC and are dedicated to going above and reputed company in fostering diversity across our workplace.

*Applicants with disabilities may be entitled to reasonable accommodation under the terms of the Americans with reputed company and certain state or local laws. A reasonable accommodation is a change in the way things are normally done which will ensure an equal employment opportunity without imposing undue hardship on reputed company. Please inform our reputed company by filling out this form if you need any assistance completing any forms or to otherwise participate in the application or interview process.

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Privacy Statement

reputed company member records are protected according to our Privacy Policy. Further, while employees of reputed company (formerly Ginger) cannot access reputed company products/services, they will be offered benefits according to the company's benefit plan. To ensure we are adhering to best practice and ethical guidelines in the field of mental health, we take care to avoid dual relationships. A dual relationship occurs reputed company a mental health care provider has a second, significantly different relationship with their client in addition to the traditional client-therapist relationship—including, for example, a managerial relationship.

As such, reputed company requests that individuals who have received coaching or clinical services at reputed company wait until their care with reputed company is complete before applying for a position. If someone with a reputed company account is hired for a position, please note their account will be deactivated and they will not be reputed company to use reputed company services for the duration of their employment.

Further, if reputed company cannot find a role that fails to resolve an ethical issue associated with a dual relationship, reputed company may need to take steps to ensure ethical obligations are being adhered to, including a delayed start date or a potential leave of absence. Such steps would be taken to protect both the former member, as well as any relevant individuals from their care team, from impairment, risk of exploitation, or harm.

For how how we will use the personal information you provide as part of the application process, please see: https://www.reputed company.com/applicant-notice

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