# Head of Design

**Company:** [Hospitable](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/hospitable)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** Product Design
**Salary:** $171k – $219k/yr
**Experience:** 8+ years
**Skills:** Figma, Whimsical, AI Tools, Design Systems, Component Libraries, Product Design, Interaction Design, Visual Design, User Research, Prototyping, Analytics, Experimentation, SaaS
**Posted:** 2026-08-06

> Leads product design vision, quality, and a lean design team for a short-term rental SaaS platform while remaining hands-on across research, interaction, visual design, and prototyping. Requires recent product-led SaaS leadership, strong product thinking, and experience influencing Product and Engineering.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Set the overall design vision and quality standard for a short-term rental software platform.
- Lead end-to-end design for the product, from discovery and research through prototyping, visual design, interaction design, and shipped features.
- Personally lead the highest-stakes design work as a hands-on player-coach.
- Own the design language, style guide, and component library.
- Reduce product complexity and prevent inconsistency as the platform and team grow.
- Build and lead a deliberately lean, AI-leveraged product design team.
- Direct work, run quality control, and raise the standard of shipped design.
- Provide direct feedback and set high expectations for designers.
- Partner with Product and Engineering leadership to decide what to build, not only how it looks.
- Use research, analytics, experimentation, and customer feedback to make design decisions and demonstrate impact.

## Requirements
- Experience setting the quality bar at a product-led SaaS company within the last 5 years.
- Experience raising the standards of designers through direct feedback, hiring, and high expectations.
- Proven ownership of design direction from discovery through shipped features, with demonstrated impact.
- Hands-on design experience within the last 3 years; this is not a pure management role.
- Strong research and briefing skills, in addition to visual design expertise.
- Strong product thinking and the ability to partner as an equal with Product and Engineering leadership.
- High agency, ownership, and comfort operating in a lean, low-bureaucracy remote environment.
- Proficiency with design tools, including Figma and Whimsical.

## Nice-to-haves
- Experience in short-term rentals, travel, hospitality, or proptech.
- Experience using modern AI tooling in design workflows.

## Compensation and Benefits
- Total cash budget of **USD $171,000.00–$218,900.00**, depending on seniority and location cost of living.
- International hiring may be available through contractor or employee arrangements, depending on location.
- Gross salary for US employees may range from **$157,619.92–$201,771.94**.
- Company equity through RSUs, with a current grant value of up to **$119,400.00**.
- Eligibility for up to **$671,637 per year** in Performance Share Units, contingent on defined business performance targets.
- US employee healthcare options, including EPO, PPO, and HSA, plus 401(k).
- **35 days off per year**, including self-serve public holidays, and parental leave.
- Mental health and emotional support.
- Peer recognition rewards redeemable for gift cards, donations, or monetary rewards.

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