Head of Product Design
Our client is building a finance-first, all-in-one operating system for a highly complex and mission-critical industry in Latin America. Their platform unifies payments, billing, collections, core workflows, and operational processes into a single, scalable system used daily by thousands of organizations and families across the region.
They are now looking for a Head of Product Design to build, lead, and professionalize Design as a true system-level discipline across a multi-product ecosystem.
This is a foundational leadership role with high visibility and real ownership.
About the role
As Head of Product Design, you will be responsible for elevating design from execution to strategy — shaping how products are conceived, built, scaled, and adopted.
This role goes far beyond UI.
You will:
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Lead design across end-to-end systems, not isolated screens
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Connect customer experience with operational reality and automation
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Build and own a production-grade design system (not just in Figma, but in code)
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Partner deeply with Product, Engineering, AI/Data, and GTM teams
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Be co-accountable for adoption, usability, and real-world outcomes
Reporting directly to the Chief Product & Technology Officer , youll play a key role in defining the long-term platform vision and how design enables scale, trust, and AI-driven innovation.
What youll lead
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Build and scale the Design function, principles, and operating model
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Establish strong discovery, critique, and validation practices
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Design for complex workflows, internal tools, and admin-heavy systems
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Create and maintain a shared, scalable design system across products
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Collaborate directly in the codebase with engineers (React-based stack)
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Unify experiences across historically separate platforms
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Coach, mentor, and grow a high-performing design team
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Partner on AI-enabled, data-driven, and automation-focused experiences
What were looking for
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8+ years of experience in product design, with 3+ years in leadership roles
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Proven experience building or rebuilding a design function from scratch
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Strong background in design systems and scalable UX architecture
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Hands-on experience working closely with Product and Engineering teams
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Comfort contributing to design systems in code , not only design tools
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Ability to influence, lead change, and operate in ambiguity
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Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
- Fluent Spanish; English is a strong plus
Nice to have:
Experience in fintech, edtech, SaaS platforms with complex workflows, post-acquisition environments, or AI-powered products.
Why join them
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Build and lead Design at a critical inflection point
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Shape a platform with real impact on thousands of users across LATAM
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Drive unification across multiple products and systems
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Partner directly with executive leadership on strategy and scale
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High autonomy, real ownership, and long-term impact
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Remote-first culture with strong growth trajectory
Originally posted on Himalayas