The key task is to help sellers reduce their dependence on individual platforms and build a sustainable business development strategy. We have already launched e-com in Alfa-Bank, and more than 4000 sellers have used the products.
What you will do:
- Lead the design function, uniting product and brand communication design.
- Formulate design strategy and design policy: visual brand language, product UX principles, quality standards, and decision-making rules.
- Develop a unified design system for the platform's products and communications, and the brands within it.
- Be responsible for the end-to-end customer experience: from advertising and the website to product registration and repeat interactions.
- Build the function's processes: briefing, prioritization and resource allocation between products and marketing, design reviews, critiques, and DesignOps.
- Partner with product teams and product marketing: participate in discovery and research, link design solutions to product metrics.
- Together with the art director and creative lead, drive the creative for key campaigns, launches, and events.
- Hire, develop, and retain the team: grading, individual development plans, performance reviews.
- Manage contractors and the design budget.
- Implement AI tools in product and communication design production.
- Work with the CMO, product leaders, and PMM as a partner: translate business tasks into design solutions and defend design quality.
You are a good fit if:
- You have 8+ years of experience in design, including 3+ years of managing a team of 10 or more people, including heads of departments.
- You have experience in simultaneously managing product and communication/brand design: deep expertise in at least one area and proven leadership experience in the other.
- You have launched or developed a design system in a product used by multiple teams.
- You have a portfolio in B2B / SaaS / e-commerce / fintech with a clear contribution to projects.
- You can link design to business results: conversion, activation, retention, creative effectiveness.
- You have a high level of visual awareness and an international standard.
- You can defend decisions to C-level executives and negotiate with product, marketing, and business stakeholders.
- Experience working in big tech is a plus.
- Experience creating a brand from scratch or rebranding is a plus.
- Experience using AI in design processes is a plus.
Conditions:
- Official employment according to the Labor Code of the Russian Federation.
- Work in an accredited IT company.
- Career growth: you will understand what needs to be done to move to the next level.
- Health care: Voluntary Medical Insurance program, including dentistry and service at the best clinics in the city, discounts on fitness club memberships, informal sports communities. There is also a gym in the office.
- Hybrid work format (4 days in the office, 1 day remote). Comfortable workspace: a modern office located in the banking cluster, a 3-minute walk from the Technopark metro station. There is a wide selection of cafes and restaurants nearby where you can have diverse lunches with colleagues, change your environment, and "recharge".
- Opportunities for various leisure activities: discounts on services from travel agencies, food products, in restaurants and bars, in shops and beauty salons.
