About the role
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:
Lead design across end-to-end systems, not isolated screens
Connect customer experience with operational reality and automation
Build and own a production-grade design system (not just in Figma, but in code)
Partner deeply with Product, Engineering, AI/Data, and GTM teams
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
Build and scale the Design function, principles, and operating model
Establish strong discovery, critique, and validation practices
Design for complex workflows, internal tools, and admin-heavy systems
Create and maintain a shared, scalable design system across products
Collaborate directly in the codebase with engineers (React-based stack)
Unify experiences across historically separate platforms
Coach, mentor, and grow a high-performing design team
Partner on AI-enabled, data-driven, and automation-focused experiences
What were looking for
8+ years of experience in product design, with 3+ years in leadership roles
Proven experience building or rebuilding a design function from scratch
Strong background in design systems and scalable UX architecture
Hands-on experience working closely with Product and Engineering teams
Comfort contributing to design systems in code, not only design tools
Ability to influence, lead change, and operate in ambiguity
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
Build and lead Design at a critical inflection point
Shape a platform with real impact on thousands of users across LATAM
Drive unification across multiple products and systems
Partner directly with executive leadership on strategy and scale
High autonomy, real ownership, and long-term impact
Remote-first culture with strong growth trajectory
Originally posted on Himalayas