Socotra, Inc. is hiring: Director, Product Design, UB Remote, Canada in San Fran

Help define the future of learning. Udemy is an AI-powered skills acceleration platform built to help people and teams grow. Your work helps people around the world build skills they can use, whether they’re picking up something new or leveling up to stay ahead. Udemy is a global company headquartered in San Francisco, with additional U.S. offices in Denver and Austin, and international hubs in Australia, India, Ireland, Mexico, and Türkiye This is an in-office position, requiring three days a week in the office (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday) and flexibility on Mondays and Fridays. As a key member of Udemys design leadership team, reporting to the Sr. Director of Product Design for Growth & Discovery for Marketplace & Udemy Business, you will influence the overall design strategy for the Udemy Business Experience, focusing on re-envisioning tools and capabilities to extend the Udemy Learning experiences across the Enterprise business. Your diverse background will guide the development of new features that support administration, engaging business users, and empowering Enterprise teams to integrate Udemy Learning into their Enterprise culture of up-skilling their workers. You are dedicated to discovering, refining, and building ways to empower learners and businesses to improve the professional skills of their workers, devising a design vision that solidifies our position as the premier learning product. Your efforts will help professionals advance their lives and careers through learning through their employer. Leading a design team, you will collaborate closely with product managers, researchers, engineers, marketers, content strategists, and occasionally top instructors to prioritize, create, and deliver simple, elegant, and user-friendly features across all platforms. Your keen design sense and leadership experience will elevate the teams work to high-quality, state-of-the-art design. As Udemys global UX team continues to thrive, you will play an influential role in recruiting and hiring designers for your team and beyond. Provide hands-on design leadership across our Udemy Business design team to maximize impact for administrators, learners, instructors, and business partners. Collaborate with design peers to drive a coherent, visually appealing, and high-performing UX across all platforms. Simplify complex problems by employing advanced UX strategies to create high-performing and polished design solutions. Document and operationalize design solutions to enable efficient scaling. Contribute to design processes and internal project planning for Udemy’s product design team. Partner closely with stakeholders across the company to ensure seamless introduction of new products and features with exceptional user experiences. Own and advocate for the design and experience vision of our products. 10+ years of experience in UX, product design, and visual design for web and mobile products; More than 5 years of experience leading design teams, mentoring, and fostering growth and enterprise UX and visual design in product design teams. ~ Exceptional design taste with a sharp eye for detail in user experiences; fluency in video-based products, mobile, and game design is advantageous. ~ Proficiency in motion design, user research, design processes, design systems and tools, early usability studies, and an iterative approach to product development and deployment. ~ Experience in developing UX for AI solutions, subscription services, or e-learning platforms is beneficial. ~ Success in building and mentoring teams by cultivating a positive team culture and strong working relationships, with enthusiasm to continue this at Udemy. ~ A portfolio showcasing projects that demonstrate your problem-solving process and leadership in achieving pixel-perfect design solutions. ~ A passion for joining a design team dedicated to transforming lives worldwide through learning. Application window: Hiring Compensation Range In addition to a base salary, this role is also eligible for equity. $204,000 — $255,000 CAD You’ll get full access to Udemy courses, a monthly UDay to invest in yourself, and a budget to spend on whatever helps you improve. We trust people to lead, make decisions, and follow through. What you build helps people grow their skills, change their careers, or find a path forward. You’ve got the experience, why not use it to help others gain theirs? We’ll bring the platform and the support. For details on region‑specific benefits, please refer to the information provided during the hiring process. All benefits are subject to change at the discretion of the organization and in accordance with applicable laws and policies. 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