Director of Product Design

Columbus, OH, United States

About Lyra Health

Lyra is transforming mental health care through technology with a human touch to help people feel emotionally healthy at work and at home. We work with industry leaders, such as Morgan Stanley, Uber, Amgen, and other Fortune 500 companies, to improve access to effective, high-quality mental health care for their employees and their families. With our innovative digital care platform and global provider network, 10 million people can receive the best care and feel better, faster. Founded by David Ebersman, former CFO of Facebook and Genentech, Lyra has raised more than $900 million.

Lyra Health is looking for an experienced design leader to build, develop, and manage key facets of Lyra’s Design discipline. As the Director of Design at Lyra, you’ll help drive strategy, vision, and execution across the product life cycle, while balancing hands-on responsibilities with leading and growing a team of accomplished designers.

As a leader at Lyra, you’ll partner closely across design, product, engineering, clinical, partnerships, customer success, marketing, and other stakeholder teams to develop a deep understanding of our users (including members, providers, and buyers).

This role will work across the Lyra lifecycle in platform teams like Accounts, Benefit Ecosystem, Global, and Re-engagement, driving execution through your team’s as well as your own design work to shape Lyra’s product ecosystem for millions of users worldwide.

This role will report directly to our Head of Design and will join the Product and Design leadership teams at Lyra.

This role can be carried out hybrid, both from our Burlingame, CA headquarters, and remote/virtually. Candidates must be physically located within commuting distance with our headquarters.

Responsibilities Manage key facets of the member experience while balancing business and user needs (Including accounts, benefit ecosystem, global, and re-engagement)

Manage and grow a team of designers working across the Lyra product development lifecycle

Shape Lyra’s design culture, through collaboration, feedback, and socialization

Improve existing systems, processes and programs that optimize the design team’s efficacy

Work across teams to steward design excellence, ensuring the highest level of craft across all design deliverables

Work with design leadership to codify the “Look & Feel” of the Lyra platform and product experience

Participate in design reviews, providing guidance, and constructive feedback in service of delivering world-class products and experiences

Maintain awareness of emerging member, business and competitive opportunities to ensure we are fulfilling those needs

Manage communication with internal stakeholders and external prospects and customers

Invest in the team’s growth by supporting the learning and development of each and every team member

Hands-on leader that can dig in to the day to day while advocating for user experience and the business at Lyra

Qualifications 10+ years of experience working in UX, UI, HCI related field

Proven management track record demonstrating team growth and successful product launches across iOS, Android, and web

Experience driving roadmaps and setting the direction for the team to execute

Experience recruiting, hiring, and retaining multi-disciplinary design teams

Experience implementing design systems across a range of platforms in an iterative software development environment

Highly proficient with design tools (Figma, Principle, etc)

Ability to think big and understand complex feature sets, shaping design for multi-disciplinary projects

Mastery of design craft

Strong ability to communicate design decisions and UX best practices

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Ability to work well on a highly collaborative and cross-functional team

Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic startup environment

Knowledgeable of current accessibility standards and able to apply them

Sound business judgment with ability to analyze quantitatively, problem-solve, scope technical requirements, and prioritize

Portfolio of UX-focused work samples for web and mobile applications

Bachelor's degree in graphic design, visual communication, HCI, or equivalent practical experience

Diversity & Inclusion at Lyra Diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB) at Lyra is essential to the way we deliver culturally responsive care, build and manage our provider network, and support holistic efforts to strengthen DEIB in workplaces around the world—including our own.

People come to Lyra with a range of needs, backgrounds, and abilities that influence their response to mental health support. Our diverse network of providers delivers comprehensive mental health treatment and support rooted in culturally responsive care, a multicultural approach that accounts for the impact of cultural backgrounds on each person’s care experience.

Learn more at: https://www.lyrahealth.com/diversity-equity-inclusion-belonging/

$186,000 - $256,000 a year As a full-time Director of Product Design, you will be employed by Lyra Health, Inc. The anticipated annual base salary range for this full-time position is $186,000 - 256,000. The base range is determined by role and level, and placement within the range will depend on a number of job-related factors, including but not limited to your skills, qualifications, experience and location. This role may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses. Annual salary is only one part of an employee’s total compensation package at Lyra. We also offer generous benefits that include: - Comprehensive healthcare coverage (including medical, dental, vision, FSA/HSA, life and disability insurances) - Lyra for Lyrians; coaching and therapy services - Equity in the company through discretionary restricted stock units - Competitive time off with pay policies including vacation, sick days, and company holidays - Paid parental leave - 401K retirement benefits - Monthly tech stipend - We like to spread joy throughout the year with well-being perks and activities, surprise swag, free food and snack deliveries each month, regular community celebration…and more! We can’t wait to meet you. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, disability,genetic information or any other category protected by law.

By applying for this position, your data will be processed as per Lyra Health Workforce Privacy Notice . Through this application, we will collect personal information from you including your name, email address, gender identity, employment information, and phone number for the purposes of recruiting and assessing suitability, aptitude, skills, qualifications, and interests for employment with Lyra. We may also collect information about your race, ethnicity, and sexual orientation, which is considered sensitive personal information under the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA). Providing this information is optional and completely voluntary. If you are a California resident and would like to limit how we use this information, please use the Limit the Use of My Sensitive Personal Information form . This information will only be retained for as long as needed to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, as described above. Please note that Lyra does not “sell” or “share” personal information as defined by the CPRA. For more information about how we use and retain your information, please see our Workforce Privacy Notice .

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