Director of Design - fully remote!

What You Will Do In This Role

As the Director of Design at Inflect, you report directly to the VP of Technology and will sit within the Engineering team and lead our design function with true authority. This is a highly visible and strategic hands-on role where you set the UI/UX and brand direction, make the tough calls, and relentlessly drive them into our shipped product and marketing surfaces.

This isn't a role for someone who just wants to manage a strategy; it's for an operator-leader who demands a studio-grade craft bar and understands the technical nuances of bringing designs to life. Working tightly with Engineering, Marketing, and Product, you will transform complex, data-dense workflows into intuitive, beautiful experiences. You are the architect of Inflect’s visual language, ensuring our digital infrastructure marketplace looks, feels, and moves better than anything else in the industry — on par with the best studio-built sites on the web.

Who You Are

You are a design authority with a "boots on the ground" execution mindset. You don't just look at high-level concepts; you dive into the mechanics of visual, interaction, and motion design. You possess the ability to translate genuinely complex product flows into elegant, usable interfaces. You are a collaborator who thrives when partnering with frontend engineering to ensure that your motion and craft survive implementation.

You absolutely hate sloppy execution or disjointed branding, to the point where you might think you obsess over these things a little too much. You probably have to work hard to not let “perfection” get in the way of “great”. But, your strong can-do attitude and your innate commitment to reach a high standard no matter what it takes ultimately serve you well. You view yourself as a "Force Multiplier," and relish the idea of getting to hire, grow, and lead a design team while setting the uncompromising standards the function works to. You are driven by a cohesive visual language and have a deep mastery of prototyping (Figma, Framer, and/or code-aware tooling).

You will excel in this role if you feel like we're talking about you when we say the ideal candidate brings the following to the table:

• Design Authority & Craft: Unwavering commitment to a studio-grade craft bar, with an extensive portfolio spanning UI/UX, interaction, and motion design
• People Leadership: Proven experience holding accountability for a design function - hiring, mentoring, and leading high-performing teams to best-in-class standards
• Technical Partnership: Deep experience partnering with frontend engineering (Next.js/TypeScript) to ensure flawless execution from concept to shipped product
• Systems Thinking: Ability to own and evolve a comprehensive design system, typographic system, and overall visual language coherent across both product and brand
• Complex Problem Solving: A track record of untangling genuinely complex product flows (e.g., data-heavy dashboards, geospatial UIs, or deep configuration tools)