Associate Director, Product Design

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October 11

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Embark Veterinary

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Biotechnology • Retail • eCommerce

Embark Veterinary is a company that specializes in canine genetic testing, offering dog DNA tests that provide insights into breed identification, health risks, and trait analysis. Their services cater to dog owners, breeders, and veterinary practices, with products designed to promote better health and wellbeing for dogs through genetic screening and tailored care plans.

51 - 200 employees

Founded 2015

🧬 Biotechnology

🛒 Retail

🛍️ eCommerce

📋 Description

• Define and champion Embark's design strategy for personalized pet care experiences by leading strategic discovery and user research to understand pain points and validate opportunities. • Facilitating cross-functional workshops to align Product, Science, Marketing, and Engineering around user-centered solutions. • Synthesizing research findings, user feedback, and scientific insights into actionable product opportunities that drive behavioral change, engagement and community. • Ensure cohesive user experience, brand cohesion and design quality across our product portfolio, app and web surfaces. • Act as a player-coach, contributing hands-on design work while mentoring and guiding your team. • Work closely with Product Management and Engineering to translate designs into scalable, performant implementations and manage tradeoffs.

🎯 Requirements

• 7 years of professional design experience, with a minimum of 2 years in a leadership role • Strong strategic thinking: Ability to lead discovery, synthesize complex information, and facilitate alignment around product direction • Systems thinking: Can work across multiple touchpoints and teams to create cohesive experiences • Design Craft: Solid skills across UX strategy, research, interaction, and visual design • Technical literacy: Can collaborate effectively with engineering and understand implementation constraints • Experience in growth-focused product design and leading habit-forming product strategies • Strong communication skills, able to present design solutions and inspire confidence among executives and non-design stakeholders. • Experience hiring, structuring, or scaling a design team. • Familiarity with freemium or trial-to-paid monetization models and balancing engagement vs. premium value. • Demonstrated capacity to quickly learn and design for emerging technologies, such as AI/LLM, with a focus on translating complexity into simple, behaviorally impactful experiences.

🏖️ Benefits

• Flexible vacation policy – take the time you need, when you need it. • Paid parental leave – plus paw-ternity leave for new pet parents! • Every other Friday off in the summer – enjoy those long weekends. • Subsidized pet insurance – because our pets are family. • Big-company benefits with a startup feel – including a 401k match, semi-annual bonus, commuter benefits, and premium healthcare. • Competitive salaries and stock options – be an owner in what we’re building. • New MacBook Pros or Windows devices – the tools you need to succeed. • Continuing education support – conferences, learning resources, and career growth opportunities.