Director, Product Design

<p>At MyFitnessPal, we believe good health starts with what you eat. We provide tools, resources and support to enable users to reach their health goals.</p> <p>The MyFitnessPal Design Team fosters an experience-first culture, crafting intuitive user journeys that empower healthier lives. Collaborating across teams, we transform user insights into innovative, impactful designs. Driven by a deep understanding of our users, we advocate for their needs to shape meaningful experiences that make health and fitness more accessible and rewarding.</p> <p>We are looking for a <strong>Director of Product Design</strong> to lead our core product experience.</p> <h2><strong>What you’ll be doing:</strong> </h2> <p>You will be responsible for providing leadership, strategic direction, and driving design quality for a team of talented Product Designers. In this role, you will be a key member of a cross-functional leadership team, working together with your counterparts in Product Management and Engineering to guide the team to build products that address real customer needs. You will serve as a thought leader and partner, both internally and externally, championing design as a catalyst for strategic growth.</p> <ul> <li><strong>Transform ambiguity into clarity</strong>, leveraging your expertise and design process to establish structure. You proactively plan, anticipate challenges, and envision the next steps, even when they’re not immediately clear</li> <li><strong>Inspire and lead</strong>, driving innovation, exploration, and a high-performance mindset while fostering continuous learning, curiosity, and a sense of urgency in delivering transformative results</li> <li><strong>Think strategically</strong>, framing designs within the broader customer experience, while also being adept at diving into detailed execution</li> <li><strong>Gain alignment</strong> by sharing work to stakeholders and executive leaders, facilitating review and gathering feedback</li> <li><strong>Act as a strategic partner</strong>, collaborating across departments to ensure design aligns seamlessly across the holistic user experience</li> </ul> <h2><strong>Qualifications to be successful in this role:</strong> </h2> <ul> <li>10+ years of experience in Product Design with at least 5+ years of leadership experience with direct reports under your guidance and leadership, including hiring and developing talent</li> <li>Demonstrated experience leading high-velocity Design teams to have meaningful impact on the customer and the business</li> <li>Extensive experience leading consumer-facing Product Design design teams focused on native iOS and Android apps</li> <li>Ability to create design direction and processes that balance small design iterations with larger experience changes to improve the end-to-end experience and achieve goals</li> <li>A strong bias-to-action to address challenges, build and test products, and learn from failures and successes</li> <li>Analytical approach to Design work, incorporating qualitative and quantitative insights to inform decision making and measure outcomes</li> <li>Strong written, verbal, and visual communication skills</li> </ul> <p><strong><em>Note: To be considered, you must provide a link to an online portfolio (please include password)</em></strong></p> <p><strong>Values you’ll model</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong>Be Kind and Care</strong> — build with empathy; assume positive intent; support teammates and members.</li> <li><strong>Live Good Health</strong> — champion healthy habits and balance in how we work and what we ship.</li> <li><strong>Be Data-Inspired</strong> — ground decisions in research and data; measure what matters.</li> <li><strong>Champion Change</strong> — lean into ambiguity; iterate, learn, and improve continuously.</li> <li><strong>Leave it Better than You Found It</strong> — raise quality, clarify systems, and document as you go.</li> <li><strong>Make It Happen</strong> — bias to action; deliver impact with craf ... (truncated, view full listing at source)