About the Team
Opendoor is looking for a Senior to Staff product designer to lead design for a key pillar of our business. This designer owns products on the operations side of our business, though will also have to consider consumer implications of the work and may do some light consumer design. This is an opportunity to be the founding designer on a new team that is driving a critical area of the business.
We are looking for designers who are self-starters, strategic thinkers, strong system thinkers, can handle multiple stakeholders and can mentor more junior designers. The ideal designer for this team has experience working in the digital enterprise space and/or in large scale operations as well as some consumer design experience.
- This position can be located in Hyderabad.
- We are open to consider candidates for relocation
- Position Type: Hybrid
Role Responsibilities:
- Research: Partner with User Experience Research to understand common pain points for customers and operators and find product opportunities and priorities.
- Ideate: Work alongside Product, Engineering and Operations to shape vision and product strategy and iteratively explore solutions.
- Create: Design Journey maps, process maps, info architecture diagrams, wireframes, high-fidelity mock-ups, prototypes and more to envision problems and solutions.
- Communicate: Rally stakeholders and your team around your vision and tactics. Showcase your work and rationale behind design decisions.
- Collaborate: Know when and how to engage with Product, Engineering and Operations from discovery through implementation. Work with teams in the US to align efforts.
Skills Needed:
- Experience: At least 8 years of relevant experience – preferably some of it in the business/enterprise space working on complex projects on a Product Design Team.
- Portfolio: A portfolio with digital projects that highlights your approach to problem solving as well as the solutions themselves. Case studies should demonstrate your skills in research, product strategy, user experience, visual design and interaction design.
- Communication: Excellent communication and storytelling skills, in writing and in speaking. Has a well defined design process.
- Teamwork: Experience partnering with Product, Engineering, Research to craft a broader product strategy. Ability to run workshops/sprints is a must.
Bonus Points If:
- Experience in Real Estate, Fintech, or other operationally complex industries – these are all applicable to our business
- Experience with large scale operations: Opendoor relies on the strategic deployment of people, processes, and technology to manage real estate operations at scale.
- Service Design: Experience and familiarity with Service Design
- Systems Thinking: Experience and familiarity with Systems Thinking approaches
- Analytical: Ability to understand business metrics, and how those metrics influence design decisions
- Technical background: Technical grounding will allow designers to collaborate more closely with our engineers
- Management experience: This is a role that that could benefit from an ability to consider how to make the larger organization better
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More About Us
To learn how we are reinventing the Real Estate industry check out our website, to hear about our culture directly from team members visit The Muse and to discover what we are building for our customers read our blog posts.
Founded in 2014, Opendoor’s mission is to power life’s progress one move at a time. We believe the traditional real estate process is broken and our goal is simple: build a digital, end-to-end customer experience that makes buying and selling a home simple and certain.
- To learn how we are reinventing the Real Estate industry check out our website.
- Hear about our culture directly from team members by visiting The Muse.
- Discover what we are building for our customers by reading our blog.
Opendoor Values Openness
We believe that being open about who we are and what we do allows us to be better. Individuals seeking employment at Opendoor are considered without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or other protected status under all applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances. We collect, use, and disclose applicant personal information as described in our personnel privacy policies. To learn more, you can find the policy details for California residents here and for Canada residents here.
We’re committed to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging
Opendoor is dedicated to creating an inclusive and collaborative culture. We value the diverse strengths, perspectives, and backgrounds of all our employees, and believe in empowering our teams to do their best work through teamwork and building a sense of belonging and trust. Our four employee-led Opendoor Employee Resource Groups amplify diverse voices and promote collaboration and inclusion. Our focus is on attracting and retaining exceptional talent, and we believe in empowering our employees to continuously innovate and strive for 1% improvement every day. You can find more information on our Career Page.
We are committed to assisting members of the military community in utilizing their skills at Opendoor. U.S. candidates are able to review your military job classification at MyNextMove.org and apply for positions that align with your expertise.
At Opendoor, we are committed to providing reasonable accommodations throughout our recruitment processes for candidates with disabilities, pregnancy, religious beliefs, or other reasons protected by applicable laws. If you require assistance or a reasonable accommodation, please contact us at [email protected].
What We Do
Founded in 2014, Opendoor’s mission is to empower everyone with the freedom to move. We believe the traditional real estate process is broken and confusing. It often comes with unexpected costs, the added burden of coordinating multiple third parties and the uncertainty of a transaction falling through. Our goal is simple: build a digital, end-to-end customer experience that makes buying and selling a home simple, certain and fast. We have assembled a dedicated team with diverse backgrounds and talents across engineering, operations, design, operations, mortgage, finance, legal, and more to deliver strong results. More than 85,000 customers have selected us as a trusted partner in handling one of their largest financial transactions.
Why Work With Us
We’re on a mission to power life’s progress one move at a time
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