Product Design Director, Buyer

Director of Product Design – Buyer Design Team

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This range is provided by Whatnot. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

Base pay range

$280,000.00 / yr - $320,000.00 / yr

Overview

Whatnot is the largest live shopping platform in North America and Europe, blending community, shopping, and entertainment into a community just for you. We're re-defining e-commerce by creating joyful, seamless experiences that bring people together through commerce. Our remote, co-located team is inspired by innovation and anchored in our values, with hubs in the US, UK, Germany, Ireland, and Poland.

Role

Lead and scale a high-performing team of product designers across the buyer funnel.

Define and drive the vision, strategy, and execution for the buyer experience in collaboration with cross-functional partners.

Partner with research, data, and product to develop deep customer empathy and inform high-impact design decisions.

Shape intuitive, elegant systems across discovery, live shopping, and post-purchase experiences.

Ensure our experiences are accessible, inclusive, and delightfully human.

Champion design quality and consistency across surfaces while enabling speed and iteration.

Nurture a strong design culture through mentorship, feedback, and high standards for craft and thinking.

Represent design in executive conversations and influence company-wide priorities.

You

We're looking for a leader with a low ego, growth mindset, and high-impact drive. The ideal candidate will have 10+ years of product design experience, at least 3 years leading teams, and a strong portfolio showcasing interaction and visual design skills.

A player-coach mindset—excited to mentor, but equally passionate about designing and solving problems hands-on.

Proven success designing and scaling customer-facing experiences across a complex funnel (acquisition through retention).

Deep expertise in interaction design, systems thinking, and user-centered design.

Strong understanding of search, discovery, personalization, and taxonomy design principles.

Experience in e-commerce, marketplaces, or live shopping platforms is a major plus.

A strong collaborator who thrives at the intersection of product, business, and user needs.

A portfolio that demonstrates thoughtful, elegant solutions to complex problems.

Benefits

Generous Holiday and Time off Policy

Health Insurance options including Medical, Dental, Vision

Work From Home Support

Home office setup allowance

Monthly allowance for cell phone and internet

Care benefits

Monthly allowance for wellness

Annual allowance towards childcare

Lifetime benefit for family planning, such as adoption or fertility expenses

Retirement : 401k offering for Traditional and Roth accounts in the US (employer match up to 4% of base salary) and pension plans internationally

Monthly allowance to dogfood the app

Parental Leave

16 weeks of paid parental leave + one month gradual return to work (company leave allowances run concurrently with country leave requirements which take precedence)

Equal Opportunity Employer

Whatnot is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We value diversity, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, parental status, disability status, or any other status protected by local law.

Seniority Level

Director

Employment Type

Full-time

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