Design Director, Core Experience

Responsibilities

• Define and uphold craft excellence for Core Experience by leading critique and ensuring high quality
• Drive long-term vision, strategy, and roadmaps in partnership with product and engineering leadership
• Lead and grow a team of 10+ designers through mentoring and fostering accountability
• Tackle complex, ambiguous design challenges while empowering the team to deliver independently
• Build trusted partnerships with senior cross-functional peers to drive business strategy
• Drive adoption of emerging tools and AI-driven approaches to accelerate craft and velocity

Requirements

• 12+ years of experience in product design
• Proven track record leading design teams in a player-coach capacity
• Ability to craft long-term vision and customer-focused strategies for products at scale
• Deep expertise in designing consumer financial products or complex, trust-dependent systems
• Outstanding communication skills to inspire alignment across senior leadership
• Experience attracting, developing, and retaining strong design talent
• A portfolio demonstrating exceptional craft, taste, and ability to simplify complex systems

About the Company

Block is a company built from many blocks, including Square, Cash App, Afterpay, TIDAL, and Bitkey, all united by the purpose of economic empowerment. We build technology to increase access to the global economy.