About Calm Calm is on a mission to support everyone on every step of their mental health journey. With the #1 app for sleep, meditation and relaxation as well as a growing library of digital, evidence-based mental health programs, Calm offers trusted support for individuals and organizations alike. Our flagship consumer app provides personalized content and activities – featuring a range of experts and beloved celebrity voices – to help users manage stress, improve sleep and live mindfully. Our workplace and healthcare solutions offer a consumer-friendly approach to clinical content and HIPAA-compliant resources in order to drive positive health and business outcomes. Named a TIME100 Most Influential Company, Calm supports more than 150 million people and 3,500 organizations across seven languages and 190 countries.

What We Do

At Calm we believe in making relaxation, better sleep, and mindfulness accessible to the entire world, and we hope you will help us achieve our mission. On the product & design team, we are responsible for delivering Calm to our customers, ensuring that it is easy to use, supportive of their goals, and of high quality across web, iOS, Android.

This role will manage and oversee the Product Design, UX research, and UX Writing functions on the consumer app team. They will partner with Product Management, Engineering, Data Science, and Marketing leadership to plan efforts to bring new customers to Calm.

What You’ll Do

Product design team leadership: Great design and UX are core to Calm. You will lead a team of experienced product designers and researchers to execute on our company goals. You should also be willing to roll up your sleeves and creatively direct as necessary in order to keep our quality bar high
Mentorship & management: You will mentor a world-class team of designers, writers and researchers and establish clear standards for performance and quality. We are a lean team, so being able to flexibly allocate resources and manage bandwidth is critical
Cross-functional & leadership collaboration: You will partner closely with the leaders of product, engineering, brand design, content, customer experience and sales to ship impactful, high quality products
Vision & Ideation: As a member of the DTC leadership team, you will work closely with other leaders to articulate Calm’s product vision and strategy through design

Who You Are

Experience successfully coaching and managing the performance of teams across Product Design, UX Writing and UX Research
Experience leveraging successful strategies for organizational planning and approaches to strengthen team capacity
Ability to map product design decisions back to business needs and broader organizational needs
High product quality bar and a strong eye for visual design
Experience building consumer applications from zero to one
Strong background in shipping impactful products that require tight collaboration with marketing, brand, and other relevant functions
Strong experience partnering with Product Management and Engineering to meet deadlines and deliver quality products
In-depth knowledge of human-centered design practices, research methodologies, and design tools
Exceptional leadership experience managing lean teams with multiple competing priorities
Presentation and communication skills suited for our executive team that leverage design storytelling to drive alignment
Create a learning environment where designers grow and expand skill-sets, techniques, and tools

Minimum Requirements

This role typically requires 15+ years of relevant experience

The anticipated salary range for this position is $325,000 - $375,000. The base salary range represents the low and high end of Calm’s salary range for this position. Not all candidates will be eligible for the upper end of the salary range. Exact salary will ultimately depend on multiple factors, which may include the successful candidates skills, experience and other qualifications. This role is also eligible for equity + comprehensive benefits + 401k + flexible time off.

Please note that Calm may leverage artificial intelligence technology in the application review process.

Calm is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities, including disabled veterans. Please contact Calm’s Recruiting team if you need a reasonable accommodation, assistance completing any forms, or to otherwise participate in the application process. You can reach the Recruiting team at recruitingaccommodations@calm.com

We believe that mental health is health, and every person should be considered in the discussion. That’s why we’re proud to be an equal opportunity workplace, committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, military or veteran status, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local law.

Calm is deeply committed to diversity, equity and inclusion. We strive to create a mindful and respectful environment where everyone can bring their authentic self to work, and experience a culture that is free of harassment, racism, and discrimination.

Employment offers are contingent upon the successful completion of a background check. Roles which require access to certain types of information may also require the successful completion of a drug screening.

Calm participates in e-verify. E-verify provides the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S.

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