Head of Design

We are looking for a Head of Design to join our client as first full-time design leader — the person who will define what great design looks like across our patient-facing and clinician-facing products. We need a hands-on senior product designer with 7+ years of experience and a consumer and engagement focus, deep craft in interaction and visual design, and a proven track record of building design functions from scratch. This is a top priority hire as we scale our product and deepen partnerships with major mental health organizations across the country.ResponsibilitiesOwn end-to-end patient journeys from onboarding through ongoing therapeutic support designing experiences that feel warm, trustworthy, and genuinely helpfulDesign Sage's conversational AI experience, making AI-powered interactions feel empathetic and human rather than clinical or roboticOwn the clinician UX for the Sage Clinician Platform, building tools that reduce cognitive load and help therapists understand their patients' week in secondsDefine design language visual identity, component library, interaction patterns, and brand expression across product and marketingEstablish design culture and process — crits, documentation standards, handoff rituals, and ways of working that will scale as the team growsPartner with product and engineering as a full owner shaping what gets built, not just how it looksUse AI tools actively to prototype faster and iterate including Figma Make, vibe coding, and eventually pushing code with supportRaise the bar on trust signals, safety design, and clarity at every touchpoint for both patients and providers