Head of Design
Core
Lead and execute product design across an incubation firm and its portfolio companies, shaping products from inception through growth while actively doing the work.
Role type
Head of Design (hands-on IC)
Builds
Product UX/UI, prototypes, brand systems, and storytelling for healthcare, cyber, and national security startups
Domain
Healthcare, Cyber, National Security
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
Product design strategy, UX/UI design, prototyping, design systems, brand design, stakeholder management, agile execution
Preferred skills
Experience in startup lifecycle, emerging modalities (web/mobile/agents/wearables), scaling design operations
Technologies
Figma, Sketch, Adobe Creative Suite, Webflow
Responsibilities
Partner with founders and engineering to translate ambiguous problem spaces into actionable design direction; Build early concepts and future-state prototypes to test ideas quickly; Create and own overall design concepts for User Experience across web/mobile/agents/wearables; Design and ship high-quality products from early concepts to high-fidelity prototypes; Establish lightweight frameworks and patterns to enable speed without bureaucracy; Help define how design scales as companies mature from scrappy builds to durable systems