TLDR: a Senior Individual Contributor role (Level 6-7) with startup experience and a background in the social or e-commerce industry. Ideal candidates are passionate about making things happen in a dynamic startup environment.
About Us Pear is on a mission to revolutionize eCommerce, creating an accessible, empowering platform for everyone. Our cutting-edge technology breaks down entry barriers, allowing individuals to contribute and flourish, whether as makers, curators, content creators, or client consultants. We're shifting the traditional power dynamics to focus on people over brands, amplifying individuals' influence on consumer experiences.
Our team is our most valuable asset, including the founder of Lime, the VP of Engineering from Pinterest and Coupang, and the top 10 live sellers in the United States. We're also home to seasoned veterans ByteDance/TikTok, Poshmark, Mobike, P&G, and more. You'll encounter a dynamic mix of self-made entrepreneurs, college dropouts, and graduates from top universities such as Stanford, Berkeley, and Tsinghua.
Pear is headquartered in Silicon Valley and has a global presence in LA, Texas, and China. Our ambitious vision for transforming eCommerce is supported by YouTube co-founder (Steve Chen), Twitch Cofounder (Kevin Lin), Zoom founder (Eric Yuan), Execs from Uber, Airbnb, and Alibaba, along with some of the world's most respected investors, including Andreessen Horowitz (A16Z), DST Global, and Hillhouse Capital.
If the concepts of community, the pursuit of beauty, and the value of independence and recognition resonate with you, we invite you to explore a future with Pear.
About you We are looking for a dynamic individual eager to significantly influence the direction of our company and product. This pivotal role is deeply hands-on, working directly with cofounders. You are expected to not only spearhead our high-level design strategy but also dive into detailed execution and eventually have the opportunity to create and lead a team.
You're versatile, ready to engage in everything from user research and ideation to product design and development, without the constraints of a narrowly defined role. You are eager to break free from the "UX or UI designer" title and avoid the red tape found in larger organizations.
You're at a career juncture where you possess substantial software product design experience, gained within organizations both large and small, and you're ready to challenge yourself further. If your current role no longer matches your growth aspirations, and you yearn for a space where you can accelerate, this opportunity is for you.
Key Responsibilities:- Project Ownership: Independently lead several design projects, crafting detailed product/design requirements from high-level strategies in direct collaboration with the product cofounder and CTO. With no other PMs to dictate specifics, you'll enjoy considerable freedom to define your role and steer projects.
- Design strategy: Identify design hypotheses and challenges, align objectives, and prioritize projects by partnering with teams across product, operations, and engineering.
- Design iteration: Build user flows, wireframes, visual comps, and prototypes that effectively convey design concepts, facilitating refinement through iterative testing.
- Creative Solutions: Develop creative and unconventional solutions that solve user issues.
- Effective Communication: Articulate design choices compellingly and creatively, ensuring cross-functional input to drive execution with excellence.
- User Research: Lead user interviews and conduct market research to deepen understanding of customer needs, informing strategic input to the product roadmap.
- Design Leadership: Raising the bar. Elevate the company's design acumen and act as an advocate for user experience and design craftsmanship.
Requirements: Startup Fit: you are born to thrive, not just survive, in a cross-culture, fast-paced, and always-changing early-stage startup environment. You can navigate and get things done when organization and process are fluid.
- Must have a strong track record of leading complex initiatives from 0 to 1 in real-world startups (pre-Series B).
- Extreme ownership and self-initiator: You are full horsepower, driving things forward. No one in the organization will "chase" you; we expect you to proactively mobilize resources, align with the team, and achieve significant outcomes.
User Obsession and Design Mastery:
- 6+ years of experience in designing digital products, covering design strategy, visioning, prototyping, design systems, and the web and mobile craft of large and complex projects.
- Extremely sensitive to human-computer interaction, with a genuine concern for the nuances of user experience.
- Extreme attention to detail: Beyond strategizing, you are passionate about the craft, meticulous about every detail users will encounter.
- Proficient in figma and the latest prototyping tools
Relevant industry expertise in E-commerce and/or Social
- Experience and a deep understanding of e-commerce or retail tech, encompassing the merchant, the shopper, and the ecosystem. Or you are a social media guru, well-versed in the latest trends and innovation
- If you have personal experience as a retailer, brand advocate, or social media influencer and can offer first-hand insights and empathy, we're eager to hear your story.
Curious and Motivated Learner: learning is not only happening in the workspace but everywhere and in every second of your life. You couldn't stop talking about the latest tech, design trends, cultural and demographic nuances, and their impact on user experiences. We expect you to generate plenty of ideas and conceptualize and advocate them.
A bachelor's degree in design, human-computer interaction, or any combined experience, with strong understanding/knowledge of software engineering and development.
Physically based in the Bay Area and can work in person in our Palo Alto office
Bonus Points if you have:
- A computer science degree or a relevant technical degree.
- A sense of humor. We spend a lot of time together-sharing gifs and laughing over lunch keeps us energized and inspired throughout the day
- Proficiency in Mandarin
Why work with us? How we work
- Extreme user obsession.
- Extreme ownership
- Extreme speed
- Win as a team
- Make every day a good day
How we treat our people
- Competitive salary
- Excellent medical & dental coverage, including 80% of the premium paid for you and your dependents.
- Flexible PTO policy.
- Parental leave and flexibility for all parents and caregivers.
- Visa and green card sponsorship for international citizens
- Avenues for personal growth such as coaching, conference attendance, or specific training
- The opportunity to work closely with serial entrepreneurs and an amazing team, backed by experienced executives and supported by renowned investors.