# Head of Design at Kikoff

- Company: Kikoff
- What the company does: Kikoff's credit building app is the the fastest way to build credit safely, with plans from $5/month. Backed by Lightspeed.
- Company website: https://kikoff.com/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Principal and up
- Location: San Francisco
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-04-23
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/kikoff/jobs/4231835009
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/kikoff-head-of-design/

## About the role

As Head of Design, you will own the design vision, craft, and execution across the company. You will set the quality bar, rebuild the foundation our product is built on, and be a direct partner to senior leadership on the decisions that shape what Kikoff feels like to use. This is not a hands-off role. You will be close to the pixels, close to the product, and close to the team. You will give real feedback on real work, and you will be expected to make the call when designers are stuck in ambiguity.

## What they're looking for

- 10+ years of experience in product design, with substantial time in consumer-facing, mobile-first products
- 7+ years leading and managing design teams - you have grown designers into senior ICs and you have built a team that does great work without you in the room
- Demonstrated experience scaling a design team through a growth phase: you have hired strong designers and you know how to grow a team without losing the craft
- Deep design sense across visual, interaction, and UX - you can engage at the pixel level when it matters and you can give feedback that makes the work better
- A track record of building and rebuilding design systems that the team actually adopts and that hold up as the product grows
- A track record of partnering with product and engineering as a peer, and shipping work that moved the business

Tags: Design