Director of Product Design

You will lead and grow a high-performing product design team across critical product areas. You will set product vision and design direction, partner with product and engineering on strategy, use customer feedback to guide decisions, and unblock teams to accelerate delivery. You will raise the quality bar for product thinking, interaction design, systems thinking, and craft; coach designers through feedback and mentorship; help define AI-native design practices; and build partnerships across product, engineering, data, and design.

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow a high-performing team of product designers
• Own product vision and design direction across critical product areas
• Partner with product and engineering to shape strategy and deliver customer impact
• Stay close to customers and use feedback to guide product decisions
• Unblock teams and accelerate progress
• Create clarity, raise quality, and help teams ship faster
• Raise the bar for product thinking, interaction design, systems thinking, and craft
• Coach designers through feedback, high standards, and mentorship
• Help define how design works in an AI-native world
• Build partnerships across product, engineering, data, and design

Requirements

• Experience leading and developing high-performing product design teams
• Strong product judgment, design craft, and systems thinking
• Track record of shipping products with meaningful customer and business impact
• Deep customer empathy and comfort operating in ambiguity
• Ability to influence across functions and develop exceptional talent
• Curiosity about how AI changes software and work

Benefits

• Flexible PTO
• Centralized home-office equipment ordering
• Health and wellness stipend
• Budget for intra-office travel
• Weekly coffee stipend
• 100% medical, dental, and vision insurance coverage for employees
• Partial medical, dental, and vision coverage for dependents
• One Medical annual membership
• 401(k) with employer match
• Fertility HRA up to $10,000 per year
• Paid parental leave
• Pet insurance
• In-office lunch, snacks, and drinks
• Relocation support to New York City or San Francisco as needed