Responsibilities

• Lead and grow a multi-disciplinary design organization, including product designers and engineers.
• Define and drive the design strategy for the product portfolio.
• Partner with Product and Engineering leadership to shape product vision, strategy, and roadmap execution.
• Uphold design excellence through design reviews and maintain consistency.
• Strengthen the design operating model and refine cross-functional collaboration processes.
• Champion user-centered design practices leveraging research and data.
• Collaborate to advance design systems, accessibility, and usability standards.
• Mentor and develop design leaders with guidance on leadership and execution.
• Foster a culture of trust, collaboration, and high performance.
• Represent design in company-wide forums and communicate priorities to senior stakeholders.
• Contribute to org-wide initiatives supporting customer success, innovation, and product differentiation.

Requirements

• 10–15 years of UX/product design experience with 4+ years leading teams/design managers.
• Experience designing and leading complex enterprise SaaS or B2B applications.
• Success in building and scaling multi-team design organizations and processes.
• Experience driving cross-functional alignment at the director level.
• Deep understanding of interaction design, systems thinking, and design operations.
• Knowledge bridging design and front-end development with component-based frameworks.
• Strong leadership skills to motivate and develop design talent.
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills for influencing senior leaders.
• Ability to balance strategic vision and hands-on execution with business acumen.
• Expertise in modern design and collaboration tools like Figma, Jira, Miro.
• Portfolio or case studies demonstrating leadership, strategy, and impact.

Nice to Have

• Working knowledge of front-end technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, React, etc.).

Perks and Benefits

• Virtual first and culturally diverse work environment across 8 countries.
• Ambitious work with chances to make company-shaping contributions.
• Flexible time off and leave programs with wellness reimbursement.
• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision plans with pre-tax savings and 401(k) match.
• 6+ weeks paid parental leave.
• Emphasis on learning with LinkedIn Learning subscription.