# Director, Product Design

**Company:** [Givebutter](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/givebutter)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** Product Design
**Salary:** $200k – $225k/yr
**Experience:** 8+ years
**Skills:** Product Design, Design Systems, Interaction Design, Visual Design, Team Leadership, Design Strategy, AI Tools, Saas Product Design, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Portfolio Development
**Posted:** 2026-06-15

> Lead and grow a team of product designers, setting craft standards and shaping design strategy for an AI-native SaaS platform serving nonprofits. Requires 8+ years of product design experience with 3-5 years of people management.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Lead and develop a team of product designers across multiple product pods, including direct ownership of hiring, performance, and career growth.
- Partner with the VP of Design on design strategy, org design, and how the design function scales over time.
- Create the conditions for designers to do their best work: align stakeholders, manage cross-functional dependencies, and drive clarity into ambiguous projects.
- Set and hold the craft bar across the platform — interaction patterns, visual execution, design system standards, and long-term product quality — keeping it consistent as the team and surface areas grow.
- Help define how product design operates at Givebutter, establishing how the team designs with AI tools and for AI-driven product experiences.
- Act as a strategic design partner to senior Product and Engineering leaders, shaping cross-functional decisions and aligning teams around shared outcomes.
- Influence product strategy through deep insight into users (fundraisers and donors), turning ambiguous cross-product problems into clear direction for the team.
- Make high-stakes design decisions that balance craft, speed, and business impact, with a company-level ownership mindset.
- Help evolve Givebutter's design culture as the team grows, establishing practices, norms, and rituals that scale.

## Requirements
- 8+ years of product design experience, with 3–5 years managing other designers.
- Strong portfolio demonstrating design leadership across complex, multi-surface product environments with clear impact on users and business outcomes.
- Proven ability to develop designers at different career stages and build team culture intentionally.
- Deep craft sensibility. Define what "great" looks like across interaction design, visual design, and design systems, and hold that bar across a team.
- Experience working closely with Product and Engineering leadership as a strategic partner, influencing roadmap and product direction through design.
- Strong judgment on prioritization. Know when to go deep, when to delegate, and how to focus a team on the highest-impact work.
- Excellent communication. Tell a clear story to an exec audience and give a junior designer actionable feedback the same day.
- Comfortable operating in a high-growth, ambiguous environment where priorities evolve and speed matters.
- Genuine fluency with how AI is reshaping design, both the craft of designing AI-driven experiences and the way designers work day to day.
- SaaS or B2B product experience required; nonprofit or social impact experience is a plus. Experience designing AI-native, automation, or agentic product experiences is a strong plus.

## Benefits
- Remote Work: Work remotely from one of our 10 hubs (Austin, Denver, Indianapolis, Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York, Salt Lake City, Minneapolis, Seattle, and Nashville).
- Health Insurance: Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance covered 100% for employees as well as HSA and FSA accounts.
- Dependent Care Coverage: 50% of Medical, Dental, and Vision premiums covered for all eligible dependents.
- Mental Health: Access to a TalkSpace membership.
- 401k: 3% 401k match for all eligible employees.
- Vacation and Holidays: Flexible PTO policy with uncapped vacation days and company-recognized holidays.
- Wellness Week: Company closes for one week each summer.
- Parental Leave: 12 weeks of paid leave for all parents.
- Family Care Support: Company-paid UrbanSitter membership plus care credits.
- Home Office Stipend: Company-sponsored expenses for laptops, monitors, and modern technology.
- Coworking Stipend: Monthly stipend for coworking spaces or cafés.
- Charitable Giving: Employees encouraged to donate up to $50/month to any verified nonprofit.
- Professional Development: Learning and development reimbursement opportunities.

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