Director of Product Design
Leads the Product Design organization while remaining hands-on in product and interaction design, coaching designers and partnering closely with Product and Engineering. The role requires strong product judgment, design craft, technical fluency, and experience leading teams in high-growth technology environments.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Lead the day-to-day operations of Replit’s Product Design organization, ensuring work is aligned, prioritized, and delivered to a high standard.
- Manage, mentor, and develop product designers.
- Shape and elevate the customer journey.
- Collaborate with designers through ideation, whiteboarding, design reviews, and complex product and interaction challenges.
- Surface context and insights across active initiatives to support effective design critique and product decisions.
- Improve product design quality through feedback, craft, and design judgment.
- Evolve design practices, workflows, and team culture.
- Recruit, hire, and onboard product design talent.
Requirements
- Significant experience leading product design teams at high-growth technology companies.
- Experience balancing people leadership with hands-on product design contribution.
- Portfolio demonstrating product design craft, interaction design, product thinking, and systems thinking.
- Experience partnering with Product and Engineering to deliver technically sophisticated products.
- Experience leading cross-functional product development in fast-moving environments.
- Exceptional communication, coaching, and stakeholder management skills.
- Strong design taste, sound judgment, and a bias toward action.
- Experience simplifying complex technical products into approachable user experiences.
Nice to Have
- Experience designing developer tools, technical products, or software creation platforms.
- Experience building AI-powered products or AI-native workflows.
- Coding experience or strong technical curiosity.
- Experience growing design teams in startup or scale-up environments.
- Active use of AI throughout the design process.
Compensation & Benefits
- Competitive salary and equity.
- 401(k) program with a 4% match (US Only).
- Health, dental, vision, and life insurance.
- Short-term and long-term disability coverage.
- Paid parental, medical, and caregiver leave.
- Flexible time off and holidays.
- Commuter benefits (In-Office & US Only).
- Monthly wellness stipend.
- Autonomous work environment.
- In-office setup reimbursement.
- Quarterly team gatherings.
- In-office amenities.
Skills
Product Design, Interaction Design, Systems Thinking, Product Thinking, Design Critique, Design Systems, User Experience Design, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Technical Fluency, Artificial Intelligence
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