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Director, Product Design

320k – 440kNew York, NYHybrid8+ YOE
Summary

Lead and grow a team of product designers, owning vision and craft for AI-native product areas. Partner closely with PMs and engineers to ship high-impact work while coaching talent and defining how design operates in an AI-first world.

About the role

What You’ll Do

  • Lead and grow a high-performing team of product designers
  • Own product vision and design direction across critical AI-native product areas
  • Partner with product and engineering to shape strategy and deliver customer impact
  • Stay close to customers and use their feedback to guide product decisions
  • Jump into the work when needed to 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 clear feedback, high standards, and strong mentorship
  • Help define how design works in an AI-native world
  • Build strong partnerships across product, engineering, data, and design

What You Need

  • 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
  • Active user of AI tools and excited about how AI is changing software

Nice to Haves

  • Founder or early-stage startup experience
  • Experience designing AI-native, automation, or agentic systems
  • Experience building workflow or operations tooling
  • Experience leading managers or multi-layered teams
  • Comfort working closely with technical teams on implementation details

Benefits

  • Flexible PTO
  • Unlimited AI token usage
  • Centralized home-office equipment ordering
  • Health and wellness stipend
  • Budget for intra-office travel
  • Weekly coffee stipend
  • 100% medical, dental & vision insurance coverage for you, with partial coverage for dependents
  • One Medical annual membership
  • 401(k), including employer match on contributions made while employed by Ramp
  • Fertility HRA (up to $10,000 per year)
  • Parental leave: up to 16 weeks (birthing + bonding) or 8 weeks (bonding only) at 100% pay
  • Pet insurance
  • In-office perks: lunch, snacks, drinks, and more
  • Relocation support to NYC or SF (as needed)
Skills
Product DesignDesign SystemsInteraction DesignSystems ThinkingAI ToolsProduct StrategyUser ResearchPrototypingCross-functional CollaborationMentorship
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