Director of Product Design – Research
Location
United States
Posted
7 hours ago
Salary
$190K - $250K / year
Seniority
Lead
Job Description
Director of Product Design – Research
Stack Exchange
• Own and uphold how design and research work at Stack Overflow include the process, tooling, standards, and craft. • Own the user experience perspective on how technologists discover and interact with knowledge, and make the ux calls that shape where the product goes. • Maintain the highest standards of design craft and research quality across every product surface. • Evolve the team’s AI-first design practice as the technology changes, maintaining the pipeline from concept to working, production-ready code. • Own and run the team rituals that elevate quality and develop designers and researchers. • Coach designers and researchers in their career growth, developing both skill and leadership across the team. • Build a high-trust, feedback driven culture that gives people real autonomy and holds them accountable to their work. • Be a coauthor of our Sit at the table where product strategy is made and be a vocal advocate for our users and customers to ensure their needs are adequately represented. • Work alongside Product and Engineering leaders as part of the EPD leadership team, contributing to how we build software in an AI-first world. • Build and maintain research infrastructure that actually drives decisions, not just informs them.
Job Requirements
- 10+ years of product design experience with a portfolio that demonstrates exceptional design craft and strong end-to-end product thinking
- 4+ years leading and managing design and/or teams at a product company
- Background in B2B or enterprise products, ideally at an AI-native company or one that has strongly pivoted to AI; developer tooling experience a plus.
- A track record of people management that is honest and trust-based.
- Demonstrated ability to fight for your team’s careers, workload, and recognition, not just their output.
- The ability to maintain a clear perspective on what your team needs in a high-pressure, fast-moving environment.
- Fluency in how AI is changing product surfaces, not just as a tool in the design workflow but also experience designing for ai-native or ai-augmented products.
- Experience designing for AI-native or AI-augmented products, with an understanding of the unique UX challenges they present
- Comfortable working at the intersection of design and code; you understand functional prototyping and know how to develop that capability in a team without losing people who aren’t there yet.
- Exceptional UI and visual design judgement and the ability to hold the team accountable to a high level of craft.
- Experience deploying research strategically and making findings visible and actionable across a product organization.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to articulate design rationale and influence across various stakeholders.
Benefits
- Competitive Base Salary
- Generous paid vacation
- Generous parental leave, family care leave, and unlimited sick days
- Industry-leading health benefits that are applicable per country of residence for all our full-time employees
- Company-paid Life Insurance
- Home Internet stipend
- Professional allocation for your growth and development
- One-time allowance to assist with your home office setup
- Company-paid access to Calm, Prosus Academy and Overdrive
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