Director of Product Design

DigitalOcean, the cloud for developers, is a dynamic, high-growth technology company that serves a passionate community of technologists around the world. We want to simplify cloud computing for every developer and are working on some of the most challenging and interesting problems in cloud computing.

The Director, Product Design will lead a team of Product Designers as they create simple, compelling, and elegant user experiences around the otherwise confusing and overwhelming process of choosing and managing cloud infrastructure products.This role is a great opportunity for Design Managers who want to expand their leadership skills in an environment where they can have a real impact both within the company and in the developer community at large.

* Oversee Product Design work in your teams, maintaining consistent high standards for both visual and user experience design across the portfolio * Drive best practices in both Agile and traditional Product Design/UX Methodology as appropriate for all products in the portfolio * Implement a user testing program for Product Design * Support Product Design Managers in hiring, developing, mentoring, and providing performance feedback to Product Designers for your team * Represent and advocate for your teams in cross-functional forums with Product Management and Brand Design leadership * Lead the annual budgeting and quarterly OKR processes for your teams * Work with internal and external stakeholders such as Marketing, Sales, Support, Community, Product Design (UX), and Operations to ensure alignment across the organization

**What We'll Expect From You:** * Design Leadership: relentless focus on standards, consistency, and superior experience design * Customer Focus: experience driving best-practices around development and documentation of personas, customer workflows, and user journeys, to guide decision-making within the team * Management: a track record of leading high-performing design organizations, developing talent, and delivering results in a dynamic environment * Technical Knowledge: the ability to collaborate with engineering teams on a highly technical product, and advocate for a customer base made up of professional developers * Verbal and Written Communication: the ability to lead productive meetings, create effective and useful product design documents, and maintain alignment across a large, complex product portfolio **Minimum Qualifications:** * 8+ years experience in Product Design, including at least three years of team leadership * Hands on experience designing B2B, SaaS or workflow-management products not required, but a plus