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Senior Director, Design

extra holidays - extra parental leave - work from anywhere - fully flexible

Remote:

Full Remote

Contract:

Full time

Salary:

234 - 316K yearly

Experience:

Senior (5-10 years)

Work from:

Canada

Offer summary

Qualifications:

5+ years managing a design team, Portfolio showcasing successful products, Customer-centered design approach, Experience in cross-functional collaboration, Hands-on leader with high ownership.

Key responsabilities:

Lead team balancing urgency and quality
Craft long-term design strategy and vision
Oversee the design process from start to finish
Collaborate with leadership across functions
Grow the design team and culture

Dropbox Large https://www.dropbox.com/

1001 - 5000 Employees

HQ: San Francisco

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Job description

Role Description

Dropbox’s Organize the Cloud team (OTC) is looking for a Design Leader to lead multi-disciplinary teams in building best-in-class product experiences that delight our customers. As a Senior Director of Design, you will lead design for Dropbox’s new AI offerings. This role will be responsible for ensuring every interaction our customers have is met with an “it just works” experience along with radically redesigning and reimagining the ways our customers will use Dropbox. This role will also be critical in establishing a world class design discipline and design team within OTC. You’ll work closely with leaders across the business and shape not just our products, but our people and the way we design and build.

Responsibilities

Lead the team in balancing urgency vs. the incredibly high quality bar expected by both our customers and the broader Dropbox organization
Craft and communicate a compelling long-term design strategy and vision
Lead the design process for your team - from problem definition to design implementation
Partner closely with leadership across functions - product, engineering, research, marketing, and other cross functional teams - to ensure products are well-defined, high impact, and successfully executed
Work closely with design leadership to ensure a cohesive customer experience across all products
Create a team of best-in-class designers who obsess over customers and move fast in a highly ambiguous environment
Grow the design team by attracting and hiring new talent
Foster a healthy and collaborative culture that embodies Dropbox's values and continue to develop Dropbox as one of the best places to work

Requirements

At least 5+ years of professional experience leading or managing a design team
A portfolio of relevant design work, executed either by yourself or a team that you led, that conveys an ability to ship successful products that customers love
A customer-centered approach to designing products for people
A hands-on, self starter leader, with high ownership, who can think big, but also dive-deep and straddle both altitudes while connecting the dots
Deep experience working with product managers, engineering, and marketing to drive vision, strategy and execution
Comfortable juggling a wide range of responsibilities at the same time
A collaborative, low-ego approach to working with others