Director, Product Design

Samsara•San Francisco, CA

9h•Remote

About The Position

Samsara's Product Design team is responsible for crafting user-friendly features, workflows, and interfaces that our customers use every day to run their operations. This involves talking to customers, working with engineers and product managers to understand problems, rapidly designing and iterating on mocks and user flows, and communicating ideas effectively to stakeholders. We also build design systems that underpin all our products to ensure a consistent and cohesive user experience. We’re looking for an experienced product design director who will build out an already high-caliber group of designers and help shape the product experience for all our customers.

Requirements

4-6 years (or more) of product design management experience
Strong portfolio that showcases ability to lead teams that ship elegant solutions to complex problems

Nice To Haves

Track record of shipping step-changes to the UX that drive customer and business impact
A history of hiring, growing and retaining great talent
Proven ability to collaborate with cross-functional partners to ship high quality experiences
Experience identifying and instituting changes that improve employee experiences
Expertise in providing feedback that accelerates career growth and improves product quality
A desire to improve yourself, the team, and product experiences

Responsibilities

Lead, grow, coach and mentor a team of design managers
Engage with customers to deeply understand their operations and people
Ship high-quality designs based on these customer needs
Collaborate with partners to define opportunities and deliver a best-in-class experiences
Define and drive the product design strategy across product areas
Create and refine tools, systems and processes that improve team health and output
Champion, role model, and embed Samsara’s cultural principles (Focus on Customer Success, Build for the Long Term, Adopt a Growth Mindset, Be Inclusive, Win as a Team) as we scale globally and across new offices
Hire, develop and lead an inclusive, engaged, and high performing team