Vice President - Product Design (Hybrid)

CrowdStrike • Sunnyvale, CA

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

As Vice President of Product Design, you will define and lead the design vision, strategy, and operational excellence behind CrowdStrike's world-class product design organization. You will serve as the executive design leader across the full Falcon platform — setting the bar for craft, systems thinking, and user experience at scale. At CrowdStrike, product design is an equal partner with product management and engineering, and this is a rare opportunity to own design at the executive level in a company where design has a genuine seat at the table. You will lead a multi-disciplinary organization spanning design operations, design systems, research, and product design — partnering as a true peer to VP-level leaders across Product Management and Engineering to shape how the world's most advanced cybersecurity platform looks, feels, and works.

Requirements

• 15+ years of product design experience with a demonstrated track record of design leadership at scale, including 8+ years of executive or senior design leadership experience leading managers of managers and large, distributed design organizations
• Proven experience utilizing AI technologies to enhance decision-making, streamline workflows and processes, improve efficiency and drive business outcomes.
• Proven ability to set and execute a design vision that drives measurable product and business outcomes, with deep expertise across the full design discipline — UX, visual design, design systems, research, and design operations
• Executive presence and exceptional communication skills with proven ability to influence at the C-suite level, align cross-functional stakeholders, and inspire large organizations around a shared design vision
• Strong data-informed approach to decision-making with experience building measurement frameworks that connect design to business impact and demonstrated ability to lead AI adoption and transformation within a design organization
• Deep AI expertise with experience designing and shipping AI-powered features and tooling in enterprise product design environments, including understanding of AI/ML interaction patterns, conversational UI, agentic workflows, and the unique UX challenges of deploying AI at scale in production systems.
• Demonstrated success building and scaling design organizations in fast-paced, high-growth environments, including experience with organizational development, team structuring, and change management at scale.
• Bachelor's degree in Design, Human-Computer Interaction, or related field (advanced degree preferred)
• Ability to work from a US office 2+ days per week.

Nice To Haves

• Experience leading product design at a top-tier enterprise software, cybersecurity, or SaaS company with deep familiarity with complex, data-dense product environments such as security operations, analytics platforms, or developer tooling.
• Knowledge of the cybersecurity industry and the unique UX challenges of security operations workflows, combined with published thought leadership, conference speaking, or recognized presence in the broader product design community.
• Experience partnering on M&A activity including evaluating design maturity of acquisition targets and leading post-acquisition design integration, with familiarity with AI-driven design tooling and forward-looking perspective on agentic workflows.
• Background in organizational development and design culture building at scale with experience managing large design operations budgets and vendor relationships.

Responsibilities

• Own and articulate the overarching product design vision and strategy for CrowdStrike's Falcon platform, serving as the executive voice of design in C-suite conversations and ensuring design is a competitive differentiator that drives business outcomes
• Partner directly with the Chief Product Officer, VP of Engineering, and senior GTM leadership to influence roadmap, product strategy, and platform direction while building a design culture defined by craft excellence, user empathy, innovation, and accountability
• Lead the organization's AI transformation strategy for design — defining how AI tools, workflows, and capabilities are adopted, governed, and scaled across teams, while overseeing design systems governance and implementation across all products
• Establish research, analytics, and design intelligence frameworks that connect design decisions to user outcomes and business impact, including executive-level measurement dashboards that communicate design's value to senior leadership and the board
• Build and scale a high-performing organization of design managers, senior designers, researchers, and operations professionals through strategic hiring, talent development programs, career growth frameworks, and organizational design that enables speed and cross-functional effectiveness
• Drive operational excellence by owning the design tooling ecosystem, annual budget planning, resource allocation, and scalable processes that maximize team effectiveness and maintain quality without bureaucracy
• Shape CrowdStrike's external design brand by representing the organization at industry events, with customers, and in the broader design community while championing design thought leadership

Benefits

• Market leader in compensation and equity awards
• Comprehensive physical and mental wellness programs
• Competitive vacation and holidays for recharge
• Paid parental and adoption leaves
• Professional development opportunities for all employees regardless of level or role
• Employee Networks, geographic neighborhood groups, and volunteer opportunities to build connections
• Vibrant office culture with world class amenities
• Great Place to Work Certified™ across the globe

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Executive