VP, Product Design, Informatica

Salesforce•San Francisco, CA

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

As the Vice President of Product Design, you'll drive the overall user experience across the Informatica portfolio. You will be responsible for the experience design vision, strategy, and implementation of the Informatica suite of Data Management and GenAI products that are used by businesses across the globe. This role will work with other Salesforce teams building the future of the Agentic Enterprise. In particular, you will collaborate very closely with the Data360, MuleSoft, Tableau, and Agentforce teams. You will lead a global team of world class designers with a successful track record of defining elegant product solutions. You will report directly to the SVP of Salesforce UX & Product Design, and sit on that organization's leadership team to help drive product strategy and ensure that our users are represented in a design-led approach to product development.

Requirements

15+ years of UX experience, managing and building teams while delivering enterprise products and solutions.
Experience making key contributions to innovative, successful products with a strong understanding of AI technologies.
Bachelor's or Master's in HCI, Industrial/Visual Design, Behavioral Science, or related discipline.
Experience successfully leading and directing a large UX team.
Experience with user-centered design principles, UX design best practices, trends, and emerging technologies.

Nice To Haves

Experience leading global teams that created high-quality enterprise and consumer software
Insatiable curiosity to experiment, iterate, and scale with cutting-edge technologies and tools to support our evolution as a discipline in the agentic era
Success driving the evolution of sophisticated design systems
Expertise refining and enhancing the end-to-end customer journey to foster customer loyalty and retention
Detail-oriented yet capable of managing strategic, big-picture initiatives
Very strong presentation, storytelling, and cross-functional communication skills, with the ability to align and inspire across executive and diverse audiences
Makes hard decisions and is accountable for them, even when the outcome is negative
Understanding of key business metrics and data and how they connect to design

Responsibilities

Build a culture of customer obsession by embedding it into every facet of design strategy — championing a deep understanding of real user problems and fostering innovation and customer-centered thinking across the team.
Develop and articulate a compelling design vision shaped by design thinking principles — emphasizing empathy, ideation, prototyping, and testing — and use experience, credibility, and strategic insight to inspire bold ideas and drive transformative outcomes across the organization and broader Salesforce ecosystem.
Anticipate future challenges, drive clarity in high-ambiguity environments, and mobilize teams to deliver sustainable, high-impact solutions.
Lead the creation of intuitive and impactful solutions rooted in design methodologies, ensuring seamless, enjoyable, and efficient user experiences.
Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to deeply understand customer needs at all product lifecycle stages, from conception through post-launch.
Develop and implement experience strategies that prioritize holistic, end-to-end customer journeys and enhance usability, accessibility, and personalization.
Champion responsible design by guiding the team to leverage AI ethically, transparently, and with a focus on trust and user control, while meeting accessibility standards and creating equitable experiences across diverse user needs and contexts.
Drive the use of modular, reusable design patterns that ensure flexibility, extensibility, and long-term platform cohesion as Informatica integrates into the broader Salesforce ecosystem.
Build, lead, and mentor a high-performing, multidisciplinary design team committed to innovation.
Foster a culture of customer obsession, creativity, and collaboration, empowering every team member to contribute to customer-first solutions while leveraging diverse cross-functional insights for continuous learning and improvement.
Recruit, nurture, and retain best-in-class global design talent.
Create conditions of trust and psychological safety where every team member can do their best work, and act as a multiplier by removing barriers and fostering individual and team autonomy.
Establish workflows and systems that enable rapid, customer-driven design innovations while meeting timelines and budget constraints.
Prioritize resources towards initiatives that significantly enhance the customer journey, focusing on improvements that add value at every touchpoint.
Continuously evaluate and adopt cutting-edge agentic design and vibe coding tools that align operations with customer needs and business goals.
Act as the voice of the customer in leadership meetings, ensuring all strategies and initiatives align with customer-first design principles.
Collaborate with other departments to consistently apply customer-focused design principles across all organizational activities.
Drive strategic initiatives that enhance the end-to-end customer journey, emphasizing customer satisfaction and experience metrics.