Director, Product Design

The role

You will lead design across product verticals including athlete engagement, growth, and platform integrity. You will manage a team of 5 designers and partner with PM and Engineering leaders to shape product strategy.

What you will do

• Own design direction and quality across a portfolio of SF-based product verticals
• Give precise, substantive craft feedback and engage in design decisions at the detail level
• Manage and develop a team of 5 Product Designers
• Partner with PM and Engineering leadership to shape product strategy
• Lead design reviews and establish quality standards
• Contribute to Strava's design system, shared standards, and cross-functional design culture
• Represent teams' work and design perspective to design leadership

Required qualifications

• Director-level (or equivalent) experience in Product Design
• Track record of owning design direction across multiple products and managing a team of designers
• Ability to set and articulate a clear design vision
• Hands-on maker able to give precise, substantive craft feedback
• Demonstrated ability to raise craft and quality across a team
• Strong cross-functional partnership with PM and Engineering at a senior level
• Consumer product design experience at meaningful scale
• A clear design philosophy and the ability to communicate it
• Based in San Francisco

Nice to have

• Experience with AI-powered product features
• Experience with health and fitness products
• Experience with Trust & Safety or policy-adjacent surfaces
• Experience with growth or B2B product design
• Experience scaling a design function within a growing company

About the company

Strava is the app for active people with over 200 million athletes in more than 185 countries. Its mission is to motivate people to live their best active lives.