Director, Product Design

The role

You will lead the design vision for Spend Management and Workforce Management product teams. You will drive strategic design initiatives, manage a team of designers, and collaborate with cross-functional leaders to deliver user-centric experiences.

What you will do

• Drive strategic design initiatives that contribute to business objectives and the product roadmap.
• Identify and champion opportunities for innovation through user-centered design.
• Lead the development and communication of a cohesive design vision for the Fleet Management product area.
• Empower and guide a team of product designers.
• Champion a user-centric design culture across the organization.
• Establish and evangelize high design standards and best practices.
• Lead design projects end to end from strategic framing to execution.
• Contribute to and evolve the design system and component library.
• Collaborate with product management, engineering, and operations leadership.
• Build alignment and articulate design vision through storytelling and presentation.

Required qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive experience in user experience, interaction, and interface design.
• Significant experience leading and managing product design teams within a SaaS environment.
• Demonstrated success leading the design of complex web and mobile products in collaboration with cross-functional teams.
• Online portfolio demonstrating user-centered design principles, strategic thinking, leadership, and problem-solving.
• Deep understanding and proven experience in developing, implementing, and scaling design systems.
• Proven experience leveraging modern AI-driven practices and tools.
• Strong business acumen.
• Excellent written, verbal, and visual communication skills.
• Experience collaborating effectively with distributed or global teams.
• Ability to thrive in a dynamic and evolving industry.
• Unbounded curiosity and a passion for solving complex challenges.
• Must be authorized to receive and access commodities and technologies controlled under U.S. Export Administration Regulations.

Nice to have

• Familiarity with or a strong interest in the fleet management, logistics, product-lead growth, or related industries

Benefits

• Health, pharmacy, optical and dental care benefits
• Paid time off
• Sick time off
• Short term and long term disability coverage
• Life insurance
• 401k contribution

Before you apply

• The applicant must be authorized to receive and access those commodities and technologies controlled under U.S. Export Administration Regulations.
• Depending on role and location, candidates may be required to execute a non-compete covenant.

About the company

Motive empowers people who run physical operations with tools to make work safer, more productive, and more profitable. The platform serves nearly 100,000 customers across various industries.