Director, Product Design

The role

You will lead a design team and partner with Engineering and Product leaders to define strategic roadmaps. You will recruit and mentor designers while ensuring high standards of craft and usability for enterprise products.

What you will do

• Recruit, mentor, and retain a team of designers
• Provide coaching on craft and soft skills
• Partner with Product Management and Engineering leadership to define long-term roadmaps
• Transform business goals into actionable design strategies
• Ensure team deliverables meet standards of craft, usability, and visual consistency
• Establish and refine design processes
• Oversee end-to-end execution of complex product areas
• Act as a primary advocate for Design across the company
• Lead the team in cultivating direct customer relationships
• Ensure research and validation are core components of the design cycle

Required qualifications

• At least 3 years in a formal people management role
• Portfolio showcasing leadership through complex problem-solving, organizational shifts, and product launches
• Ability to understand how design decisions impact the bottom line and technical debt
• Exceptional presentation and storytelling skills
• Bachelor's degree in Design (Product, HCI, etc.) or equivalent experience

Nice to have

• Master’s degree in HCI
• MBA

Benefits

• Bonus potential
• Equity
• Benefits

About the company

Rubrik is the Security and AI Operations Company delivering a platform built at the intersection of data, identity, and AI. The company is pivoting to securing and accelerating the world's AI transformation.