Snowflake DIRECTOR PRODUCT DESIGN 

United States, California 

906375427

• Provide visionary leadership to the product design team, setting clear goals, fostering a culture of collaboration and excellence, and inspiring team members to push the boundaries of creativity and innovation.

• Collaborate closely with senior leadership, product management, and engineering teams to define the product design strategy, ensuring alignment with business objectives and user needs.

• Lead by example in advocating for a user-centric approach to product design, leveraging qualitative and quantitative insights to inform design decisions and drive continuous improvement.

• Invest in the growth and development of the design team, providing mentorship, guidance, and professional development opportunities to help team members reach their full potential.

• Maintain rigorous standards of design quality and integrity, conducting regular design reviews, usability testing, and audits to ensure adherence to best practices and standards.

• Build and manage multiple teams across multiple surfaces ensuring our products and features are valuable for customers, easy to use, and of the highest level of craft and execution.

• Build and manage a talented, diverse, inclusive team of product designers and leaders that consistently delivers on projects and is well-balanced across a range of design skill sets

• Oversee multiple projects and scale design resources accordingly, ensuring deadlines are met, your org is effective, and team members are set up for success by setting clear and measurable goals

• 10+ years of relevant experience in software product design

• At least 8+ years of leadership experience managing design teams, including hiring and developing senior managers and individual contributors with a proven ability to inspire, mentor, and develop talent.

• Experience scaling teams in fast-paced, dynamic environments

• Expertise in designing complex data-driven applications, with a strong understanding of user workflows and information architecture.

• Excellent communication, collaboration, and presentation skills, with the ability to articulate design concepts and rationale to a diverse set of stakeholders

• A passion for staying abreast of emerging design trends, technologies, and best practices, with a relentless drive for excellence and continuous improvement.

• You have an eye for talent with an extensive network of top designer practitioners, you know what great looks like to help build out the Snowflake Design team.

• Experience growing a strategic design practice within design teams

The following represents the expected range of compensation for this role:

• The estimated base salary range for this role is $218,000 - $325,500.
• Additionally, this role is eligible to participate in Snowflake’s bonus and equity plan.