Director - Design

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Dropbox

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Cross-platform file sync • File sharing • Online backup • Cloud storage • Collaboration

1001 - 5000

Description

• Lead the team in balancing urgency vs. the incredibly high quality bar expected by both our customers and the broader Dropbox organization • Craft and communicate a compelling long-term design strategy and vision • Lead the design process for your team - from problem definition to design implementation • Partner closely with leadership across functions - product, engineering, research, marketing, and other cross functional teams - to ensure products are well-defined, high impact, and successfully executed • Work closely with design leadership to ensure a cohesive customer experience across all products • Create a team of best-in-class designers who obsess over customers and move fast in a highly ambiguous environment • Grow the design team by attracting and hiring new talent • Foster a healthy and collaborative culture that embodies Dropbox's values and continue to develop Dropbox as one of the best places to work

Requirements

• At least 5+ years of professional experience leading or managing a design team • A portfolio of relevant design work, executed either by yourself or a team that you led, that conveys an ability to ship successful products that customers love • A customer-centered approach to designing products for people • A hands-on, self starter leader, with high ownership, who can think big, but also dive-deep and straddle both altitudes while connecting the dots • Deep experience working with product managers, engineering, and marketing to drive vision, strategy and execution • Comfortable juggling a wide range of responsibilities at the same time • A collaborative, low-ego approach to working with others