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Meta · 1 week ago

Director, Product Design

Meta is a company dedicated to shaping innovative experiences that empower people to build community and connect with one another. They are seeking a Product Design Director who will lead and manage design teams to ensure high-quality product experiences that meet user needs. The role involves collaboration with various disciplines to define strategy and operations for product design and execution.

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Responsibilities

Build and manage a team of product designers, artists, and leaders that consistently delivers on projects and is well-balanced across a range of design skill sets
Drive collaboration and vision across the company to build alignment on priorities leading to product design and execution
Shape the product roadmap, both short term and long-term
Partner closely with a world-class (and global) team of product managers, engineers, content designers, user experience researchers, research scientists, and artists to deliver high quality experiences for people across markets, platforms and product surfaces
Oversee multiple projects and scale design resources accordingly, ensuring deadlines are met, your organization is effective, and team members are set up for success by setting clear and measurable goals. Your team will be a key dependency for all other teams so must balance working on different timelines for a variety of product releases especially well
Develop design talent and build a thriving environment where designers grow in their careers
Design and scale the organization and equip the team for success in their goals
Foster a collaborative design practice as a leader beyond the confines of the Design discipline

Qualification

Product DesignPeople ManagementDesign SystemsTeam DevelopmentVisual DesignInteraction DesignAnalytical SkillsRecruitingOrganizational SkillsCollaboration

Required

Experience creating design systems
6+ years of leadership experience with direct reports under your guidance and leadership, including hiring and developing managers and individual contributors
10+ years of experience in Product Design
10+ years of experience working collaboratively with product, engineering, design, content and user research teams
People management, team development, recruiting and organization building experience
Experience growing a strategic design practice within design teams
Visual and interaction experience in software design
Organizational and analytical experience

Preferred

Experience managing a design system team and a team of creatives (Visual Designers, Art Directors, Creative Directors)

Benefits

Bonus
Equity
Benefits

Company

Meta's mission is to build the future of human connection and the technology that makes it possible.

Funding

Current Stage
Late Stage

Leadership Team

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Kathryn Glickman
Director, CEO Communications
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Christine Lu
CTO Business Engineering NA
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