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Dropbox · 1 day ago

Happy Dance | Director, Product Design

Dropbox is a Virtual First company seeking a Design Leader to lead product design teams in building best-in-class product experiences. This role involves shaping the vision and execution of critical product values and ensuring high-quality customer interactions while fostering a collaborative culture.

CollaborationEnterprise SoftwareFile SharingPrivate CloudWeb Hosting
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Growth Opportunities
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H1B Sponsor Likelynote

Responsibilities

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
Foster a healthy and collaborative culture that embodies Dropbox's values and continue to develop Dropbox as one of the best places to work

Qualification

Design leadershipProduct design experienceCustomer-centered designCollaboration with product managersGenerative design toolsLow-ego approachHands-on leadershipJuggling responsibilitiesHigh ownership

Required

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

Preferred

Experience designing 0-1 consumer products strongly preferred
Success leading the thoughtful integration of generative design tools, LLMs, and computational design methodologies into creative workflows while preserving team autonomy and elevating overall design quality

Benefits

Corporate bonus program
Sales incentive
Stock in the form of Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)

Company

Dropbox is a smart workspace company that provides secure file sharing, collaboration, and storage solutions.

H1B Sponsorship

Dropbox has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
Distribution of Different Job Fields Receiving Sponsorship
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (127)
2024 (105)
2023 (103)
2022 (166)
2021 (197)
2020 (157)

Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
$2.41B
Key Investors
JP Morgan ChaseJPMorgan PartnersBlackRock
2025-09-09Post Ipo Debt· $700M
2018-03-23IPO
2017-03-30Debt Financing· $600M

Leadership Team

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Drew Houston
Founder & CEO
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Arash Ferdowsi
Co-Founder
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