Director of Product Design

About the role

Join Smartsheet as the Director of Product Design, where you will lead and grow a diverse team of Product Designers. You will drive quality and efficiency by establishing processes, developing talent, and leveraging your expertise to help your team succeed. You will represent the end user, establish a vision for the future of design, and define the user experience strategy. Additionally, you will mentor and coach UX designers, gain a deep understanding of user needs, and create alignment with other groups within the company. Key missions: Lead and grow a diverse team of Product Designers, applying design thinking principles to create engaging user experiences.. Establish processes, develop talent, and leverage expertise to drive quality and efficiency in design work.. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate business goals into innovative product experiences. Profile: - Experience with Agile methodologies - 12+ years of experience in a highly cross-functional role running strategic projects from idea through implementation - Strong visual design skills and sensibilities - Experience finding simple, innovative solutions for complex problems - Highly organized with planning, conducting, and tracking work - Successful experience leading a large team of designers (10+) - Excellent communication skills and interpersonal skills; ability to work successfully with teams across the organization, including Product Management and Engineering - Examples of broadly influential UX work that contributed directly to the achievement of business goals - Passion for the field of User Experience. Self motivated and enthusiastic; knows when it's necessary to seek out guidance - 6+ years leading & mentoring UX teams, manager of managers a plus - Ability to articulate design decisions and advocate for the user - Experience facilitating activities to gather insights on user needs and goals and conducting usability testing - Experience designing for enterprise SaaS platforms - Expert in Figma, Creative Cloud or other visual design, wireframing, and prototyping tools. Proficiency in rapid prototyping