[Remote] Director, Product Design

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Docker is hiring a Director of Product Design to lead the team designing existing and new products across its portfolio, including GUIs and the CLI. The role manages and develops designers, raises design quality, and partners with product, engineering, research, and design-system teams to make technically complex systems clear and intuitive.

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow the product design team
• Set the craft bar expected at each level and hold it through critique and your own work
• Partner with engineering and product from the start of a project, so design and engineering ship together
• Give designers ownership of important problems, with the context and trust to make good calls
• Shape how the team works with AI tools: human judgment leads, and the tools speed up the work
• Work with design engineering and the design system team so the shared system helps teams move faster without limiting new ideas

Skills

• You have led a product design team of comparable size through change, and you have grown designers from mid-level through senior and staff
• You have partnered closely with design engineers and engineering leaders, and you can engage with the technical decisions that shape the experience
• You state a clear point of view to engineering and product leaders and stay open to challenge and better ideas
• You still make things
• You can prototype, critique a flow at the level of spacing, states, motion, and copy, and show us work from the last year
• You use AI tools in your daily work and can show how you use them, including when you step in because the output isn't good enough
• You have designed technically complex products and can turn underlying systems into experiences that feel clear and intuitive
• Have led design for AI-powered or agent products, including experiences beyond a graphical interface
• Have designed for both developer-led adoption and complex enterprise customers
• Can prototype in front-end code, such as React or TypeScript

Benefits

• Remote-first by design – Work from your home, with offices in Seattle and Paris for connection and collaboration.
• Flexibility that fits your life – We trust you to manage your schedule while delivering great work.
• Time to recharge – Generous PTO, designated quarterly Whaleness Days, and a designated end-of-year Whaleness break.
• Home office support – Set up your workspace for comfort and success.
• Technology stipend – Equivalent to US$100 net per month to help support your work.
• Learning & development – Annual stipend for conferences, courses, certifications, and continued learning.
• Parental leave – 16 weeks of paid parental leave after six months of employment.
• Equity for all full-time employees – Share in Docker's long-term success as we continue to grow.
• Comprehensive benefits – Medical, retirement, and paid holidays vary by country.
• Docker swag

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