Senior Director, Product Design

Summary

Join Sprout Social's Product Design team as a Senior Director! Lead and mentor high-performing design teams across various platforms (Platform, Publishing, Mobile, and Advocacy). Build strong partnerships with engineering, product, and executive leadership. Drive transformative initiatives to enhance customer engagement and product experiences. Leverage your visionary and pragmatic approach to design leadership, inspiring teams to achieve design excellence. This role requires 10+ years of design leadership experience and a proven track record of driving transformative change.

Requirements

• 10+ years of design leadership experience, with a proven track record of driving transformative change across product teams
• Seasoned people leader with experience leading other design leaders
• A portfolio that tells a compelling story of design impact - showcasing how you've reshaped product direction, sparked organizational innovation, and built high-performing teams that consistently deliver meaningful results

Responsibilities

• Represent your teams as a strategic design leader across Platform, Publishing, Mobile, and Advocacy, championing a unified vision that fosters innovation and elevates our user experience
• Build strong partnerships with engineering, product, and executive leadership to align on shared goals and embed design thinking in cross-functional decision-making
• Lead transformative initiatives that simplify complex workflows, enhance customer engagement, and make progress toward our shared vision - pushing us to deliver exceptional product experiences that earn customer loyalty
• As a leader of design leaders, mentor and scale high-performing design teams, setting high standards for design excellence and creating a culture of continuous learning and growth
• Show how great design can both help our business grow and create experiences people truly love

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience leading design across enterprise SaaS platforms with complex, interconnected user journeys; platform or systems experience a plus
• Executive presence and deep expertise in influencing strategy, with demonstrated success aligning cross-functional teams around bold, user-centered visions
• A track record of mentoring design leaders and building best-in-class design cultures that attract and develop exceptional talent
• Demonstrated ability to balance visionary thinking with pragmatic execution, helping teams maintain focus amid ambiguity and broader organizational change

Benefits

• Insurance and benefit options that are built for both individuals and families
• Progressive policies to support work/life balance, like our flexible paid time off and parental leave program
• High-quality and well-maintained equipment—your computer will never prevent you from doing your best
• Wellness initiatives to ensure both health and mental well-being of our team
• Ongoing education and development opportunities via our Grow@Sprout program and employee-led diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives
• Growing corporate social responsibility program that is driven by the involvement and passion of our team members
• Beautiful, convenient, and state-of-the-art offices in Chicago’s Loop and downtown Seattle, for those who prefer an office setting
• Whenever possible, Sprout wants to provide our team with the flexibility to work in the location that makes the most sense for them. Sprout maintains a remote workforce in many places in the United States
• Employees (and their dependents) are covered by medical, dental, vision, basic life, accidental death, and dismemberment insurance, and Modern Health (a wellness benefit)
• Employees are able to enroll in Sprout’s company’s 401k plan, in which Sprout will match 50% of your contributions up to 6% with a maximum contribution
• Sprout offers “Flexible Paid Time Off” and ten paid holidays