Summary
Join Sprout Social's Product Design team as a Senior Director! Lead and mentor high-performing design teams across Platform, Publishing, Mobile, and Advocacy. Build strong partnerships with engineering, product, and executive leadership. Drive transformative initiatives to enhance customer engagement and deliver exceptional product experiences. Champion a unified design vision and foster innovation. Show how great design can drive business growth and create user-loved experiences.
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 equipmentβyour 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, employee-led diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives and mentorship programs for aspiring leaders
- Growing corporate social responsibility program that is driven by the involvement and passion of our team members
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