Director of Design

PandaDoc; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A comprehensive document workflow company is seeking a Director of Product Design to lead a talented team. In this role, you will enhance design quality, collaborate across teams, and influence product direction. The ideal candidate has extensive experience in product design and leadership within B2B SaaS. Enjoy the benefits of a remote-first culture and a focus on personal and professional development.

Benefits

6 self-care days

Work from anywhere

Competitive salary

Open feedback culture

Qualifications

• 8–10+ years in product design, with 5+ years in leadership.
• Experience managing managers preferred.
• Strong foundation in design principles.

Responsibilities

• Raise and maintain design quality across core product experiences.
• Lead and scale a team of ~13 including managers.
• Drive cross-business-unit collaboration.

Skills

Product design

Leadership

Collaboration

Strategic thinking

Job description

We’re hiring a Director of Product Design - a senior leader with a direct line to the executive team and the mandate to shape how PandaDoc designs, scales, and delivers its product experiences worldwide.

In this role, you will:

• Raise and maintain design quality across core product experiences
• Lead, structure, and scale a team of ~13 (including managers)
• Define org structure, staffing, and hiring priorities
• Coach and grow design talent at all levels
• Partner tightly with Product and Engineering leadership to influence strategy and roadmap
• Balance short-term delivery with long-term bets
• Drive cross-business-unit collaboration and alignment
• Support program management of key initiatives to ensure delivery

About you:

• 8–10+ years in product design, with 5+ years in leadership/management
• Preference for experience managing managers (not just ICs)
• Background in B2B SaaS (or B2C SaaS with transferable depth); experience in scale-ups or big tech a plus
• Strong foundation in design craft with excellent taste and standards
• Strategic thinker who can operate at both vision and execution levels
• Collaborative, structured, and decisive leadership style
• Highly accountable and proactive that thrives without hand-holding
• Track record as a culture builder who uplifts teams and organisations
• Shown interest in leveraging AI in design
• Strong people manager with good product taste that can be hands-on on design direction to ensure high output quality

Why PandaDoc:

• A true Director scope: significant ownership and real influence over product direction
• Design is a company priority with direct C-suite sponsorship
• Remote-first culture with global teammates
• Opportunity to shape not only your business unit, but also PandaDoc’s global design org and culture alongside the VP of Design

Company Overview

PandaDoc empowers more than 70,000 growing organizations to thrive by taking the work out of document workflow. PandaDoc provides an all-in-one document workflow automation platform that helps fast scaling teams accelerate the ability to create, manage, and sign digital documents including proposals, quotes, contracts, and more.

Company Culture

We're known for our work-life balance, kind co-workers, & creative virtual team-bonding events. And although our Pandas are located across the globe, we stay connected with the help of technology and ensure that everyone on our team feels, well, like a team.

Pandas work best when they're happy. We retain our talent by upholding our values of integrity & transparency, and selling a product that changes the lives of our customers.

Benefits

• An honest, open culture that emphasizes feedback and promotes professional and personal development
• An opportunity to work from anywhere — our team is distributed worldwide, from Lisbon to Manila, from Florida to California
• 6 self care days
• A competitive salary
• And much more!

PandaDoc is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to equal treatment of all employees without regard to race, national origin, religion, gender, age, sexual orientation, veteran status, physical or mental disability or other basis protected by law.