Director of Design

productboard, Inc; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading product management company in the United Kingdom is seeking a Director of Design to lead a transformation towards AI-first product management. You will manage a team of designers and define the design vision, ensuring quality and consistency across the platform. This role requires over 10 years of product design experience and a strong portfolio. Benefits include 5 weeks of vacation, flexible working hours, and professional development opportunities.

Benefits

Budget for online courses

5 weeks of vacation

Free snacks and meals

Flexible working hours

Mental Wellness Program

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading multidisciplinary teams.
• Strong portfolio demonstrating design craft, systems thinking, and measurable impact.
• Passionate about the intersection of AI, design, and human creativity.

Responsibilities

• Lead and inspire a team of designers across Europe and the US.
• Define and drive Productboard’s design vision for an AI-first platform.
• Evolve our design system into a flexible, AI-aware framework.

Skills

Experience in product design

Leadership of multidisciplinary teams

Strategic communication

Collaboration and design craft

Education

10+ years in product design

3+ years in design leadership

Job description

Define the future of product management. Introducing Productboard Spark.

At Productboard, we believe the world’s best products are created by teams who deeply understand their customers’ needs — and design experiences that feel effortless, intelligent, and human.

We’re seeking a Director of Design to lead our design organization as we enter a new era of AI-first product management. You’ll guide a talented team of product designers, UX writer, and design system expert through an exciting transformation of how modern product teams work in partnership with AI.

Reporting to the Martin Felcman, Sr. Director of Product, you’ll partner closely with Product, Engineering, Marketing, and Customer Experience to define and deliver the next generation of Productboard’s experience. You’ll set the vision for design quality, clarity, and consistency across our platform — and help make our AI-first agentic experience the default for all customers.

Your responsibilities

• Lead and inspire a team of about 10 product designers, UX writer, and design system expert across Europe and the US.
• Define and drive Productboard’s design vision for an AI-first enterprise platform – how agentic systems and human workflows blend.
• Champion world-class craft in interaction design, visual execution, and UX writing.
• Partner with Product and Engineering to turn strategy into experience.
• Evolve our design system into a flexible, AI-aware framework that supports scalability and innovation.
• Mentor and grow designers; scale org processes and rituals that foster creativity and ownership.

About you

10+ years of experience in product design, including 3+ years in design leadership within B2B SaaS or enterprise platforms.

• Proven experience leading multidisciplinary teams.
• Strong portfolio demonstrating design craft, systems thinking, and measurable impact.
• Strategic communicator who can align executives and partners around design vision.

Passionate about the intersection of AI, design, and human creativity.

• Known for fostering collaboration and raising the design bar.

What’s in it for you

• Lead the design transformation of a category-defining product platform.
• Partner with exceptional peers in Product, Engineering, and Marketing.

Shape how AI will redefine the craft of product management.

• Join a stable, well-funded company with a long-term vision and global reach.
• Collaborate across San Francisco, Prague, and Brno — with opportunities for travel and deep cross-team exchange.
• Build products that matter for the best product teams in the world.

What we’re building with Spark

We’re redefining how product management works in the AI era.

Productboard Spark isn’t another AI feature — it’s a reimagining of the entire craft of product management.

Think of Spark as a highly capable PM colleague that can instantly process vast information, synthesize insights, and surface opportunities. It deeply understands your product, your strategy, and your challenges.

Our decade of experience in product workflows gives us a unique advantage: we know where AI should amplify human judgment and where it should get out of the way.

Our platform blends natural language with structured UI elements — dashboards, matrices, and visualizations — to help teams think and work the way real product managers do.

Thousands of customers already trust us with their product data. With AI, we can finally unlock its hidden insights and help teams make better, faster decisions.

Our benefits include

(specifics may vary by country)

• 📚 Budget for online courses, books, and conferences
• 🏝 5 weeks of vacation + sick days
• ❤️ 1 Volunteer Day per year for you to help causes close to your heart
• 🍲 Free snacks, drinks, and yummy catered lunches every day
• 🏋 MultiSport card to access sports facilities
• 🍹 Team events, such as happy hours, off-sites, and retreats
• ⏱ Flexible working hours and home office
• 🎓 Language lessons and Hone educational platform
• 🍀 Mental Wellness Program to support your well-being and self-caree