Design & UX Director, Storage Design Professional Multiple Cities

Avature; Durham (NC); Hybrid; USD 215,000 - 400,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company is seeking a Director of Storage Design to enhance user experience and lead the global design team. This strategic role will focus on the design and usability of storage products, including guiding creative vision, managing budgets, and fostering a collaborative environment.

Qualifications

• Distinguished Designer with strong product design experience.
• Experience leading complex applications that impact marketplace.
• Experience building products in the Cloud.

Responsibilities

• Lead and oversee the global design team.
• Develop and implement design strategies aligned with Storage goals.
• Manage budgets and timelines while ensuring quality design outcomes.

Skills

Product Design

User Experience

Cloud Products

Project Management

Design Strategy

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Job description

IBM has a global presence, operating in more than 175 countries with a broad-based geographic distribution of revenue. The company’s Global Markets organization is a strategic sales business unit that manages IBM’s global footprint, working closely with dedicated country-based operating units to serve clients locally. These country teams have client relationship managers who lead integrated teams of consultants, solution specialists and delivery professionals to enable clients’ growth and innovation. By complementing local expertise with global experience and digital capabilities, IBM builds deep and broad-based client relationships. This local management focus fosters speed in supporting clients, addressing new markets and making investments in emerging opportunities. Additionally, the Global Markets organization serves clients with expertise in their industry as well as through the products and services that IBM and partners supply. IBM is also expanding its reach to new and existing clients through digital marketplaces.

About IBM*

IBM’s greatest invention is the IBMer. We believe that through the application of intelligence, reason and science, we can improve business, society and the human condition, bringing the power of an open hybrid cloud and AI strategy to life for our clients and partners around the world.

Restlessly reinventing since 1911, we are not only one of the largest corporate organizations in the world, we’re also one of the biggest technology and consulting employers, with many of the Fortune 50 companies relying on the IBM Cloud to run their business.

At IBM, we pride ourselves on being an early adopter of artificial intelligence, quantum computing and blockchain. Now it’s time for you to join us on our journey to being a responsible technology innovator and a force for good in the world....Less

Wonder if IBM is the one for you?

In a world where technology never stands still, we understand that, dedication to our clients success, innovation that matters, and trust and personal responsibility in all our relationships, lives in what we do as IBMers as we strive to be the catalyst that makes the world work better.

Being an IBMer means you’ll be able to learn and develop yourself and your career, you’ll be encouraged to be courageous and experiment everyday, all whilst having continuous trust and support in an environment where everyone can thrive whatever their personal or professional background.

Our IBMers are growth minded, always staying curious, open to feedback and learning new information and skills to constantly transform themselves and our company. They are trusted to provide on-going feedback to help other IBMers grow, as well as collaborate with colleagues keeping in mind a team focused approach to include different perspectives to drive exceptional outcomes for our customers. The courage our IBMers have to make critical decisions everyday is essential to IBM becoming the catalyst for progress, always embracing challenges with resources they have to hand, a can-do attitude and always striving for an outcome focused approach within everything that they do.

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Your role and responsibilities

Title: Director, Storage Design

Locations: Austin, TX; Research Triangle Park/Durham, NC (Only)

TheIBM Storage business is $3.5B of which Storage SW is a $1B business. IBM Storage underwent significant transformation in 2023, aligning Storage Software with the broader IBM strategy focused on Hybrid Cloud, AI, and Security.

The Director, Storage Design will lead and oversee the global design team and technical content professionals within Storage. The role will be responsible for building and leading the IBM Storage design team to fundamentally improve and transform the usability and experience of IBM Storage products. The role will be focused on user experience, design and consumability of our Storage products in our Storage portfolio. The role will be responsible for leading and shaping the design strategy for our Storage portfolio, enhancing design quality, and ensuring that product design user experience aligns with the Storage business objectives and brand identity in the marketplace The leader will also lead creative sessions, manage budgets, and monitor team performance.

The Director, Storage design will play a critical role in the following Storage portfolio of products: Ceph as a Service, transforming the Software Defined Storage (SDS) platform, delivering AI for Storage, Scale, Defender, etc.

Key Responsibilities:

Strategic Design Planning:

• Developing and implementing design strategies to align with Storage goals and brand vision.
• Lead the Design Strategy and partner closely with Storage Development and Storage Product Management.
• Leading and mentoring a global design team, global technical content professionals and providing guidance and fostering a collaborative environment.
• Ability to lead design initiatives and drive strategy across complex projects.
• Provide mentorship and contribute to the growth of a collaborative and innovative design culture.

Creative Vision/Strategic Impact:

• Communicating the creative vision to design teams and stakeholders, ensuring consistency and quality across all projects.
• Strategic Thinker: Capable of crafting a design vision that aligns with both user and business needs, while maintaining a focus on long-term impact.

Project Management:

• Overseeing the entire design process, from concept to execution, and managing budgets and timelines.
• Collaborating with clients and stakeholders to understand their business needs and ensure that design solutions meet their requirements.
• Skilled in planning, conducting, and applying user research to inform and elevate design outcomes.
• Requires regular contact with external clients globally on designing our future products and enhancing them to be leading and winning in the market.

Staying Current:

• Keeping up to date with industry trends and incorporating relevant innovations into design practices.
• Understanding modern design thinking and design best practices, including but not limited to responsiveness and accessibility for complex applications.

Quality Control:

• Ensuring the quality and consistency of design across all projects.

Required education

Bachelor's Degree

Required technical and professional expertise

• Must be a Distinguished Designer (Band D) with strong product design experience.
• Must have experience leading and designing complex applications that win in the marketplace and make a business impact with client users.
• Must have experience with building products in the Cloud
• Must have experience working across Infrastructure Business Unit and co-creating and collaborating on user experience designs that impact the Storage Portfolio.

ABOUT BUSINESS UNIT

IBM Systems helps IT leaders think differently about their infrastructure. IBM servers and storage are no longer inanimate - they can understand, reason, and learn so our clients can innovate while avoiding IT issues. Our systems power the world’s most important industries and our clients are the architects of the future.Join us to help build our leading-edge technology portfoliodesigned for cognitive business and optimized for cloud computing.

YOUR LIFE @ IBM

In a world where technology never stands still, we understand that, dedication to our clients success, innovation that matters, and trust and personal responsibility in all our relationships, lives in what we do as IBMers as we strive to be the catalyst that makes the world work better.

Being an IBMer means you’ll be able to learn and develop yourself and your career, you’ll be encouraged to be courageous and experiment everyday, all whilst having continuous trust and support in an environment where everyone can thrive whatever their personal or professional background.

Our IBMers are growth minded, always staying curious, open to feedback and learning new information and skills to constantly transform themselves and our company. They are trusted to provide on-going feedback to help other IBMers grow, as well as collaborate with colleagues keeping in mind a team focused approach to include different perspectives to drive exceptional outcomes for our customers. The courage our IBMers have to make critical decisions everyday is essential to IBM becoming the catalyst for progress, always embracing challenges with resources they have to hand, a can-do attitude and always striving for an outcome focused approach within everything that they do.

Are you ready to be an IBMer?

ABOUT IBM

IBM’s greatest invention is the IBMer. We believe that through the application of intelligence, reason and science, we can improve business, society and the human condition, bringing the power of an open hybrid cloud and AI strategy to life for our clients and partners around the world.

Restlessly reinventing since 1911, we are not only one of the largest corporate organizations in the world, we’re also one of the biggest technology and consulting employers, with many of the Fortune 50 companies relying on the IBM Cloud to run their business.

At IBM, we pride ourselves on being an early adopter of artificial intelligence, quantum computing and blockchain. Now it’s time for you to join us on our journey to being a responsible technology innovator and a force for good in the world.

IBM is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualifiedapplicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race,color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexualorientation, national origin, caste, genetics, pregnancy, disability,neurodivergence, age, veteran status, or other characteristics. IBM is alsocommitted to compliance with all fair employment practices regardingcitizenship and immigration status.

OTHER RELEVANT JOB DETAILS

The compensation range and benefits for this position are based on a full-time schedule for a full calendar year. The salary will vary depending on your job-related skills, experience and location. Pay increment and frequency of pay will be in accordance with employment classification and applicable laws. For part time roles, your compensation and benefits will be adjusted to reflect your hours. Benefits may be pro-rated for those who start working during the calendar year.

Job Title

Director, Storage Design

Date posted

27-May-2025

Job ID

36888

City / Township / Village

State / Province

Texas, North Carolina

Country

United States

Work arrangement

Hybrid

Area of work

Design & UX

Employment type

Regular

Contract type

Regular

Projected Minimum Salary per year

215,000.00

Projected Maximum Salary per year

400,000.00

Position type

Professional

Some travel may be required based on business demand

Company

(0147) International Business Machines Corporation

Shift

General (daytime)

Is this role a commissionable/sales incentive based position?