Director, Platform Design, Ecosystem & AI

Leadout Capital; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 230,000 - 290,000; Full time

Job summary

Slack is seeking a Senior Director, Product Design - Ecosystem to own and refine the design vision for Slack's developer experience across the platform. You'll partner with product and engineering leadership, acting as a player-coach who both guides direction and remains hands-on in design work.

This role shapes what agents do inside Slack, how they're built, managed, and discovered, and how partners bring their agents into Slack's ecosystem.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of product design experience with developer-facing products.
• Experience managing and growing design teams.
• Hands-on AI experience and vibe-coding tools; understands developer workflows.
• Proven ability to partner with product and engineering leadership on design direction.

Responsibilities

• Hold and refine the long-range design vision for the platform with product/engineering leadership.
• Drive end-to-end platform design across the developer lifecycle.
• Shape partner experiences with Slack ecosystem collaborators (OpenAI, etc.).
• Grow and develop the platform design team and careers.

Skills

Product design

Team leadership

Developer experience

AI tooling familiarity

Job description

Slack is seeking a Senior Director, Product Design - Ecosystem to own and refine the design vision for Slack's developer experience across the platform. You'll partner with product and engineering leadership, acting as a player-coach who both guides direction and remains hands-on in design work.

This role shapes what agents do inside Slack, how they're built, managed, and discovered, and how partners bring their agents into Slack's ecosystem.