Director, Product Design

Givebutter; New York (NY); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Givebutter in New York City seeks an experienced design leader to guide a growing product design team across multiple pods. You will mentor designers, shape design strategy, align stakeholders, and elevate design quality and velocity as the platform scales.

You will define how design uses AI tools to create AI-driven product experiences, collaborating with Product and Engineering to deliver meaningful value for fundraisers and donors.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of product design experience with 3–5 years managing other designers.
• Strong portfolio demonstrating design leadership across complex, multi-surface.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a team of product designers across multiple product pods, including direct ownership of hiring, performance, and career growth.
• Partner with the VP of Design on design strategy, org design, and how the design function scales over time.
• Create the conditions for designers to do their best work: align stakeholders, manage cross-functional dependencies, and drive clarity into ambiguous projects.
• Set and hold the craft bar across the platform — interaction patterns, visual execution, design system standards, and long-term product quality — keeping it consistent as the team and surface areas grow.
• Help define how product design operates at Givebutter, establishing how the team designs with AI tools and for AI-driven product experiences.
• Act as a strategic design partner to senior Product and Engineering leaders, shaping cross-functional decisions and aligning teams around shared outcomes.
• Influence product strategy through deep insight into our users (fundraisers and donors), turning ambiguous cross-product problems into clear direction for the team.
• Make high-stakes design decisions that balance craft, speed, and business impact, with a company-level ownership mindset.
• Help evolve Givebutter's design culture as the team grows, establishing practices, norms, and rituals that scale.

Skills

Design leadership

People management

Product design strategy

Cross-functional collaboration

AI tools in design

Design systems

Hiring & mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in Design or equivalent

Tools

Figma

InVision

Miro

Job description

Company Description

Givebutter is the most-loved nonprofit fundraising and CRM platform, empowering millions of changemakers to raise more, pay less, and give better. Nonprofits use Givebutter to replace multiple tools so they can launch fundraisers and events, use donation forms and donor management (CRM), send emails and text blasts—all in one place. Use of the Givebutter platform is completely free with a 100% transparent tip-or-fee model.

Givebutter has been certified as a Great Place to Work® every year since 2021, and is the #1 rated nonprofit software company on G2 across multiple categories.

Our mission is to empower the changemaker in all of us. We believe giving should be fun, so you’ll want to do it again, and we also believe that work should be fun, so that you’ll have the greatest impact. We are excited to hear from talented people who want to work with other talented people in making the world a butter place—and have fun along the way.

Role Description

Givebutter is a joyful brand with a serious mission, helping changemakers raise over US$ 10 billion so far. Over 84,000 nonprofits trust us for their core operations — fundraising, donor management, finances — and we're investing in world-class design to empower the next generation of changemakers.

Design at Givebutter looks different than it did a few years ago. While the role and goals of design have not changed, the craft of designing great experiences is being rewritten in real time. Part of this role is defining what great product design looks like in an AI-native company: which problems AI owns, where human judgment still wins, and how a team works when the tools and workflows shift often.

You’ll manage a growing team of product designers across product pods, partnering closely with the VP of Design to set direction, remove roadblocks, and raise the quality and velocity of design across the platform. If you're energized by building teams, shaping design culture, and figuring out what design becomes in this next era, we want to hear from you.

We want to hear from people who…

• Are experienced people managers who know how to nurture great design talent, give meaningful feedback, and build a high-performing team.

• Think strategically about design — not just what to build, but how design creates business value and drives positive outcomes for our users.

• Are natural collaborators who build alignment across Product, Engineering, Brand, and executive leadership.

• Hold a strong point of view on craft and quality, and know how to keep the bar high without becoming a bottleneck.

• Thrive in high-growth environments where the org is still evolving, and autonomy is the norm.

• Are not afraid to get hands-on when needed, and actively explore AI tools and coding agents to improve their craft.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a team of product designers across multiple product pods, including direct ownership of hiring, performance, and career growth.

• Partner with the VP of Design on design strategy, org design, and how the design function scales over time.

• Create the conditions for designers to do their best work: align stakeholders, manage cross-functional dependencies, and drive clarity into ambiguous projects.

• Set and hold the craft bar across the platform — interaction patterns, visual execution, design system standards, and long-term product quality — keeping it consistent as the team and surface areas grow.

• Help define how product design operates at Givebutter, establishing how the team designs with AI tools and for AI-driven product experiences.

• Act as a strategic design partner to senior Product and Engineering leaders, shaping cross-functional decisions and aligning teams around shared outcomes.

• Influence product strategy through deep insight into our users (fundraisers and donors), turning ambiguous cross-product problems into clear direction for the team.

• Make high-stakes design decisions that balance craft, speed, and business impact, with a company-level ownership mindset.

• Help evolve Givebutter's design culture as the team grows, establishing practices, norms, and rituals that scale.

Requirements

• 8+ years of product design experience, with 3–5 years managing other designers

• Strong portfolio demonstrating design leadership across complex, multi-surface