Head of Product Design – AI‑First Enterprise UX

Glean; Mountain View (CA); Hybrid; USD 250,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Glean is seeking an experienced Product Design leader to grow and guide our design team, shaping the product’s look, feel, and experience. You’ll partner closely with product and engineering to turn strategy into high-quality, customer-centric solutions across the platform.

You will mentor designers, refine design processes, and build a cohesive design culture, while navigating a fast-growing tech environment. Hybrid work in Mountain View or SF supports strong collaboration.

Qualifications

• 10+ years leading product design, content design, or UX research teams at high-growth tech companies.
• A genuine curiosity about AI and its impact on the future of work.
• A strong portfolio showing impact on business through design leadership.
• Hands-on, low-ego leader with ownership and ability to dive deep.
• Experience sourcing, hiring, and onboarding design talent.
• Experience building distributed teams across time zones is a plus.
• Proven track record of developing talent and fostering a healthy design culture.
• Mastery of design craft with a strong eye for visual and interaction design.
• Experience partnering with PM, Engineering, and Marketing to ship products.
• Excellent written and verbal communication to align leadership and teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow a team of world-class product designers, researchers, and content designers to deliver high-quality product to customers.
• Refine and lead the standard for design processes at Glean.
• Mentor and develop designers and design managers, establishing performance standards.
• Collaborate with Product and Engineering to ensure teams plan well and hit metrics.
• Craft a long-term design strategy and articulate Glean’s product vision through design.
• Foster a thriving, safe, and collaborative design culture.

Skills

People leadership

AI curiosity

Product design craft

Cross-functional collaboration

Strategic design thinking

Talent development

Distributed team leadership

Communication skills

Job description

Glean is seeking an experienced Product Design leader to grow and guide our design team, shaping the product’s look, feel, and experience. You’ll partner closely with product and engineering to turn strategy into high-quality, customer-centric solutions across the platform.

You will mentor designers, refine design processes, and build a cohesive design culture, while navigating a fast-growing tech environment. Hybrid work in Mountain View or SF supports strong collaboration.