Product Design Lead

Salesforce; Bellevue (WA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Salesforce's AI Labs team seeks a Product Design Lead to shape design vision for AI-native products like Agentforce. You will lead cross‑functional programs, frame problems, prototype in code, and define interaction patterns for generative UIs with trust and explainability at the center.

You'll mentor designers, collaborate with engineering, and contribute to design systems, ensuring a coherent experience across Salesforce's platform.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of product design experience, shipping high craft products at scale.
• Experience leading design programs across multiple teams with autonomy.
• Proven ability to align cross-functional and senior leaders on priorities.
• Hands-on prototyping in code with examples accelerating decisions.
• Experience designing AI/ML-powered or data-intensive products and Gen AI UX.
• Portfolio showing systems thinking, interaction design, and visual craft.
• Experience mentoring designers and elevating team quality through critique.

Responsibilities

• Lead large-scale cross-functional design programs across AI Labs product areas from concept through launch.
• Frame ambiguous problem spaces, define the right problem to solve, and align leaders on priorities.
• Influence product directions, roadmaps, and prototypes tested with users.
• Prototype in code (HTML/CSS/JS, React, or AI-assisted tools) to test ideas.
• Define patterns for generative UI and human-in-the-loop workflows with trust and explainability.
• Create system-level artifacts showing how users, agents, data, and products connect.
• Mentor fellow designers and contribute to design systems for AI experiences.

Skills

Product design

Design leadership

Prototyping in code

AI/ML UX

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Related technical degree

Job description

Job Category

User Experience

Job Details

About Salesforce

Salesforce is the #1 AI CRM, where humans with agents drive customer success together. Here, ambition meets action. Tech meets trust. And innovation isn’t a buzzword — it’s a way of life. The world of work as we know it is changing and we're looking for Trailblazers who are passionate about bettering business and the world through AI, driving innovation, and keeping Salesforce's core values at the heart of it all. Ready to level-up your career at the company leading workforce transformation in the agentic era? You’re in the right place! Agentforce is the future of AI, and you are the future of Salesforce.

About The Role

AI Labs is a new Salesforce team that builds AI-native products with the agility of a start-up, backed by the full scale and trust of the Salesforce platform. Our team brings together products including Agentforce Operations (powered by Regrello). We're hiring a Product Design Lead to shape the design vision and craft for this next generation of AI-powered products.

What You'll Do

• Lead multiple large-scale, cross-functional design programs across AI Labs product areas, from early concept through launch and iteration.
• Frame ambiguous problem spaces, define the right problem to solve, and drive alignment with senior and cross-functional leaders on top priorities and tradeoffs.
• Influence product-level decisions, direction, and roadmaps.
• Prototype in code (e.g., HTML/CSS/JS, React, or AI-assisted coding tools) to test ideas, demonstrate interaction models, and iterate quickly with users and partners.
• Define patterns and interaction models for novel AI and agentic experiences, including generative UI, conversational interfaces, and human-in-the-loop workflows, with trust, transparency, and explainability built in.
• Help build a coherent experience across AI Labs products and connect it to the broader Salesforce and Agentforce platform.
• Create system-level artifacts, such as experience maps and relationship models, that show how users, agents, data, and products connect across journeys.
• Use research, usability testing, data, and experimentation to ground design decisions and uncover strategic opportunities.
• Mentor fellow designers, lead design critiques, and contribute to design systems and guidelines for AI experiences.
• Present design rationale and strategy clearly to cross-functional leaders and senior stakeholders.

What We're Looking For

• 7+ years of product design (or equivalent) experience, including shipping complex, high-craft products at scale.
• A track record of leading design programs across multiple teams or product areas with autonomy and minimal direction.
• Experience working in fast-moving environments, whether at a start-up, in an incubator, or on a zero-to-one team inside a larger enterprise.
• Demonstrated ability to align cross-functional and senior leaders around priorities and tradeoffs.
• Hands-on experience prototyping in code, with examples of using prototypes to accelerate decisions and iteration.
• Experience designing AI/ML-powered or data-intensive products, and a strong understanding of generative AI UX challenges (uncertainty, latency, hallucinations, feedback loops).
• A comprehensive portfolio showcasing systems thinking, interaction design, and high visual craft.
• Experience mentoring designers and elevating team quality through constructive critique (formal people management is not required).
• Experience partnering closely with engineering on technical implementation.
• A related technical degree required.

Nice To Have

• Experience with prompt design, conversational UX, or agent-based product design.
• Experience integrating acquired or independently built products into a shared platform and unified design language.
• Background in human-AI interaction research or responsible AI and ethics-in-design practices.
• Experience contributing to or building a design system from scratch.

Unleash Your Potential

When you join Salesforce, you’ll be limitless in all areas of your life. Our benefits and resources support you to find balance and be your best, and our AI agents accelerate your impact so you can do your best. Together, we’ll bring the power of Agentforce to organizations of all sizes and deliver amazing experiences that customers love.

Accommodations

If you need a reasonable accommodation during the application or the recruiting process, please submit a request via this Accommodations Request Form.

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In the United States, compensation offered will be determined by factors such as location, job level, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Certain roles may be eligible for incentive compensation, equity, and benefits. Salesforce offers a variety of benefits to help you live well including: time off programs, medical, dental, vision, mental health support, paid parental leave, life and disability insurance, 401(k), and an employee stock purchasing program. More details about company benefits can be found at the following link: https://www.salesforcebenefits.com. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring, Salesforce will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

At Salesforce, we believe in equitable compensation practices that reflect the dynamic nature of labor markets across various regions. The typical base salary range for this position is $172,500 - $260,100 annually. In select cities within the San Francisco and New York City metropolitan area, the base salary range for this role is $207,800 - $285,800 annually. The range represents base salary only, and does not include company bonus, incentive for sales roles, equity or benefits, as applicable.