Senior Director, Product Design - Ecosystem

vibehackers; New York (NY); On-site; USD 263,000 - 401,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Time off programs

Medical insurance

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

Mental health support

Parental leave

Life insurance

Disability insurance

401(k) plan

Employee stock purchase program

Job summary

vibehackers seeks a Senior Director of Product Design - Ecosystem to lead Slack’s developer platform design vision. You will coach a small team while remaining hands-on in design work, shaping how agents and apps are built, managed, and discovered by partners.

You will partner with product and engineering leadership to steer the platform across the developer lifecycle with a strong emphasis on AI-enabled workflows and marketplace experiences.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of product design experience, including work on developer-facing or highly technical products.
• Experience managing and growing design teams.
• Hands-on experience with AI and vibe-coding tools and a solid understanding of developer workflows.
• Proven track record partnering with product and engineering leadership to define product direction through design.

Responsibilities

• Hold and refine the long-range design vision for the platform in partnership with product and engineering leadership.
• Drive end-to-end platform design across the developer lifecycle: agent capabilities in Slack, agent creation, installation and management, and marketplace discovery.
• Shape partner experiences for third-party providers to bring agents into Slack’s ecosystem.
• Contribute directly to design work as a player-coach and set craft standards for the team.
• Recruit, grow, and develop the platform design team, owning staffing and career development.

Skills

Product design

Design leadership

Platform design

Developer experience

AI familiarity

Vibe-coding

Team management

Cross-functional collaboration

Hiring & career development

Strategic vision

Job description

Senior Director, Product Design - Ecosystem

Explicitly requires vibe-coding tools and hands-on work with AI agents; focused on building agentic developer experiences.

About the Role

Lead the design vision for the Slack developer platform, defining how agents and apps are built, managed, discovered, and integrated by partners. This player-coach role combines hands-on product design with building and growing a small platform design team in partnership with product and engineering leadership.

Job Description

Role

Senior Director, Product Design - Ecosystem will own and continuously refine the design vision for Slack’s developer platform, shaping how agents and apps are built, managed, discovered, and integrated by partners. This is a player-coach role: you will both lead and grow a small team of platform designers and remain hands-on in design work.

Key Responsibilities

• Hold and refine the long-range design vision for the platform in partnership with product and engineering leadership
• Drive end-to-end platform design across the developer lifecycle: agent capabilities in Slack, agent creation, installation and management, and marketplace discovery
• Shape partner experiences for third-party providers (e.g., OpenAI, Anthropic, Cognition, GitHub) to bring agents into Slack’s ecosystem
• Contribute directly to design work as a player-coach and set craft standards for the team
• Recruit, grow, and develop the platform design team, owning staffing and career development

Minimum Qualifications

• 10+ years of product design experience, including work on developer-facing or highly technical products
• Experience managing and growing design teams
• Hands-on experience with AI and vibe-coding tools and a solid understanding of developer workflows
• Proven track record partnering with product and engineering leadership to define product direction through design

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience designing marketplace or agent-discovery experiences
• Experience integrating third-party agentic experiences into a product
• Deep familiarity with Slack’s platform surfaces and ecosystem
• Typical base salary range: $218,400 - $365,200 annually
• In select San Francisco and New York City metropolitan areas: $263,200 - $401,400 annually
• Benefits mentioned include time off programs, medical, dental, vision, mental health support, paid parental leave, life and disability insurance, 401(k), and an employee stock purchase program. Incentive compensation and equity may also be applicable depending on role and location.

Slack Slack Marketplace OpenAI Anthropic Cognition GitHub Agentforce AI agents

Skills

Product Design Design Leadership Platform Design Developer Experience AI Familiarity Vibe-coding Team Management Hands-on Design Partner Management Cross-functional Collaboration Hiring & Career Development Strategic Vision Marketplace/Discovery Design