Sr. Director, Product Design

B Capital; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 216,522 - 297,652; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits

401(k) Matching

Flexible PTO

18 weeks paid parental leave

Quarterly Recharge Fridays

Access to Coaches and Therapists

Job summary

Highspot in Seattle is seeking a driven creative leader to manage a design team focused on delivering world-class user experiences. This role requires strong project management skills and the ability to advocate for design in multi-disciplinary teams.

With a focus on user-centered design, candidates should bring 10+ years of design experience, proficiency in design tools like Figma, and a solid portfolio. The position offers competitive salary and comprehensive benefits, promoting a culture of diversity and inclusion.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience designing world-class experiences at scale.
• 5+ years experience managing design teams.
• Solid portfolio of work spanning multiple projects.

Responsibilities

• Manage a team of talented designers to deliver strong work on tight schedules.
• Identify and prioritize usage scenarios through customer research.
• Create wireframes, storyboards, and screen flows for executive reviews.

Skills

User-centered design principles

Figma proficiency

Team management

Collaboration

Communication skills

Education

Degree in human-computer interaction, interaction design, or visual design

Tools

AI tools

Design tools (Figma)

Job description

About Highspot

Highspot is pioneering the category that is fundamentally changing the way companies increase sales productivity. On a mission to transform the way millions of people work with sales enablement, Highspot is committed to building breakthrough software with a spark of magic. We believe a great place to work is about more than the work – it’s about what the company stands for, and how it authentically represents its values in the real world. To this end, we have put intentional focus on creating equitable workspaces for each of our employees. Our goal is to create a culture where everyone feels a deep sense of belonging and is empowered to be an agent of change, with the ability to transform themselves, their workplace, and their world.

About the Role

We are a robust centralized design team where all creative functions mingle and have purview across the entire company. Product designers, hyper-focused on delivering a world‑class product that reps love, collaborate with visual designers that are always pushing our brand in innovative ways, challenging every pixel. Our digital media designers create compelling story‑driven content using critical insights provided by our user experience researchers that allow us to experiment and push for quality over quantity. Our design operations folks remove barriers, enable us to all do our best work, and build connections within and without the team.

Together, we are a team that designs together, one that empowers and lifts each other up, and that fosters trust not only in ourselves but trust in our team. A culture of openness, honesty and the ability to provide and receive constructive feedback are important to us. Communication and collaboration are key.

We also believe that great teams are inclusive in their composition. Being surrounded by a diversity of backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives bring out the best in everyone and lead to higher‑quality products and experiences.

The Role

You are a driven creative leader with the perfect balance of skills to drive the project forward, manage the team to make it happen, and willingness to roll up your sleeves to get things done. You have experience with shepherding designs from initial ideation, through rapid iteration, to pixel‑perfect implementation.

You should have a passion for usability, an eye for visual consistency, and the ability to synthesize complexity into its essential parts. You are an effective diplomat with strong communication and organization skills who is willing to advocate for the design position in the face of senior balancing points from product management, marketing and engineering leadership. “World‑class” is the bar and you have the desire to take us there!

What You’ll Do

• Ability to manage a team of talented designers to deliver strong work on tight schedules
• Experience working across multiple projects at once
• Identify and prioritize usage scenarios through customer research, competitive analysis, and current user behavior
• Analyze insights across a wide range of inputs from data analytics to customer interviews
• Create wireframes, storyboards, and screen flows for the organization and executive reviews
• Design and drive functional prototypes to prove out interaction models
• Strong partnership with engineering and product management to drive shared vision and execution of product plans
• Deliver a UX vision, along with a plan for evolutionary, iterative updates, that actualize the larger vision over time
• Drive AI Design Research and Development within the team, evolving the Design Process via the use of AI tools and processes

Your Background

• Degree in human‑computer interaction, interaction design, visual design, or equivalent work experience
• 10+ years of experience designing world‑class experiences at scale
• 5+ years experience managing world‑class design teams, multiple geographies a plus
• Expert knowledge of user‑centered design principles
• Demonstrable fluency with Figma, or equivalent design tool
• Solid portfolio of work spanning multiple at‑scale projects
• Experience with UX for enterprise software products, channels, or marketplaces
• Experience or interest in creating style guides, pattern libraries, and other design solutions that drive design across large organizations
• Experience working with agile development teams (agile/scrum/kanban)
• Experience using the latest AI tools to deliver high‑quality, end‑to‑end user scenarios at scale
• Experience in leading the transformation of Design teams towards Agentic Design processes
• Willingness to roll up the sleeves and lead by example when required
• Outstanding interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills
• Excellent collaborative skills

Salary & Benefits

Base salary range: $216,522 - $297,652
Employees may also be eligible for bonuses and other forms of compensation.
The above represents total expected compensation for this role. Actual compensation will depend on various job‑related factors, including, but not limited to, location, experience, and job qualifications.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, disability, and life benefits
• Health Savings Account (HSA) with employer contribution
• 401(k) Matching with immediate vesting on employer match
• Flexible PTO
• 8 paid holidays and 5 paid days for Annual Holiday Week
• Quarterly Recharge Fridays (paid days off for mental health recharge)
• 18 weeks paid parental leave
• Access to Coaches and Therapists through Modern Health
• 2 volunteer days per year
• Commuting benefits

Equal Opportunity Statement

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of age, ancestry, citizenship, color, ethnicity, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or invisible disability status, political affiliation, veteran status, race, religion, or sexual orientation.