VP, Product Design - AI OS Architect (Independent IC)

Slack; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 258,000 - 496,000; Full time

Job summary

Slack is seeking a Senior IC/Principal Architect to shape the AI operating system for action. This role is not a management position but a rare seat to define the product vision, drive the craft, and personally execute at the highest level on Slack’s next generation.

You will report to the SVP & Chief Design Officer and partner with product and engineering to prototype and pressure-test the platform Slack must become, making work that millions use daily.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of product design experience at scale.
• A portfolio that demonstrates visionary concept work and exceptional execution.
• Proven ability to define product direction through design, not just respond to it.

Responsibilities

• Vision & Concept Design: Define and prototype the long-range design vision for Slack's agentic future, producing seminal concepts and vignettes that align the org and inspire the roadmap.
• Executional Craft: Hands-on, pixel-perfect design at the highest level, using AI, code, and prototyping to turn ideas into working experiences fast.
• Strategic Design Influence: Shape product strategy with design leadership to influence decisions at SVP/C-level.
• Cross-Functional Leadership: Drive alignment across product, engineering, research, and brand.
• Simplification as a Design Discipline: Lead removal of complexity and decide what to keep/kill/transform for AI-first.
• Emerging Interaction Patterns: Invent new patterns for agentic UX, voice, ambient surfaces, and dynamic UI.
• User Advocacy at Scale: Champion user needs for enterprise users under pressure.

Skills

12+ years of product design experience

Portfolio demonstrates visionary work

Define product direction through设计?

Job description

Slack is seeking a Senior IC/Principal Architect to shape the AI operating system for action. This role is not a management position but a rare seat to define the product vision, drive the craft, and personally execute at the highest level on Slack’s next generation.

You will report to the SVP & Chief Design Officer and partner with product and engineering to prototype and pressure-test the platform Slack must become, making work that millions use daily.