Senior Manager, Product Design

Role Description

Dropbox’s Core team is looking for a

Senior Product

Design

Manager

to lead product design teams in building best-in-class product experiences that delight our customers. This leader will shape the vision and execution of our most critical product value, from core features to future collaboration workflows. This role will be responsible for ensuring every interaction our customers have is met with an

“it

just works” experience. This role will also be critical in contributing to our world-class design discipline, guiding talented designers, focused on high levels of craft and quality across Dropbox. You’ll work closely with leaders across the business and shape not just our products, but our people and the way we design and build.

Responsibilities

• L
  ead t
  he
  team in balancing urgency
  vs. the
  incredibl
  y
  high quality bar expected by both our customers and th
  e broader Dropbox organization

• Craft
  and communicate a compelling long-term design strategy and visio
  n

• Lea
  d
  the design process
  for your team
  -
  from problem definition to
  design implementation

• Partner
  closely
  with
  leadership across functions -
  product
  ,
  engineering
  ,
  rese
  arch, marketing
  , and
  other cross functional teams
  -
  to ensure
  products
  are well-defined, high impact
  ,
  and successfully execute
  d

• Work closely with design leadership to ensure a cohesive
  customer
  experience across all products

• Create a team of best-in-class designers who obsess over customers and move fast in a highly ambiguous environment

• F
  oster a healthy and collaborative culture that embodies Dropbox's values
  and continue to develop
  Dropbox
  as one of the best places to work

Requirements

• At least
  3+
  year
  s
  of professional experience leading
  or
  managing
  a design team

• A portfolio of relevant design work, executed either by yourself or a team that you led, that conveys an ability to ship successful products that
  customers
  love

• A
  customer
  -centered approach to designing
  products
  for people

• A hands-on, self starter leader, with high ownership, who can think big, but also dive-deep and straddle both altitudes while connecting the dots

• Deep e
  xperience working with
  product managers, engineering
  ,
  and marketing
  to drive
  vision, strategy
  and execution

• Comfortable juggling a wide range of responsibilities at the same time

• A collaborative, low-ego approach to working with others

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with both scaled SaaS products, and pre-PMF or 0→1 efforts

• Success leading the thoughtful integration of generative design tools, LLMs, and computational design methodologies into creative workflows while preserving team autonomy and elevating overall design quality

Compensation

Canada Pay Range

$178,500

—

$241,500 CAD