Director, Design – New Products
Calendly
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: California • United States
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Salary
💰 $224,000 - $369,600 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Co-lead a Product Group in partnership with Product and Engineering Directors, defining and executing on vision, strategy, and roadmap, based on customer needs and insights.
- Own and deliver measurable user outcomes and business results for your product area.
- Set and drive a clear design vision that ensures cohesive, high-quality, end-to-end user experiences across the Product Group.
- Provide clear, actionable feedback and coaching to designers that improves usability, quality, and design decision-making.
- Ensure teams conduct meaningful research and use customer insights and data to inform product strategy and decisions, driving toward measurable outcomes.
- Co-lead the Design Team by hiring, coaching, and developing a diverse, high-performing group of designers, actively supporting career growth and engagement.
- Drive adoption and improvement of the design process and R&D operating model to increase quality, usability, cohesion, and customer impact.
- Use compelling design storytelling to influence stakeholders, align leaders, and advocate for customers at the team, product group, and company levels.
Requirements
- 12+ years of experience designing and delivering high-quality design work and impactful product experiences, including meaningful time in leadership roles.
- 3+ years of people management and design leadership experience, including hiring, supporting, and growing empowered creative teams.
- Experience co-owning and scaling a product area with measurable customer and business impact alongside Product and Engineering partners.
- Proven ability to set product and user experience vision based on customer needs and translate strategy into execution.
- Strong executive communication skills and experience influencing senior stakeholders.
- Experience in product-led B2B or B2C environments; SaaS experience preferred.
- Experience working in complex systems and multi-product environments.
- Experience designing AI-driven product experiences and using AI effectively in the design process is a plus, but not required.
- Authorized to work lawfully in the United States of America, as Calendly does not engage in immigration sponsorship at this time.
Benefits
- Health insurance
- 401(k) matching
- Paid time off
- Top Performer Bonus program
- Equity awards
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
design leadershipuser experience designproduct strategydesign process improvementAI-driven product designcustomer insights analysismeasurable user outcomescohesive design visionhigh-quality design workproduct area ownership
Soft Skills
executive communicationcoachingfeedback deliverystakeholder influenceteam developmentcareer growth supportengagementcollaborationstrategic thinkingstorytelling