Director, Product Design

Front

Director of Product Design leading design strategy for Front's B2B customer operations platform. Overseeing product design and teamwork to enhance user experience and engage customers.

Posted 5/16/2026full-timeSan Francisco • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $245,000 - $295,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Build and Mentor: You believe the design process should be agile and solution oriented. You have the intuition necessary to focus on shipping real value and the leadership skills to elevate the team’s output.
Operational Excellence: Refine the design process from the ground up - reimagining how design uses AI tools from customer research to high-fidelity prototyping and engineering handoff.
Executive Influence: Act as an advocate for the user, translating complex design decisions into clear business outcomes that stakeholders can’t ignore.
Build the Future: Use advanced tooling not just to show off, but to validate hypotheses, align stakeholders, and make informed decisions quickly.

Requirements

What you’ll need

10+ years of Product Design experience overseeing multiple work streams
Proven track record of building and maintaining scalable design systems for complex, data-heavy applications
Examples of how your leadership improved both team performance and product quality with a desire to remain “hands-on” as a designer
Experience shipping products known for high-craft and ambition designs

Benefits

Comp & perks

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Hard Skills & Tools

Product DesignDesign SystemsPrototypingUser ResearchHigh-fidelity PrototypingEngineering HandoffData-heavy ApplicationsAgile MethodologyAI ToolsDesign Craftsmanship

Soft Skills

LeadershipMentoringCommunicationAdvocacyCollaborationProblem SolvingStakeholder AlignmentUser AdvocacyTeam Performance ImprovementDecision Making