Director of Design
PandaDoc
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • 🇪🇺 Anywhere in Europe
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Lead
About the role
- Raise and maintain design quality across core product experiences
- Lead, structure, and scale a team of ~13 (including managers)
- Define org structure, staffing, and hiring priorities
- Coach and grow design talent at all levels
- Partner tightly with Product and Engineering leadership to influence strategy and roadmap
- Balance short-term delivery with long-term bets
- Drive cross-business-unit collaboration and alignment
- Support program management of key initiatives to ensure delivery
Requirements
- 8–10+ years in product design, with 5+ years in leadership/management
- Preference for experience managing managers (not just ICs)
- Background in B2B SaaS (or B2C SaaS with transferable depth); experience in scale-ups or big tech a plus
- Strong foundation in design craft with excellent taste and standards
- Strategic thinker who can operate at both vision and execution levels
- Collaborative, structured, and decisive leadership style
- Highly accountable and proactive that thrives without hand-holding
- Track record as a culture builder who uplifts teams and organisations
- Shown interest in leveraging AI in design
- Strong people manager with good product taste that can be hands-on on design direction to ensure high output quality
Benefits
- An honest, open culture that emphasizes feedback and promotes professional and personal development
- An opportunity to work from anywhere — our team is distributed worldwide, from Lisbon to Manila, from Florida to California
- 6 self care days
- A competitive salary
- And much more!
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
product designdesign craftAI in design
Soft skills
leadershipcollaborationstrategic thinkingaccountabilityproactivityculture buildingdecisiveness