Director, Product Design

October 27, 2026

Hybrid

Senior

San Francisco

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Mandatory office attendance
3 days per week

Description

A fitness and activity tracking platform with a global community of athletes is hiring a Director, Product Design to lead design across its San Francisco product verticals, from athlete engagement and growth to commercial products and platform trust. The role combines owning design direction and craft standards with managing a team of five product designers and shaping product strategy together with PM and Engineering leaders. It reports to the Senior Director of Product Design and follows a flexible hybrid model with three days per week on-site in San Francisco.

Responsibilities

Own design direction and quality across product verticals spanning athlete engagement, growth, and platform integrity
Drive design strategy and key decisions at the vertical and feature level
Stay actively in the work, giving precise craft feedback and engaging in design decisions at the detail level
Manage and develop a team of 5 Product Designers with focus on craft growth and career development
Partner with PM and Engineering leadership to shape product strategy and contribute design perspective early
Lead design reviews and establish explicit standards for what good looks like on the team
Contribute to the design system, shared standards, and cross-functional design culture
Represent the teams' work and design perspective to the Senior Director of Product Design and the broader design leadership org

Requirements

Director-level (or equivalent) experience in Product Design with a track record of owning design direction across multiple products
Experience managing a team of designers and developing their craft and careers
Ability to set and articulate a clear design vision and a point of view on where the product should go
Hands-on maker able to give precise, substantive craft feedback and engage in design decisions at the detail level
Demonstrated ability to raise craft and quality across a team and build a culture where quality is expected
Strong cross-functional partnership with PM and Engineering at a senior level, with influence on major product decisions
Consumer product design experience at meaningful scale
A clear design philosophy and the ability to communicate it and bring people along
Based in San Francisco
Experience with AI-powered product features, health and fitness products, Trust & Safety or policy-adjacent surfaces, growth or B2B product design, or scaling a design function is a plus

Conditions

Flexible hybrid model with more than half of time on-site in the San Francisco office, three days per week
Full-time employment
Portfolio of design work spans several high-priority product surfaces of the company