Director, Product Design

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Director, Product Design based in Canada.

As Director of Product Design, you will lead the design vision and strategy across a portfolio of enterprise SaaS products focused on cybersecurity, internet intelligence and exposure management. You will manage and develop a talented team of product designers while remaining hands-on in shaping critical user experiences and complex workflows. Working closely with executive leadership and cross-functional teams, you will influence product direction and ensure a cohesive, intuitive experience across multiple product lines. You will play a key role in integrating AI-powered and agentic capabilities into security workflows, helping users investigate threats, prioritize risks and make better decisions. This position combines strategic leadership, creative execution and technical collaboration in a remote-first environment. It offers an opportunity to shape the future of sophisticated security products while driving design excellence, innovation and measurable user impact.

Accountabilities:

• Lead, mentor and develop a team of three product designers through regular coaching, feedback, design critiques and clear career development plans, while supporting future recruitment as the team grows.
• Remain actively involved in product design by personally owning critical end-to-end workflows, from initial concepts and wireframes to interactive prototypes and final implementation.
• Define and drive the overall product design vision and strategy across multiple product lines, ensuring alignment with business objectives and long-term product priorities.
• Collaborate with Product and Engineering leadership to influence roadmap decisions, advocate for user needs and establish a consistent design direction across the platform.
• Create cohesive user experiences connecting data exploration, security investigations and exposure management, with a strong focus on usability, discoverability and effective onboarding.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to design AI-assisted and agentic experiences for threat detection, investigation, triage, threat hunting and risk prioritization, ensuring transparency, clear evidence and appropriate user control.
• Evolve and maintain a scalable design system, developing reusable components, accessibility standards and design guidelines that enable consistent, high-quality product experiences.
• Integrate user research into the design process by observing real-world workflows, gathering feedback from design partners and analyzing product usage data to identify improvement opportunities.
• Define and monitor design success metrics, including time to value and product adoption, using insights to guide continuous improvements.
• Present design strategies, concepts and interactive prototypes to executives and stakeholders, building alignment around product vision, user needs and business value.
• Improve design operations, critique processes and cross-functional collaboration practices to maintain high standards and support team scalability.
• Incorporate AI-powered design tools into daily workflows to accelerate research synthesis, explore concepts and develop interactive prototypes, applying sound judgment to validate outputs and ensure quality.

Requirements:

• Demonstrated experience leading, managing and growing product design teams within enterprise SaaS environments, including recruitment, coaching, performance management and team development.
• Strong hands-on product design capabilities, with the ability to lead a team while personally designing and delivering complex product experiences.
• A comprehensive portfolio showcasing systems thinking, interaction design, visual design excellence and leadership of sophisticated enterprise products, with clear examples of individual contributions.
• Proven experience simplifying complex datasets and workflows into intuitive, actionable experiences, particularly within B2B cybersecurity, networking or infrastructure products.
• Extensive experience developing and scaling design systems, with strong knowledge of interaction design, UI/UX principles, accessibility and reusable design components.
• Practical experience designing and launching AI-assisted product features or workflows, combined with regular hands-on use of AI tools for research, synthesis, design exploration and interactive prototyping.
• Strong expertise across product strategy, user experience, interface design and research integration.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to influence executives, build stakeholder alignment and shape broader product and business direction.
• Experience consolidating multiple products or product lines into a cohesive platform experience.
• Strong leadership, strategic thinking and decision-making abilities, combined with a collaborative approach to working across Product, Engineering, Research and go-to-market teams.

Nice to have:

• Familiarity with security practitioner workflows, including security triage, investigations, threat hunting, exposure management and internet infrastructure analysis.
• Experience designing products for security analysts, threat hunters or other technical users working with complex, real-time data.
• Knowledge of AI-driven and agentic product experiences, particularly in technical or security-focused environments.

Benefits:

• Competitive compensation: Salary aligned with the Canadian market and the candidate's geographical location, experience and qualifications. Location-specific compensation details will be discussed during the interview process.
• Equity opportunities: Access to equity as part of the overall compensation package.
• Performance incentives: Eligibility for additional bonus compensation, depending on the applicable compensation structure.
• Comprehensive healthcare: Health, dental and vision coverage, with benefits adapted to the employee's country of residence.
• Retirement support: Retirement savings benefits with employer contributions, where applicable.
• Flexible paid time off: Flexible PTO to support work-life balance and personal commitments.
• Parental leave: Dedicated parental leave benefits to support growing families.
• Mental health and wellness: Access to mental health resources and wellness benefits.
• Professional development: A dedicated stipend to support continuous learning, professional growth and skills development.
• Remote-first flexibility: Work remotely from Canada, with no requirement to work from a physical office.
• Collaborative environment: Opportunities to work closely with senior leadership and cross-functional teams while directly influencing product strategy and design direction.

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