Director of Product Design
The Director of Product Design at LeanData will lead the design function and transform how revenue teams experience our platform.
About the role
We are seeking a seasoned product designer to join our dynamic team. Reporting directly to the Chief Product Officer, you will be responsible for setting the vision, driving innovation, and building a team that delivers intuitive, powerful, and inspiring user experiences.
Responsibilities
Set the vision for product design, translating complex workflows into simple, coherent, and elegant user experiences.
Design AI-native orchestration experiences that shift users from manual configuration to intelligent, adaptive automation.
Identify opportunities where design innovation creates measurable competitive advantage.
Raise the craft bar for interaction design, visual design, and systems thinking across every product surface.
Build and evolve LeanData's design system, establishing scalable patterns that unify the product experience.
Champion AI-native design patterns that simplify configuration, surface insights proactively, and reduce the cognitive load of orchestration.
Leverage data and insights around product utilization, drop-off, and engagement to make strategic calls on user experience investments and changes.
Build the team, leading, mentoring, and growing a team of product designers.
Partner with the CPO on design hiring strategy and org design as LeanData scales.
Drive cross-functional impact by partnering deeply with Product Management and Engineering, influencing strategy, not just executing on specs.
Represent design in executive and cross-functional forums, ensuring the voice of the customer shapes roadmap decisions.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate customer pain points into design priorities.
Design for the platform, navigating the unique opportunities and constraints of Salesforce-native architecture and cloud architecture.
Think end-to-end across the customer journey: onboarding, day-to-day usage, expansion, and support.
Requirements
10+ years of product design experience, with significant depth in B2B SaaS, enterprise software, or workflow/operations tools.
5+ years leading and growing design teams, including experience managing senior and junior designers and developing design talent.
A portfolio that demonstrates mastery of simplifying complex, multi-step workflows into intuitive experiences.
Strong strategic instincts paired with deep craft: you can set a 2-year design vision and redline an interaction pattern in the same week.
Experience partnering as equals with Product and Engineering leadership, not just receiving briefs.
Comfort with user research methodologies - JTBD, usability testing, journey mapping - and the ability to connect research insights to design decisions.
Knowledge on how to maximize design technology using platforms like Figma, Pendo, UserTesting, Claude, and others to the advantage of design quality and speed of execution.
Excellent communication and storytelling skills: you can articulate design rationale to engineers, executives, and customers with equal clarity.
Proficiency in modern design tools and an eagerness to leverage AI-powered design and prototyping tools in your team's workflow.
Genuine curiosity about B2B go-to-market operations.
Qualifications
Experience designing for Salesforce ecosystem products or other CRM applications.
Familiarity with agentic AI patterns, LLM-powered UX, or intelligent automation workflows.
Track record of establishing or maturing a design systems practice from early stage to scale.
What Will Set You Apart
You've shipped products in domains where the UI is the product (workflow builders, visual editors, complex configuration tools, active or autonomous AI Assistants).
You have experience designing for Salesforce ecosystem products or other CRM applications.
You are familiar with agentic AI patterns, LLM-powered UX, or intelligent automation workflows.
You have a track record of establishing or maturing a design systems practice from early stage to scale.
Why this role
Design has a seat at the table. You'll report to the CPO and be a core voice in product strategy.
The problem space is rich. Revenue orchestration sits at the intersection of data, workflow, AI, and human decision-making.
The timing is right. LeanData is at a strategic inflection point - investing in AI, expanding our product suite, and raising the bar on craft.
The team is exceptional. You'll work alongside experienced product and engineering leaders who respect design and want it to thrive.
Bay Area roots, global impact. Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, you'll work with customers that include some of the world's most sophisticated B2B companies.