Director of Product Design

Overview

The Director, Product Design at Replit will lead the day-to-day operations of Replit's Product Design organization, reporting to the Co-Founder & Head of Design. This role combines product leadership with hands-on design, fostering a high-performing team and driving exceptional product outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a talented team of product designers
• Shape and elevate the customer journey
• Work alongside designers every day by whiteboarding ideas, exploring alternatives, reviewing work in progress, and solving complex product and interaction challenges
• Stay deeply informed across active initiatives, surfacing the context and insights needed to make thoughtful decisions
• Raise the quality of product design through thoughtful feedback, exceptional craft, and strong design taste
• Help evolve Replit's design practices, workflows, and team culture while preserving the speed and flexibility of a high-growth company
• Recruit, hire, and onboard exceptional product design talent as the organization grows

Qualifications

• Significant experience leading product design teams within high-growth technology companies
• Proven ability to balance people leadership with meaningful hands-on product design contribution
• A portfolio demonstrating exceptional craft, interaction design, product thinking, and systems thinking
• Experience partnering closely with Product and Engineering to deliver technically sophisticated products
• Demonstrated success leading cross-functional product development in fast-moving environments
• Exceptional communication, coaching, and stakeholder management skills
• Strong design taste, sound judgment, and a bias toward action
• Experience simplifying complex technical products into elegant, approachable user experiences

Experience & Qualifications

• Experience designing developer tools, technical products, or software creation platforms is a plus
• Experience building AI-powered products or AI-native workflows is a plus
• Coding experience or strong technical curiosity is a plus
• Experience growing design teams in startup or scale-up environments is a plus
• Active use of AI throughout your design process is a plus