Director of Product Design, Replit

• You're a builder first and a manager second
• You enjoy being close to the work, helping designers think through difficult problems, and making good teams even better. You're equally comfortable sketching ideas on a whiteboard, giving thoughtful design feedback, coaching a designer through a difficult challenge, or partnering with engineering on implementation details
• You combine exceptional product judgment with strong design taste and technical fluency. You're collaborative, humble, curious, and energized by helping great work happen
• 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

Desirable

• We're looking for a Director, Product Design to lead the day-to-day operations of Replit's Product Design organization, reporting to the Co-Founder & Head of Design
• This is a true player-coach role for someone who loves building products as much as leading people
• You'll lead and develop a talented team of product designers while remaining deeply embedded in the work itself
• You'll whiteboard with designers and navigate complex product decisions
• The Co-Founder & Head of Design remains closely involved in design critique and product quality
• Your role is to lead the day-to-day design organization by creating the structure, alignment, and momentum that enable exceptional work
• You'll stay two to three layers deeper than the Co-Founder & Head of Design on active initiatives, surfacing the context, tradeoffs, and insights needed to make thoughtful decisions without requiring constant immersion in every project
• Success in this role requires exceptional product judgment, strong design taste, technical fluency, and a collaborative approach
• You're someone who naturally connects disciplines, elevates the people around you, and makes both the work and the team better every day
• Lead the day-to-day operations of Replit's Product Design organization, ensuring work is aligned, prioritized, and delivered to an exceptionally high standard
• Manage, mentor, and develop a team of product designers, helping them grow their craft, confidence, and impact
• 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 that enable the Co-Founder & Head of Design to engage quickly in meaningful design critique and high-impact product 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