Head of Product Design, Glean
$250-290k
+ Equity
Office located in Palo Alto, CA
Enterprise search and knowledge management
Be an early applicant
Enterprise search and knowledge management
201-500 employees
Be an early applicant
$250-290k
+ Equity
Office located in Palo Alto, CA
201-500 employees
Company mission
To bring people the knowledge they need to make a difference in the world.
Role
Who you are
- 10+ years of experience successfully coaching and managing performance of teams in Product Design, Content Design or UX Writing, and UX Research. Preferably you have experience doing that at a high growth or later-stage tech company in B2B, including experience managing managers. You’ve worked at companies with very high design standards
- A genuine curiosity about AI and what this means for the future of work, design, interaction patterns, etc. You’re passionate about AI applications and have tinkered around with them to develop a perspective on them
- A strong portfolio of product work showcasing exceptional visual and interaction design craft as done by yourself and/or teams you’ve led and influenced that have positively impacted the business
- Hands-on, collaborative, low-ego leader with a high level of ownership and drive, who can think big and dive deep while connecting the dots. You are comfortable juggling many responsibilities at the same time
- Experience sourcing, interviewing, hiring, and onboarding for your team, as well as spot promising design talent
- Experience with organizational planning and strong leadership experience managing lean teams with multiple priorities. Bonus if you have experience building distributed teams across time zones (e.g. Palo Alto and Bangalore)
- Consistent track record of effectively managing people, developing talent on your teams, and fostering a healthy design culture for team members to succeed
- Mastery of the craft of design. You have a high product quality bar and a strong eye for visual and interaction design, and in-depth knowledge of human-centered design practices, research methodologies, and design tools. You map product design decisions back to user problems and build deep empathy and understanding for the end user
- Strong experience partnering with PM, Engineering, and Marketing to drive vision, strategy, and execution to ship impactful products in fast-paced, high growth startup
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills that leverage storytelling to drive alignment at different zoom levels and contexts to leadership, the design team, the company, and more
- Experience defining and influencing product strategy and an understanding and appreciation for the accurate application of data and metrics in product design
What the job involves
- Glean is searching for an experienced Product Design leader to develop and grow our product design team, and oversee the design of our product
- You will grow and manage a diverse group of design managers, product designers, content designers, and user researchers to create the best possible end user experience for Glean customers, and have the time of their careers while doing it.
- You’ll lead by example as you facilitate cross-functional collaborations and identify opportunities for the design team to operate more strategically, holistically, and effectively.
- You’ll work closely with our Head of Product, Product Engineering, Marketing, Data Science, and other function leaders as you establish a high bar for design execution and a vision for the future of our product
- Lead and grow a team of world-class product designers, researchers, and content designers to consistently execute on company goals and deliver high-quality product to our customers, balancing urgency and keeping a high quality bar. You should be willing to roll up your sleeves and jump in as necessary to direct the work
- Refine and lead the standard for design processes at Glean
- Mentor and develop the skills, talents, and careers of the designers and design managers on your team, coaching them to success and impact, and establish clear standards for performance and quality
- Collaborate closely with leaders in Product and Engineering to ensure that product areas are both planning well and hitting their metrics. Be able to flexibly manage bandwidth as needs arise
- Craft a compelling long term design strategy and vision and work closely with other leaders to articulate Glean’s product vision and strategy through design
- Build a thriving, collaborative, safe, and fun culture where designers can do high-quality work and lead in creating the future of AI at work for all knowledge workers in the world
Our take
Glean is an intuitive digital assistant which allows employees to search across all their apps and find the information and tools that they need more quickly.
With so many SaaS apps being used by modern day companies, overwhelm and inefficiency inevitably enter the equation. Glean’s search engine is proving popular for how it unifies and centralizes all these distributed tools and data.
It’s been quite a start to life at Glean, having only emerged from stealth in 2021, it received a $1 Billion valuation in early 2022, thus achieving unicorn status, and has received nearly $400 million in funding so far. The SaaS platform is already used by some major companies including Grammarly, databricks, and Rubrik.
That Glean was co-founded by a quartet with senior experience at Google, Microsoft, Uber, and Facebook stands the company in good stead. However, it’s the fact that its search engine is solving a new, but very real problem in the workplace that’s seen its popularity surge so quickly, which it’s likely to continue to do in the future. Its adaptability to include new AI capabilities to its platform, such as generative AI, has Glean well set to see further growth.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
44% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Sep 2024
$260m
SERIES E
Feb 2024
$200m
SERIES D
Total funding: $655m
Company benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision for you and yours
- Competitive compensation and stock options
- 401k contribution
- Flexible work (3 days a week in the office), though we believe in folks working where they can be most effective
- Company events, from weekly happy hours to our annual company retreat
- Flexible hours, unlimited PTO, and company-wide winter break shutdown
- Transparent culture
- Learning and development stipend
- Free meals with lunch and dinner options every day
Company values
- One together – We leave our egos behind to forge a trusting, inclusive, and transparent environment
- Customer obsessed – We relentlessly work to solve customer problems and focus on product quality and excellence
- Owners – We take responsibility for our company, product, and culture, leaving things in a better state
- Think big, start small – We dream big and solve hard problems through continuous learning and rapid iteration
- Beyond boundaries – We are eager to learn and grow. We help each other thrive and aren’t afraid to try new things
Company HQ
Evergreen Park, Palo Alto, CA
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Leadership
Arvind Jain
(CEO)Former Engineer at Google and Microsoft. Is the co-founder of high growth startup Rubrik, which delivers data security and operational resilience for enterprises.
Piyush Prahladka
(Software Engineer)Prior to joining the co-founding team at Glean, they worked as a Senior Staff Software Engineer at Google, then as an Engineering Lead at Uber.
Tony Gentilcore
(Product Engineering Lead)Former Developer at At&T and TJC Labs. For ten years, served as a Senior Staff Software Engineer at Google, including a spell as Founder and Tech Lead / Manager of the Chrome Speed Team.
TR Vishwanath
(Engineering Lead)Before co-founding Glean, was a Principal Software Engineer at Facebook after spending eight years at Microsoft as a Software Design Engineer, then Principal Development Lead.
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