Director of Design

Posted 7 Days Ago
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28 Locations
Remote
Senior level
Cloud • Marketing Tech • Sales • Software
PandaDoc is the leading all-in-one document workflow automation platform with eSignature capabilities.
The Role
The Director of Product Design will elevate design quality, manage a design team, influence product strategy, and drive collaboration across teams.
Summary Generated by Built In
We’re hiring a Director of Product Design - a senior leader with a direct line to the executive team and the mandate to shape how PandaDoc designs, scales, and delivers its product experiences worldwide.In this role, you will:
  • Raise and maintain design quality across core product experiences
  • Lead, structure, and scale a team of ~13 (including managers)
  • Define org structure, staffing, and hiring priorities
  • Coach and grow design talent at all levels
  • Partner tightly with Product and Engineering leadership to influence strategy and roadmap
  • Balance short-term delivery with long-term bets
  • Drive cross-business-unit collaboration and alignment
  • Support program management of key initiatives to ensure delivery
About you:
  • 8–10+ years in product design, with 5+ years in leadership/management
  • Preference for  experience managing managers (not just ICs)
  • Background in B2B SaaS (or B2C SaaS with transferable depth); experience in scale-ups or big tech a plus
  • Strong foundation in design craft with excellent taste and standards
  • Strategic thinker who can operate at both vision and execution levels
  • Collaborative, structured, and decisive leadership style
  • Highly accountable and proactive that thrives without hand-holding
  • Track record as a culture builder who uplifts teams and organisations
  • Shown interest in leveraging AI in design
  • Strong people manager with good product taste that can be hands-on on design direction to ensure high output quality
Why PandaDoc:
  • A true Director scope: significant ownership and real influence over product direction
  • Design is a company priority with direct C-suite sponsorship
  • Remote-first culture with global teammates
  • Opportunity to shape not only your business unit, but also PandaDoc’s global design org and culture alongside the VP of Design
Company Overview:

PandaDoc empowers more than 70,000 growing organizations to thrive by taking the work out of document workflow. PandaDoc provides an all-in-one document workflow automation platform that helps fast scaling teams accelerate the ability to create, manage, and sign digital documents including proposals, quotes, contracts, and more. For more information, please visit https://www.pandadoc.com.

Company Culture:

We're known for our work-life balance, kind co-workers, & creative virtual team-bonding events. And although our Pandas are located across the globe, we stay connected with the help of technology and ensure that everyone on our team feels, well, like a team.

Pandas work best when they're happy. We retain our talent by upholding our values of integrity & transparency, and selling a product that changes the lives of our customers.

Check out our LinkedIn to learn more.

Benefits:
  • An honest, open culture that emphasizes feedback and promotes professional and personal development
  • An opportunity to work from anywhere — our team is distributed worldwide, from Lisbon to Manila, from Florida to California
  • 6 self care days
  • A competitive salary
  • And much more!

PandaDoc is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to equal treatment of all employees without regard to race, national origin, religion, gender, age, sexual orientation, veteran status, physical or mental disability or other basis protected by law.

EXTERNAL RECRUITERS

Approval Requirement

The use of external recruiters/staffing agencies requires prior approval from our HR Team. The HR Team at PandaDoc requests that external recruiters/staffing agencies not to contact PandaDoc employees directly in an attempt to present candidates. Complying with this request will be a factor in determining future professional relationships with PandaDoc.

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Product Design
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The Company
St. Petersburg, FL
689 Employees

What We Do

Since its founding in 2013, PandaDoc has been on a mission to empower growing businesses to thrive by taking the work out of document workflows. PandaDoc provides an all-in-one document workflow automation platform with eSignature capabilities that helps fast scaling teams accelerate the ability to create, manage and sign digital documents, including proposals, quotes and contracts and more. More than 30,000 customers are using PandaDoc to improve document workflow, insights and speed while providing an amazing experience for the end users. PandaDoc is backed by leading venture firms and corporate investors, including OMERS Growth Equity, G-Squared, Altos Ventures, Rembrandt Venture Partners, One Peak Partners, M12 (Microsoft), and HubSpot. PandaDoc is proudly a remote-first global company.

Why Work With Us

Maintaining and preserving our company culture is imperative as we continue to grow, especially as a remote-first company. Our culture is centered on hiring the best and empowering them to do their jobs - provide employees the right technology to succeed, encourage risk taking, and foster an environment built on transparency, trust and empathy.

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