Who we are:
Motive empowers the people who run physical operations with tools to make their work safer, more productive, and more profitable. For the first time ever, safety, operations and finance teams can manage their drivers, vehicles, equipment, and fleet related spend in a single system. Combined with industry leading AI, the Motive platform gives you complete visibility and control, and significantly reduces manual workloads by automating and simplifying tasks.
Motive serves nearly 100,000 customers – from Fortune 500 enterprises to small businesses – across a wide range of industries, including transportation and logistics, construction, energy, field service, manufacturing, agriculture, food and beverage, retail, and the public sector.
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We are seeking a highly strategic and impactful Director, Product Design to lead and elevate the design vision for our Spend Management and Workforce Management product teams. This role offers the exciting opportunity to shape the future of our robust offerings in fleet cards, bill pay, spend controls, and X on the spend-side, and driver onboarding, qualifications, rewards, training and performance management on the workforce side.
You will be pivotal in defining and executing the product strategy, working in close partnership with cross-functional leaders to deliver exceptional and user-centric experiences for fleet managers, drivers, and back-office personnel.
As a design leader who remains highly connected to the craft, you will champion the growth and development of a talented team of designers through effective mentorship and coaching, fostering a high-performance design culture. You will also be a key driver in the evolution and adoption of AI-centric product development, ensuring a scalable, unified, and high-quality user experience across our entire product ecosystem.
Reporting to our VP of Design, you will have the opportunity to work with a talented and passionate team to make a significant impact on our customers' lives and contribute directly to key business objectives. If you have a proven track record of successfully leading strategic design initiatives while remaining connected to the design process and tackling complex challenges, we encourage you to apply.
What You’ll Do:- Drive strategic design initiatives that directly contribute to key business objectives and the product roadmap.
- Identify and champion opportunities for innovation and differentiation through user-centered design across the Fleet Management platform.
- Lead the development and communication of a cohesive design vision for the Fleet Management product area, aligning with the broader company strategy.
- Empower and guide a team of product designers, fostering their professional growth and ensuring high-quality design execution.
- Champion a user-centric design culture across the organization, advocating for user needs and design excellence.
- Establish and evangelize high design standards and best practices throughout the product development lifecycle.
- Lead design projects end to end, from initial strategic framing through detailed execution and iteration.
- Contribute to and evolve our design system and component library to ensure consistency and efficiency across all product touchpoints.
- Collaborate closely with product management, engineering, and operations leadership to define product strategy, prioritize initiatives, and ensure seamless execution.
- Build alignment and articulate a compelling design vision through strong storytelling and presentation skills to various audiences, including executive leadership.
- 10+ years of progressive experience in user experience, interaction, and interface design, with significant experience leading and managing product design teams within a SaaS environment.
- Demonstrated success leading the design of complex web and mobile products in collaboration with cross-functional teams.
- A compelling online portfolio demonstrating a strong understanding of user-centered design principles, strategic thinking, leadership in driving design vision, problem-solving abilities, and the successful delivery of impactful user experiences and business outcomes.
- Deep understanding of and proven experience in developing, implementing, and scaling design systems across multiple product lines.
- Proven experience leveraging modern AI-driven practices and tools in the creation of strategy documents, prototypes, pull-requests, and development.
- Strong business acumen and the ability to understand how design decisions impact business outcomes.
- Excellent written, verbal, and visual communication skills, with the ability to articulate design rationale and build consensus across diverse stakeholders.
- Experience collaborating effectively with distributed or global teams and navigating different cultural and communication styles.
- Ability to thrive in a dynamic and evolving industry undergoing disruption.
- Unbounded curiosity and a passion for solving complex challenges.
- Familiarity with or a strong interest in the fleet management, logistics, product-lead growth, or related industries is a plus.
Your compensation may be based on several factors, including education, work experience, and certifications. For certain roles, total compensation may include restricted stock units. Motive offers benefits including health, pharmacy, optical and dental care benefits, paid time off, sick time off, short term and long term disability coverage, life insurance as well as 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). Learn more about our benefits by visiting Motive Perks & Benefits
Creating a diverse and inclusive workplace is one of Motive's core values. We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome people of different backgrounds, experiences, abilities and perspectives.
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Skills Required
- 10+ years of progressive experience in user experience, interaction, and interface design
- Significant experience leading and managing product design teams within a SaaS environment
- Demonstrated success leading the design of complex web and mobile products with cross-functional teams
- Online portfolio demonstrating user-centered design, strategic thinking, design leadership, problem-solving, and impactful user experiences
- Experience developing, implementing, and scaling design systems across multiple product lines
- Experience leveraging modern AI-driven practices and tools for strategy documents, prototypes, pull requests, and development
- Strong business acumen and understanding of how design decisions affect business outcomes
- Excellent written, verbal, and visual communication skills
- Ability to articulate design rationale and build consensus across diverse stakeholders
- Experience collaborating with distributed or global teams and navigating different cultural and communication styles
- Ability to thrive in a dynamic industry undergoing disruption
- Familiarity with or strong interest in fleet management, logistics, product-led growth, or related industries
What the Team is Saying
Motive Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Healthcare Strength — Medical, dental, and vision coverage plus free mental‑health support are prominently offered, including access to Lyra Health. The breadth of core health benefits is positioned as a cornerstone of the package.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Generous vacation/PTO, local holidays, sick time, and enhanced parental leave are highlighted across company materials. The time‑off framework is presented as flexible and comprehensive.
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Retirement Support — A retirement plan with company match is promoted alongside life and disability insurance. Financial protections and long‑term savings features are emphasized as part of total rewards.
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What We Do
Motive builds technology to improve the safety, productivity, and profitability of businesses that power the physical economy. The Motive Automated Operations Platform combines IoT hardware with AI-powered applications to automate vehicle and equipment tracking, driver safety, compliance, maintenance, spend management, and more. Motive serves more than 120,000 businesses, across a wide range of industries including trucking and logistics, construction, oil and gas, food and beverage, field service, agriculture, passenger transit, and delivery. Visit gomotive.com to learn more.
Why Work With Us
We work hard, with humility and we see our efforts rewarded in tangible ways every day. At Motive, you’ll have the chance to make a difference for the drivers who keep our world moving. We trust each other to do great work because together we can achieve collective goals that reach beyond the physical economy.
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