Head of Product Design

Glean
Mountain View, San Francisco
Workplace: HybridFull timeUSD 250,000 - 300,000 annuallyFunction: Design (Product/UX/UI/Visual)Experience: 10+ yearsSkills: ["Leadership","Mentorship","Collaboration","Storytelling","Strategic thinking"]

Lead and grow Glean’s product design organization, including design managers, product designers, content designers, and user researchers. Set and refine design process standards, mentor leaders, and drive a high-quality, user-centered design culture. Partner closely with Product, Engineering, Marketing, and Data Science to ensure teams hit metrics, translate strategy into a long-term design vision, and deliver impactful product experiences for enterprise customers.

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Glean
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Head of Product Design

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Job Summary

Lead and grow Glean’s product design organization, including design managers, product designers, content designers, and user researchers. Set and refine design process standards, mentor leaders, and drive a high-quality, user-centered design culture. Partner closely with Product, Engineering, Marketing, and Data Science to ensure teams hit metrics, translate strategy into a long-term design vision, and deliver impactful product experiences for enterprise customers.
Location: Mountain View, San Francisco
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Design (Product/UX/UI/Visual)
Seniority: Director level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Lead and grow a team of product designers, researchers, and content designers to deliver high-quality customer experiences against company goals.
  • •Refine and lead Glean’s design process standards across the organization.
  • •Mentor and develop designers and design managers, establishing clear performance and quality expectations.
  • •Collaborate with Product and Engineering to ensure planning is sound and product areas hit their metrics while managing team bandwidth.
  • •Create and communicate a long-term design strategy and vision, building a safe, collaborative, and high-craft design culture.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 250,000 - 300,000 annually
Perks:Health InsuranceVisionDental401kRemote WorkEducation Stipend

Key Requirements

  • •10+ years leading and coaching product design, content design/UX writing, or UX research teams, including experience managing managers.
  • •Experience in a high-growth or later-stage B2B tech company with very high design standards.
  • •A strong portfolio demonstrating exceptional visual and interaction design craft and measurable business impact.
  • •Hands-on, low-ego leadership with strong ownership, ability to dive deep, and comfort managing multiple priorities.
  • •Mastery of human-centered design practices, research methodologies, and design tools, translating design decisions to user problems using data and metrics.
Experience:10+ yearsB2BEnterprise SaaSHigh-growth tech
Skills:LeadershipMentorshipCollaborationStorytellingStrategic thinking

Company Brief

Glean
Provides an enterprise search and knowledge discovery platform that helps organizations find information across apps, drives, and internal tools, improving employee productivity and onboarding through AI-powered search and relevance ranking.
Industry: Enterprise Software
Company Size: Large (251 to 1,000 employees)
Growth: Scaleup
Headquarters: San Francisco, United States
Founded: 2017
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