Director of Product Design leading the vision for Dropbox’s next generation design system. Overseeing reusable product patterns and enhancing product quality across multiple platforms.
Responsibilities
Define and drive the vision for Dropbox’s next generation design system.
Lead Design Systems and Design Technology as a center of excellence.
Build and evolve reusable product patterns that drive core Dropbox experiences.
Move the team from reactive patternization to proactive product leadership.
Own the full lifecycle of shared patterns and components.
Partner closely with Product, Engineering, Research, Brand, and Marketing leadership.
Raise the craft and quality bar across Dropbox's product offerings.
Create an operating model for product teams to make adoption desirable.
Lead and develop a team of designers, design technologists, and systems specialists.
Partner with engineering leadership to improve the relationship between design systems and implementation standards.
Establish durable governance and contribution models for system evolution.
Help Dropbox prepare for AI native product experiences.
Requirements
12+ years of product design, design systems, design technology, or front end experience.
5+ years of people management experience.
Deep experience building, scaling, or transforming design systems.
Strong product judgment and the ability to connect systems work directly to customer value.
Exceptional systems thinking abilities.
High craft standards across various design disciplines.
Proven ability to influence senior cross functional partners.
Strong technical fluency and comfort partnering with front end engineering teams.
Experience defining governance models and contribution models.
Associate Creative Director shaping digital campaigns and AI - first web experiences for Samsara’s Connected Operations Cloud. Leading design systems, creative production, and digital design teams.
Studio Art Director owning visual quality and art direction across Devoted Studios’ global game development projects. Leading art teams, pipelines, proposals, and studio strategy.
Associate Creative Director leading art strategy, client presentations, and teams for P10, a remote creative agency serving pharmaceutical and wellness clients. Ensuring regulated, high - quality campaign assets.
Creative Director leading EQ Bank’s in - house agency and media studio. Setting creative direction across product marketing, owned channels, social and editorial for Canada’s challenger bank.
Art Director developing social - first concepts and visual campaigns for AntiSocial, a digital marketing agency. Collaborating with writers, strategists, producers, and clients to deliver standout work.
Associate Creative Director shaping copy - led performance campaigns for Directive, a B2B marketing consultancy. Developing creative territories, messaging, and testing strategies tied to revenue outcomes.
Art Director leading creative concepts and design execution for Quietly, an award - winning consultancy proving content’s business impact. Creating digital, editorial, and campaign assets for major brands.
Creative Services director leading production operations for Article, a furniture company redefining the industry. Managing budgets, vendors, workflows, and creative leadership across high - volume deliverables.
Market Research Manager managing advertising research projects at Ipsos, a global data - driven research company. Launching studies, validating surveys, and translating results into actionable insights.