Senior Director of Product Design

Senior Director Of Product Design

DataRobot delivers AI that maximizes impact and minimizes business risk. Our platform and applications integrate into core business processes so teams can develop, deliver, and govern AI at scale. DataRobot empowers practitioners to deliver predictive and generative AI, and enables leaders to secure their AI assets. Organizations worldwide rely on DataRobot for AI that makes sense for their business today and in the future. We're seeking an inspirational and strategic Senior Director of Product Design to define the future of the DataRobot platform and scale our world-class design organization. This is a pivotal role for an experienced leader who can drive organizational excellence, establish platform-wide design standards, and operate as a key executive partner across Product, Engineering, and Business Development. The ideal candidate has deep expertise in managing large design teams within an enterprise B2B software environment, along with practical knowledge of the AI / ML domain and emerging agentic AI workflows.

This role moves beyond product-level execution to focus on organizational structure, cross-domain alignment, and strategic influence across the entire company.

• Design Vision and Standards (Platform-Wide) : Articulate the overarching design vision, standards, and operating model for the entire Product Design team, ensuring processes and team structure are optimized to drive platform-wide experience consistency and business outcomes.
• Organizational Health & Scaling : Take responsibility for the overall organizational structure, talent acquisition, and professional development of the design team. Ensure the team has the necessary skills, structure, and headcount to deliver a world-class experience across the entire DataRobot product portfolio.
• Cross-Domain Alignment : Drive and own alignment across major product domains (e.g. build, govern and deploy capabilities), ensuring all product areas contribute harmoniously to a cohesive and elegant end-to-end user experience.
• Strategic Design Practice Development : Act as a recognized thought leader in the ML / AI design space, defining and driving the strategic development of core design practices, the centralized design system, and global research operations.
• Executive Advocacy and Influence : Represent Product Design to the executive leadership team and advocate for design thinking as a core process to solve complex business and technical challenges across all company capabilities.
• Business Impact : Accountable for demonstrating the impact of design initiatives on key business metrics, such as user adoption, usage frequency, and customer retention, ensuring design creates a sustainable competitive advantage for DataRobot.
• Design Culture & Identity : Actively shape the design team's identity and culture, fostering an inclusive, high-performing environment that attracts and retains top talent.
• Mentorship and Growth : Cultivate the growth and career paths of design leaders (Directors and Principal Designers), ensuring they are equipped to scale their respective teams and product areas.
• Company Values : Model and champion DataRobot's core values, proactively contributing to cross-domain team culture and company-wide strategic initiatives.

Ideal candidate :

What will make you stand out :

The talent and dedication of our employees are at the core of DataRobot's journey to be an iconic company. We strive to attract and retain the best talent by providing competitive pay and benefits with our employees' well-being at the core. Here's what your benefits package may include depending on your location and local legal requirements : Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance, Flexible Time Off Program, Paid Holidays, Paid Parental Leave, Global Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and more!

DataRobot Operating Principles :

Research shows that many women only apply to jobs when they meet 100% of the qualifications while many men apply to jobs when they meet 60%. At DataRobot we encourage all candidates, especially women, people of color, LGBTQ+ identifying people, differently abled, and other people from marginalized groups to apply to our jobs, even if you do not check every box. We'd love to have a conversation with you and see if you might be a great fit. DataRobot is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. DataRobot is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with physical and mental disabilities.