Manager, Product Design

Do you ever wonder what happens inside the cloud?

DigitalOcean (NYSE: DOCN) simplifies cloud computing so builders can spend more time creating software that changes the world. With our mission-critical infrastructure and fully managed offerings, DigitalOcean enables startups and small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) to rapidly deploy and scale modern applications. As a remote-first organization, our employees, like our customers, are based around the world.

We want people who are passionate about creating products that millions of developers will love.

Reporting to the SVP of AI/ML and PaaS, the Manager, Product Design will manage a team of Designers to create intuitive, compelling, and elegant user experiences across our AI/ML services and Developer Platforms. You are a practitioner, mentor, and a guide for a team of individuals just as passionate about creating an environment where they can have a real impact both within the company and in the developer community.

What You'll Be Doing:

• Set up and lead a compelling vision around user experience for our key AI/ML and PaaS products, maintaining consistently high standards for the overall developer experience.
• Drive execution of the user experience design for our products, defining and implementing best practices around product design/UX methodology.
• Work collaboratively with design, marketing, and product management teams to elevate our user experience to achieve consistency across touchpoints and support the execution of our core products.
• Contribute to the definition of scope, objectives and key results for the AI/ML and PaaS business units.
• Collaborate with our engineering team to develop and maintain our design artifacts and UI.
• Hire and develop a strong team of UX designers.

What We'll Expect From You:

• Significant experience designing for complex, technical Cloud services.
• Hands-on experience designing SaaS and AI/ML products will be preferable.
• Strong ability to handle ambiguity and drive clarity around user-experience.
• A relentless focus on standards, consistency, and high-quality user experience design
• Experience driving best-practices around content discovery, customer onboarding, and driving engagement.
• A track record of managing a high-performing design team, developing talent, and delivering results in a dynamic environment.
• Ability to collaborate with engineering teams on a highly technical product and advocate for a developer-centric customer base.
• Ability to run productive meetings, create effective and useful product design documents, and maintain alignment across a complex product portfolio

Why You’ll Like Working for DigitalOcean:

• We are proud to work here. You’ll be a part of a cutting-edge technology company with an upward trajectory, who are proud to simplify cloud computing so builders can spend more time creating software that changes the world. As a member of the team, you will be a Shark who thinks big, bold, and scrappy, like an owner with a bias for action and a powerful sense of responsibility for customers, products, employees, and decisions. 
• We prioritize career development. At DO, you’ll do the best work of your career. You will work with some of the smartest and most interesting people in the industry. We are a high-performance organization that will always challenge you to think big. Our organizational development team will provide you with resources to ensure you keep growing. We provide employees with reimbursement for relevant conferences, training, and education. All employees have access to LinkedIn Learning's 10,000+ courses to support their continued growth and development.
• We care about your well-being. Regardless of your location, we will provide you with a competitive array of benefits to support your overall well-being, from one-time work from home stipend to wellness allowance to flexible time off policy, to name a few. While the philosophy around our benefits is the same worldwide, specific benefits may vary based on local regulations and preferences.
• We reward our employees. The salary range for this position is between $141,100 - $211,600 based on market data, relevant years of experience, and skills. You may qualify for a bonus in addition to base salary; bonus amounts are determined based on company and individual performance. We also provide equity compensation to eligible employees, including equity grants upon hire and the option to participate in our Employee Stock Purchase Program. 
• We value diversity and inclusion. We are an equal-opportunity employer, and recognize that diversity of thought and background builds stronger teams and products to serve our customers. We approach diversity and inclusion seriously and thoughtfully. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, ancestry, national origin, caste, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, age, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic makeup, marital status, or military service.

*This is a remote role

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