Senior Director, Product Design

📋 Description

• Sprout Social is looking to hire a Senior Director to the Product Design team.

• Design is in our DNA at Sprout, from our best-in-class products and award-winning user experience, to our elegant customer journey and the systems that power our teams.

• We’ve built a Product Design program centered on the pursuit of growing leaders and tailoring growth paths to individuals—recognizing that every designer is at their best when they’re challenged to grow in ways that map to their unique strengths and opportunities.

• Supported and challenged by a diverse and connected design community, and armed with an expansive human-centered toolkit, our talented creative problem solvers demonstrate the true power of design to drive business impact, and lead their teams to see social differently.

• Represent your teams as a strategic design leader across Platform, Publishing, Mobile, and Advocacy, championing a unified vision that fosters innovation and elevates our user experience.

• Build strong partnerships with engineering, product, and executive leadership to align on shared goals and embed design thinking in cross-functional decision-making.

• Lead transformative initiatives that simplify complex workflows, enhance customer engagement, and make progress toward our shared vision - pushing us to deliver exceptional product experiences that earn customer loyalty.

• As a leader of design leaders, mentor and scale high-performing design teams, setting high standards for design excellence and creating a culture of continuous learning and growth.

• Show how great design can both help our business grow and create experiences people truly love.

🎯 Requirements

• 10+ years of design leadership experience, with a proven track record of driving transformative change across product teams

• Seasoned people leader with experience leading other design leaders

• A portfolio that tells a compelling story of design impact - showcasing how you've reshaped product direction, sparked organizational innovation, and built high-performing teams that consistently deliver meaningful results

• Experience leading design across enterprise SaaS platforms with complex, interconnected user journeys; platform or systems experience a plus

• Executive presence and deep expertise in influencing strategy, with demonstrated success aligning cross-functional teams around bold, user-centered visions

• A track record of mentoring design leaders and building best-in-class design cultures that attract and develop exceptional talent

• Demonstrated ability to balance visionary thinking with pragmatic execution, helping teams maintain focus amid ambiguity and broader organizational change

🏖️ Benefits

• Insurance and benefit options that are built for both individuals and families

• Progressive policies to support work/life balance, like our flexible paid time off and parental leave program

• High-quality and well-maintained equipment—your computer will never prevent you from doing your best

• Wellness initiatives to ensure both health and mental well-being of our team

• Ongoing education and development opportunities via our Grow@Sprout program and employee-led diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives.

• Growing corporate social responsibility program that is driven by the involvement and passion of our team members

• Beautiful, convenient, and state-of-the-art offices in Chicago’s Loop and downtown Seattle, for those who prefer an office setting