Director, Product Design

ABOUT THE ROLE Dropbox is seeking a Director of Product Design to lead the vision, strategy, and execution for the next generation of product experiences and infrastructure. As a key member of the Design team, you will define the systems, patterns, and operating model that shape how Dropbox builds coherent, high-quality, multi-product experiences at scale. WHAT YOU'LL DO As Director of Product Design, you will oversee the evolution of Dropbox's design system into a next-generation design and technology platform. This includes defining and driving the vision for a broader product experience platform for patterns, primitives, standards, and shared product logic. You will lead Design Systems and Design Technology as a center of excellence for front-end product quality, interaction patterns, accessibility, implementation standards, and cross-product experience coherence. You will build and evolve reusable product patterns that drive core Dropbox experiences, including navigation, creation flows, sharing, permissions, collaboration, onboarding, search, content activation, notifications, settings, admin workflows, and AI-assisted experiences. You will also move the team from a reactive model to a proactive one, helping identify horizontal product needs early and shaping solutions that can scale across multiple Dropbox surfaces and teams. You will own the full lifecycle of shared patterns and components, including discovery, definition, design, prototyping, engineering partnership, adoption, measurement, maintenance, governance, and deprecation. You will partner closely with Product, Engineering, Research, Brand, Marketing, and Design leadership to align on the highest impact horizontal opportunities. WHAT YOU'LL NEED The ideal candidate is a systems-minded design leader with excellent product judgment, strong craft standards, deep experience leading multidisciplinary teams, and the ability to operate across strategy, execution, governance, and organizational influence. You should be equally comfortable defining a long-term vision for the future of design systems, reviewing the details of a complex interaction pattern, partnering with engineering on implementation quality, and helping senior leaders understand where the product experience needs stronger horizontal investment. WHY REMOTE Dropbox offers a remote work environment that allows you to work from anywhere in the world. As a remote employee, you will have the flexibility to work from your own space, while still being connected to the team and contributing to the company's mission. BENEFITS Dropbox offers a comprehensive benefits package, including: - Competitive salary - Health plan - Parental leave - Education stipend - Life insurance - Flexible schedule - Professional development opportunities