LeanData

Director of Product Design

LeanData • $140K — $180K *
Santa Clara, CA 95051In-Person
Enterprise Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
1 month ago
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 10+ years of product design experience in B2B SaaS or enterprise software
  • 5+ years leading and developing design teams
  • Proven portfolio showcasing systems thinking and intuitive user experiences
  • Strong strategic instincts balanced with deep design craft ability
  • Expertise partnering with Product and Engineering leadership
  • Familiarity with user research methodologies including JTBD and usability testing
  • Proficiency in design technology tools such as Figma and AI-powered design tools
  • Curiosity about B2B go-to-market operations.

Responsibilities

  • Define and drive LeanData's product design vision for various capabilities
  • Translate complex workflows into elegant user experiences for enterprise customers
  • Design AI solutions that automate user tasks intelligently
  • Set a high quality bar for interaction and visual design across products
  • Build and maintain a unified design system for product consistency
  • Lead and mentor design team members to foster a creative environment
  • Partner with Product Management and Engineering to influence product strategy

Benefits

  • LeanData covers employee insurance premiums up to 90%
  • Stock options in LeanData for all full-time employees
  • Flexible PTO
  • 401K plan
Full Job Description


This isn't a role where design is an afterthought. You'll report directly to the Chief Product Officer and sit at the table where product strategy is made. You'll have the mandate - and the accountability - to make design a strategic differentiator for LeanData in the age of AI.

This is hybrid role with two days in the office (Monday and Wednesday)

What You'll Do

Set the Vision
  • Define and drive LeanData's product design vision across Orchestration, Scheduling, Buying Groups, and our emerging AI capabilities and new products
  • Translate complex enterprise workflows into simple, coherent, and elegant user experiences within LeanData that scale with enterprise customer complexity
  • Design AI-native orchestration experiences that shift users from manual configuration to intelligent, adaptive automation
  • Identify opportunities where design innovation creates measurable competitive advantage

Raise the Craft
  • Set and hold a high quality bar for interaction design, visual design, and systems thinking across every product surface
  • Build and evolve LeanData's design system - establishing scalable patterns that unify the product experience across our suite
  • Champion AI-native design patterns that simplify configuration, surface insights proactively, and reduce the cognitive load of orchestration
  • Leverage data and insights around product utilization, drop-off, and engagement to make strategic calls on user experience investments and changes

Build the Team
  • Lead, mentor, and grow a team of product designers, fostering a culture of craft, curiosity, and customer experience obsession
  • Help designers do the best work of their careers through strong critique, clear career development, and an environment where creative risk-taking is rewarded
  • Partner with the CPO on design hiring strategy and org design as LeanData scales

Drive Cross-Functional Impact
  • Partner deeply with Product Management and Engineering as part of product triads - influencing strategy, not just executing on specs
  • Embed user research, usability testing, and data-informed design practices into the product development lifecycle
  • Represent design in executive and cross-functional forums, ensuring the voice of the customer shapes roadmap decisions
  • Collaborate with crossfunctional teams to translate customer pain points into design priorities

Design for the Platform
  • Navigate the unique opportunities and constraints of Salesforce-native architecture and cloud architecture, designing experiences that leverage the platform without being limited by it
  • Design for multiple personas - from hands-on RevOps admins building complex routing logic, to sales leaders monitoring funnel health, to sales reps prioritizing how they work their territories, to executives making strategic GTM decisions
  • Think end-to-end across the customer journey: onboarding, day-to-day usage, expansion, and support


What You Bring
  • 10+ years of product design experience, with significant depth in B2B SaaS, enterprise software, or workflow/operations tools
  • 5+ years leading and growing design teams, including experience managing senior and junior designers and developing design talent
  • A portfolio that demonstrates mastery of simplifying complex, multi-step workflows into intuitive experiences - we want to see systems thinking, not just polished screens
  • Strong strategic instincts paired with deep craft: you can set a 2-year design vision and redline an interaction pattern in the same week
  • Experience partnering as equals with Product and Engineering leadership, not just receiving briefs
  • Comfort with user research methodologies - JTBD, usability testing, journey mapping - and the ability to connect research insights to design decisions
  • Knowledge on how to maximize design technology using platforms like Figma, Pendo, UserTesting, Claude, and others to the advantage of design quality and speed of execution
  • Excellent communication and storytelling skills: you can articulate design rationale to engineers, executives, and customers with equal clarity
  • Proficiency in modern design tools and an eagerness to leverage AI-powered design and prototyping tools in your team's workflow
  • A genuine curiosity about B2B go-to-market operations. You don't need to be a RevOps expert on day one, but you need to be energized by learning the domain deeply


What Will Set You Apart
  • You've shipped products in domains where the UI is the product (workflow builders, visual editors, complex configuration tools, active or autonomous AI Assistants) - not just content consumption apps
  • Experience designing for Salesforce ecosystem products or other CRM applications
  • Background in revenue operations, marketing automation, or sales engagement tooling
  • Familiarity with agentic AI patterns, LLM-powered UX, or intelligent automation workflows
  • A track record of establishing or maturing a design systems practice from early stage to scale


Why this role
  • Design has a seat at the table. You'll report to the CPO and be a core voice in product strategy. This isn't a service org - it's a leadership role.
  • The problem space is rich. Revenue orchestration sits at the intersection of data, workflow, AI, and human decision-making. It's the kind of complexity that world-class designers crave.
  • The timing is right. LeanData is at a strategic inflection point - investing in AI, expanding our product suite, and raising the bar on craft. You'll shape what comes next, not inherit someone else's playbook.
  • The team is exceptional. You'll work alongside experienced product and engineering leaders who respect design and want it to thrive.
  • Bay Area roots, global impact. Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, you'll work with customers that include some of the world's most sophisticated B2B companies.


  • LeanData covers employee insurance premiums up to 90%
  • Stock options in LeanData for all full-time employees
  • Flexible PTO
  • 401K plan

About LeanData

LeanData is a provider of lead management software for enterprise businesses. The company's platform uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to help businesses manage their leads more effectively, by automating lead routing, lead matching, and lead-to-account matching. LeanData's customers include some of the world's largest and most successful companies, across a range of industries including technology, healthcare, and financial services.
Learn more about LeanData
Size
200 employees
Industry
Enterprise Technology
Founded
2012
* Ladders Estimates

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