Staff Product Designer

Dropbox Dropbox · Enterprise · Canada +1 · Design - Teams and Collab (Sub Team)

Staff Product Designer on the Teams & Collaboration team at Dropbox, focusing on simplifying existing experiences and creating new value for collaboration. This role involves leading strategic design initiatives from concept to delivery, partnering with Design, Product, and Engineering Directors, and ensuring high standards of craft and usability.

What you'd actually do

  1. Define high-level opportunities with the Design Director that have the potential to transform the user experience and business outcomes.
  2. Take ownership of strategic, design-led projects, driving them from concept to delivery.
  3. Work with the broader design organization to ensure that all designs are executed to the highest standards of craftsmanship and usability.
  4. In close partnership with the design director, help shape and execute the broader design strategy, influencing product strategy across the team and ensuring alignment with business goals.
  5. Collaborate with the Design, Product, and Engineering Directors, to align strategic design initiatives with company goals.

Skills

Required

  • 8-10+ years in a senior Individual Contributor role
  • proven track record of leading complex design initiatives with elegant solutions
  • A portfolio showcasing significant contributions to shipping customer experiences that have made a measurable impact on business and customer metrics.
  • Demonstrated ability to work cross-functionally with various stakeholder groups, including engineering, product management, and leadership, influencing design strategy and ensuring successful execution.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • ability to engage and influence key stakeholders
  • Strong storytelling skills to present and advocate for design decisions.

Nice to have

  • Proven ability to lead design efforts in remote or distributed team environments, driving collaboration across time zones and organizational silos.
  • Proven ability to scale onboarding, freemium, or pricing flows in self-serve SaaS environments.
  • Background working with AI-powered tools or interfaces preferred.

What the JD emphasized

  • lead key strategic design initiatives
  • lead with vision
  • driving strategic initiatives
  • Support excellent Product Design craft
  • Define high-level opportunities
  • strategic focus
  • Take ownership of strategic, design-led projects
  • strategic design initiatives
  • shape and execute the broader design strategy
  • influencing product strategy
  • align strategic design initiatives
  • proven track record of leading complex design initiatives
  • shipping customer experiences that have made a measurable impact
  • influencing design strategy