207K–295K USD / year
Director, Product Design
DesignRemote — United States, US and Europe time zones
Published on 2026-10-27
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About this role
Lead and grow the product design team responsible for existing and new products across Docker’s graphical interfaces and CLI. The role combines people leadership with hands-on prototyping, critique, and craft, partnering closely with product, engineering, research, and design engineering to make complex technical systems intuitive.
About the company
Docker is a software platform that enables developers to automate the deployment, scaling, and management of applications using containerization technology. The company serves a wide range of industries by providing tools and services that facilitate development and operational efficiencies.
The team
Products — PROD-Experiences; reports to the SVP of Design.
What you'll do
- Lead and develop the product design team.
- Set and uphold design craft standards through critique and hands-on work.
- Partner with product and engineering from project kickoff through delivery.
- Give designers ownership of important problems and the context to make decisions.
- Guide the team’s use of AI tools, keeping human judgment central.
- Collaborate with design engineering and the design system team.
What we're looking for
- Experience leading a product design team of comparable size through change.
- Track record of developing designers from mid-level through senior and staff.
- Close partnership with design engineers and engineering leaders; ability to engage with technical decisions.
- Hands-on product design skills, including prototyping and detailed critique of flows, states, motion, and copy.
- Experience designing technically complex products and making underlying systems intuitive.
- Use AI tools in daily work and be able to discuss when their output needs human intervention.
Nice to have
- Experience leading design for AI-powered or agent products, including non-graphical experiences.
- Experience designing for developer-led adoption and enterprise customers.
- Ability to prototype with front-end code such as React or TypeScript.
Benefits
- Equity for full-time employees.
- Generous PTO and designated quarterly and end-of-year wellness breaks.
- Home office support and a US$100 net monthly technology stipend.
- Annual learning and development stipend.
- 16 weeks of paid parental leave after six months of employment.
- Medical, retirement, and paid holiday benefits that vary by country.