Director, Product Design

Job description

We built Bubble with a clear mission: to empower everyone to create software. Our AI visual development platform lets anyone, from first-time entrepreneurs to enterprise teams, take an idea from prompt to fully-functional, scalable app across web, iOS, and Android. With over 6 million users in more than 100 countries, Bubble is breaking down the barriers to entrepreneurship and innovation worldwide. Our Product Bubble is the only fully visual AI app builder that lets you vibe code without the code to go beyond prototypes and launch real apps to real users. Chat with AI when you want speed, edit directly when you want control. Bubble's visual editor lets you fine-tune any detail, from the design to privacy rules and programming logic, so you're never stuck, even if AI hits its limits. Everything you need comes built in: a unified web and native mobile editor, enterprise-grade hosting, security, database management, and automatic scaling that grows with your business. You can build just about anything https://bubble.io/app-gallery on Bubble, and our community is living proof. Mailead https://bubble.io/showcase/mailead grew a $10K investment into a $2M valuation, and Faceless.video http://Faceless.video went from zero to $1M+ ARR in under a year. People aren't just launching products on Bubble, they're building real businesses. See how Bubble builders are shipping apps that change industries, solve problems, and shape the future here: Inspiring builders, breakthrough apps https://bubble.io/customers. Why Join Bubble Now? The rise of AI-generated software has validated everything Bubble has been building toward for over a decade. But pure AI-generated code is fragile, hard to debug, and rarely production-ready. Bubble bridges that gap, combining the speed of AI with a structured visual platform that produces stable, scalable, secure software. The people who join Bubble right now will help define what that means for millions of builders around the world. If you've ever wanted to work on something that genuinely changes who gets to build, this is your moment. About the team: We have four product designers on the team and are actively growing the team with two open roles and more growth planned for early next year. The product design team is responsible for the end-to-end experience of building apps on Bubble, including the Bubble home screen, the agent that helps users create and edit their apps, and the editor where users visually design their apps, define workflows, and manage data. Product design at Bubble is responsible for driving the UX, user research & testing, and UI that defines these experiences. About the role: We’re seeking a Director of Product Design to lead the product design team. This role reports to the VP, Product and will be responsible for building the team, putting in place design processes, refining our design system, iterating on our design vision, and more. In order to accomplish our ambition of becoming the leading AI visual development platform, it needs to be easy to learn Bubble and intuitive to go from idea to production-ready app on the platform, and this role will lead the charge in getting us there. In This Role You'll: - Lead a team of talented product designers, identifying development and growth opportunities and providing regular coaching and feedback - Drive product design hiring, including defining the hiring and interview plan and leading the interview process - Establish product design best practices and processes across product discovery and delivery - Ensure the team is operating efficiently in exploring and validating designs, and scoping and iterating on launches - Refine Bubble’s design system, ensuring it is modern, intuitive, and applied consistently across the product - Lead by example, speaking with users, collaborating cross-functionally, identifying opportunities, and validating ideas - Refine our product vision, ideal customer profile, and ideal user journey leveraging research and validating with users About You: - 10+ years of product design experience working on challenging UX problems, including experience in PLG SaaS - 5+ years experience leading design teams, ideally having scaled teams in a high-growth startup environment - Excited about AI and no-code development, with prior experience a nice-to-have - Track record of recruiting world-class senior talent and developing high-performing teams - Deep experience guiding teams through user research, design exploration & refinement, and iteration - Passion for putting in place design best practices and systems to enable teams to scale effectively - Ability to make pragmatic prioritization, scope, and design decisions while balancing user needs, design vision, and business objectives Compensation: We offer competitive compensation aligned to tier one markets. Our estimated salary for this role at Bubble ranges from $200,000 to $259,000. Actual pay is determined by multiple factors such as skills, qualifications, experience and market demand. Location: For this role, Bubble is currently only considering candidates who are authorized to work in the US. This role is based in our NYC office, and while we're open to remote candidates, we're prioritizing candidates who can work from NYC or who are able to travel to NYC regularly for in-person collaboration. We will provide relocation assistance to those interested in moving to the NYC area. Benefits: In addition to cash and equity compensation, Bubble offers a robust benefits package equating to roughly twenty thousand in additional annual compensation: Our benefits include, but are not limited to: - Comprehensive health coverage - 401(k) matching - Wellness and work enablement stipends - Generous PTO - A Sabbatical program Join us! Let’s democratize access to technology together! If this sounds like you, apply! If you don’t meet all of the qualifications but think you could be a match, we’d still love the chance to review your application. At Bubble, we encourage people from all ages, abilities, and experiences to apply. Bubble does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ancestry, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital or family status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, pregnancy or caregiver status, veteran status, or any other legally protected status. Perhaps this job doesn't fit your background? Join our talent community https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/bubble/form/bubble-talent-community!