Senior Director, Product Design - Ecosystem

About the Role

Lead the design vision for the Slack developer platform, defining how agents and apps are built, managed, discovered, and integrated by partners. This player-coach role combines hands-on product design with building and growing a small platform design team in partnership with product and engineering leadership.

Explicitly requires vibe-coding tools and hands-on work with AI agents; focused on building agentic developer experiences.

Location: New York, NY 10036

Salary: USD 218,400 - 401,400/year

Type: Full-time

Posted: Today

Category: Product & UX / Design / Prototyping

Company Rating: 4.2 (1554 reviews)

Company Size: 10k+

Vibe Markers: 💻 Open Source, 🔥 Hot

Experience Level: Executive

Job Description

Role

Senior Director, Product Design - Ecosystem will own and continuously refine the design vision for Slack’s developer platform, shaping how agents and apps are built, managed, discovered, and integrated by partners. This is a player-coach role: you will both lead and grow a small team of platform designers and remain hands-on in design work.

Key Responsibilities

• Hold and refine the long-range design vision for the platform in partnership with product and engineering leadership
• Drive end-to-end platform design across the developer lifecycle: agent capabilities in Slack, agent creation, installation and management, and marketplace discovery
• Shape partner experiences for third-party providers (e.g., OpenAI, Anthropic, Cognition, GitHub) to bring agents into Slack’s ecosystem
• Contribute directly to design work as a player-coach and set craft standards for the team
• Recruit, grow, and develop the platform design team, owning staffing and career development

Minimum Qualifications

• 10+ years of product design experience, including work on developer-facing or highly technical products
• Experience managing and growing design teams
• Hands-on experience with AI and vibe-coding tools and a solid understanding of developer workflows
• Proven track record partnering with product and engineering leadership to define product direction through design

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience designing marketplace or agent-discovery experiences
• Experience integrating third-party agentic experiences into a product
• Experience designing collaborative or multiplayer use cases
• Deep familiarity with Slack’s platform surfaces and ecosystem

Compensation & Benefits

• Typical base salary range: $218,400 - $365,200 annually
• In select San Francisco and New York City metropolitan areas: $263,200 - $401,400 annually
• Benefits mentioned include time off programs, medical, dental, vision, mental health support, paid parental leave, life and disability insurance, 401(k), and an employee stock purchase program. Incentive compensation and equity may also be applicable depending on role and location.

Tech Stack

Slack, Slack Marketplace, OpenAI, Anthropic, Cognition, GitHub, Agentforce, AI agents

Skills

Product Design, Design Leadership, Platform Design, Developer Experience, AI Familiarity, Vibe-coding, Team Management, Hands-on Design, Partner Management, Cross-functional Collaboration, Hiring & Career Development, Strategic Vision, Marketplace/Discovery Design

Benefits

• Time off programs
• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Mental health support
• Paid parental leave
• Life insurance
• Disability insurance
• 401(k)
• Employee stock purchase program
• Equity (possible)
• Incentive compensation (possible)