Design Director

Director of Product Design – Shape the Future of Work

Are you ready to lead and inspire a team that transforms complexity into clarity and creates experiences that are as intuitive as they are impactful? Monday are seeking a Director of Product Design to define and elevate the design, experience, and vision of our product suite. This is an opportunity to influence not just the product, but how people interact with technology to achieve their goals.

You’ll report to the VP of Product Design and be based in London Soho 3x week, collaborating closely with cross-functional leaders to deliver a product that is elegant in its simplicity and powerful in its capability.

Your Mission

You’ll take the lead on two pivotal areas of our Work OS as we continue to enhance our platform for mid-market and enterprise users:

1. Reporting & Analytics: Envision tools that turn data into stories. You’ll drive the creation of intuitive, visually compelling reporting features that empower users to make sense of trends and insights effortlessly with beautiful data viz. Your team will innovate ways to make crafting, sharing, and automating reports seamless and accessible.
2. Core Enterprise Capabilities: Guide the development of scalable frameworks for navigation, role management, and permissions that can support organisations ranging from a handful of users to thousands. Your designs will ensure that no matter the scale, users have clarity, control, and confidence in how they engage with our platform.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Build and lead a talented, diverse, and inclusive team of designers and managers who thrive on delivering exceptional work across a variety of design disciplines.
• Shape and articulate a design vision that inspires and aligns teams across the organization, driving priorities and execution.
• Collaborate with product managers, engineers, researchers, writers, and data scientists to deliver solutions that are impactful and consistent across markets, platforms, and interfaces.
• Manage multiple projects and scale resources effectively, ensuring teams have clear, measurable goals and the support needed to achieve them.
• Foster a thriving design culture where talent grows, creativity flourishes, and team members feel empowered to do their best work.
• Create organizational structures and processes that equip your team to succeed and perform as they balance near-term goals with long-term aspirations.
• Be a champion of collaboration and an advocate for the user, ensuring that every decision is grounded in empathy and insight.

What You Bring

• 10+ years of experience in product design, with a portfolio showcasing exceptional work in areas like data visualization and scalable frameworks.
• A proven track record of developing information architecture and navigation structures that bring clarity and order to complex systems.
• 5+ years of leadership experience, including recruiting, mentoring, and growing teams to reach their full potential.
• The ability to collaborate effectively across disciplines, ensuring that diverse perspectives contribute to thoughtful, well-rounded solutions.
• Experience in building strategic design practices and embedding them into a fast-paced, dynamic environment. A combination of creativity and analytical thinking, with the ability to balance user needs and business goals.

Your Future

• We want you to be able to do the best work of your life, and have a life!
• This is more than a design leadership position; it’s an opportunity to shape how people work and collaborate at scale. Your work will not only define the user experience for today but set the standard for the future. You’ll lead a team of passionate, talented individuals who are committed to solving meaningful problems with creativity and precision.

If you’re ready to inspire, lead, and create, we’d love to hear from you!