Strava
Senior Director, Product Design – Strava
Apply for the Senior Director, Product Design role at Strava.
Base pay range $335,000 – $355,000 per year
Strava is the app for active people, with over 150 million athletes in more than 185 countries. We motivate people to live their best active lives by connecting, motivating, and celebrating achievements. Whether you’re shaping the technology, growing our community, or driving innovation, your work at Strava makes an impact.
About This Role We’re looking for a Senior Director, Product Design to lead our design strategy and vision across the organization. You will lead a 20+ person product‑design team, champion user‑centered design practices, and ensure design excellence is integrated into every stage of product development. You will partner closely with product managers, engineers, and researchers to define design strategy, drive feature development, and establish design standards that elevate product quality.
What You’ll Do
Translate Strava’s user needs and business goals into a design strategy that guides product decisions, roadmap prioritization, and feature development.
Lead, mentor, and grow a high‑performing design team through hiring, performance management, and career development.
Influence product and engineering leaders through clear communication, data‑driven advocacy, and relationship building to shape product direction.
Make informed design decisions that balance quality with velocity, establishing processes and systems that enable execution at scale.
Partner across research, product, engineering, and brand/marketing to align on design requirements and ensure excellence throughout development.
Approve product designs from information architecture to design system components to visual design, motion, and design implementation across features such as map & cartography, Apple Watch, data visualization, and third‑party integrations.
What You’ll Bring to the Team
10+ years of product design experience with proven ability to develop strategies aligned with business goals and influence strategic decisions.
Proven ability to lead high‑performing design teams, with demonstrated success recruiting, managing, and retaining strong talent.
Exceptional ability to build relationships and drive alignment across product design, product management, engineering and other cross‑functional partners.
Proven track record balancing design quality with shipping velocity in fast‑paced environments while establishing efficient systems and standards.
For more information on benefits, please click here.
Why Join Us Movement brings us together. At Strava, we’re building the world’s largest community of active people, helping them stay motivated and achieve their goals. Our global team is passionate about making movement fun, meaningful, and accessible to everyone. When you join Strava, you’re not just joining a company—you’re joining a movement.
Strava is an equal opportunity employer. We make all employment decisions—including hiring, evaluation, termination, promotion, and training—without regard to race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, physical handicap, mental disability, medical condition, disability, gender identity or expression, pregnancy or pregnancy‑related condition, marital status, height and/or weight. We will provide reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities to participate in the application or interview process, perform essential job functions, and receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.
Compensation Range: $335K – $355K
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Base pay range $335,000 – $355,000 per year
Strava is the app for active people, with over 150 million athletes in more than 185 countries. We motivate people to live their best active lives by connecting, motivating, and celebrating achievements. Whether you’re shaping the technology, growing our community, or driving innovation, your work at Strava makes an impact.
About This Role We’re looking for a Senior Director, Product Design to lead our design strategy and vision across the organization. You will lead a 20+ person product‑design team, champion user‑centered design practices, and ensure design excellence is integrated into every stage of product development. You will partner closely with product managers, engineers, and researchers to define design strategy, drive feature development, and establish design standards that elevate product quality.
What You’ll Do
Translate Strava’s user needs and business goals into a design strategy that guides product decisions, roadmap prioritization, and feature development.
Lead, mentor, and grow a high‑performing design team through hiring, performance management, and career development.
Influence product and engineering leaders through clear communication, data‑driven advocacy, and relationship building to shape product direction.
Make informed design decisions that balance quality with velocity, establishing processes and systems that enable execution at scale.
Partner across research, product, engineering, and brand/marketing to align on design requirements and ensure excellence throughout development.
Approve product designs from information architecture to design system components to visual design, motion, and design implementation across features such as map & cartography, Apple Watch, data visualization, and third‑party integrations.
What You’ll Bring to the Team
10+ years of product design experience with proven ability to develop strategies aligned with business goals and influence strategic decisions.
Proven ability to lead high‑performing design teams, with demonstrated success recruiting, managing, and retaining strong talent.
Exceptional ability to build relationships and drive alignment across product design, product management, engineering and other cross‑functional partners.
Proven track record balancing design quality with shipping velocity in fast‑paced environments while establishing efficient systems and standards.
For more information on benefits, please click here.
Why Join Us Movement brings us together. At Strava, we’re building the world’s largest community of active people, helping them stay motivated and achieve their goals. Our global team is passionate about making movement fun, meaningful, and accessible to everyone. When you join Strava, you’re not just joining a company—you’re joining a movement.
Strava is an equal opportunity employer. We make all employment decisions—including hiring, evaluation, termination, promotion, and training—without regard to race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, physical handicap, mental disability, medical condition, disability, gender identity or expression, pregnancy or pregnancy‑related condition, marital status, height and/or weight. We will provide reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities to participate in the application or interview process, perform essential job functions, and receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.
Compensation Range: $335K – $355K
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