Vice President - Product Design (Hybrid) (Sunnyvale)

What You'll Do:

• Own and articulate the overarching product design vision and strategy for CrowdStrike's Falcon platform, serving as the executive voice of design in C‑suite conversations and ensuring design is a competitive differentiator that drives business outcomes.
• Partner directly with the Chief Product Officer, VP of Engineering, and senior GTM leadership to influence roadmap, product strategy, and platform direction while building a design culture defined by craft excellence, user empathy, innovation, and accountability.
• Lead the organization's AI transformation strategy for design—defining how AI tools, workflows, and capabilities are adopted, governed, and scaled across teams—while overseeing design systems governance and implementation across all products.
• Establish research, analytics, and design intelligence frameworks that connect design decisions to user outcomes and business impact, including executive‑level measurement dashboards that communicate design's value to senior leadership and the board.
• Build and scale a high‑performing organization of design managers, senior designers, researchers, and operations professionals through strategic hiring, talent development programs, career growth frameworks, and organizational design that enables speed and cross‑functional effectiveness.
• Drive operational excellence by owning the design tooling ecosystem, annual budget planning, resource allocation, and scalable processes that maximize team effectiveness and maintain quality without bureaucracy.
• Shape CrowdStrike's external design brand by representing the organization at industry events, with customers, and in the broader design community while championing design thought leadership.

What You'll Need:

• 15+ years of product design experience with a demonstrated track record of design leadership at scale, including 8+ years of executive or senior design leadership experience leading managers of managers and large, distributed design organizations.
• Proven experience utilizing AI technologies to enhance decision‑making, streamline workflows and processes, improve efficiency and drive business outcomes.
• Proven ability to set and execute a design vision that drives measurable product and business outcomes, with deep expertise across the full design discipline—UX, visual design, design systems, research, and design operations.
• Executive presence and exceptional communication skills with proven ability to influence at the C‑suite level, align cross‑functional stakeholders, and inspire large organizations around a shared design vision.
• Strong data‑informed approach to decision‑making with experience building measurement frameworks that connect design to business impact and demonstrated ability to lead AI adoption and transformation within a design organization.
• Deep AI expertise with experience designing and shipping AI‑powered features and tooling in enterprise product design environments, including understanding of AI/ML interaction patterns, conversational UI, agentic workflows, and the unique UX challenges of deploying AI at scale in production systems.
• Demonstrated success building and scaling design organizations in fast‑paced, high‑growth environments, including experience with organizational development, team structuring, and change management at scale.
• Bachelor's degree in Design, Human‑Computer Interaction, or related field (advanced degree preferred).
• Ability to work from a US office 2+ days per week.
• Bonus Points:
  • Experience leading product design at a top‑tier enterprise software, cybersecurity, or SaaS company with deep familiarity with complex, data‑dense product environments such as security operations, analytics platforms, or developer tooling.
  • Knowledge of the cybersecurity industry and the unique UX challenges of security operations workflows, combined with published thought leadership, conference speaking, or recognized presence in the broader product design community.
  • Experience partnering on M&A activity including evaluating design maturity of acquisition targets and leading post‑acquisition design integration, with familiarity with AI‑driven design tooling and forward‑looking perspective on agentic workflows.
  • Background in organizational development and design culture building at scale with experience managing large design operations budgets and vendor relationships.

Benefits of Working at CrowdStrike:

• Market leader in compensation and equity awards.
• Comprehensive physical and mental wellness programs.
• Competitive vacation and holidays for recharge.
• Paid parental and adoption leaves.
• Professional development opportunities for all employees regardless of level or role.
• Employee Networks, geographic neighborhood groups, and volunteer opportunities to build connections.
• Vibrant office culture with world class amenities.
• Great Place to Work Certified across the globe.

The base salary range for this position in the U.S. is $250,000 – $350,000 per year + variable/incentive compensation + equity + benefits. A candidate’s salary is determined by various factors including, but not limited to, relevant work experience, skills, certifications and location.

CrowdStrike, Inc. is committed to equal pay for equal work in its compensation practices.

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