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Director, Creative Tools

United States 280000.00 - 350000.00 USD / Year · Job Posted January 29, 2026
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You'll run Creative Tools as a business - owning the roadmap, the growth strategy, and the outcomes. You'll decide what gets built, how it's priced, and how we win. This is a leadership role, not a management role. You'll work with world-class engineers, designers, and researchers. Your job is to point them at the right problems, make the hard tradeoffs, and be accountable for results.

Job Responsibility

  • Own P&L for the creative tools business, including revenue, growth, and retention
  • Own pricing and packaging decisions
  • Make build vs. integrate decisions, including third-party model curation
  • Align engineering, design, and research partners around priorities

Requirements

  • Has owned a P&L or been directly accountable for revenue
  • Experience with prosumer or consumer subscription businesses
  • Strong product sense
  • leads through influence
  • Comfortable with pricing, packaging, and growth decisions
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