Director of Product Design Job at Harvey (San Francisco)

Director of Product Design

Harvey

Location:
United States , San Francisco

Category:
IT - Software Development

Contract Type:
Not provided

Salary:

213000.00 - 288000.00 USD / Year

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Job Description:

We’re looking for a Director of Product Design to lead design at a company-wide level. This is a senior leadership role responsible for multiple product areas and the evolution of Harvey’s design organization as a whole. You’ll operate as a strategic partner to Product, Engineering, and company leadership—owning how design contributes to business outcomes, customer trust, and long-term product vision. You’ll set direction, develop leaders, and ensure Harvey ships cohesive, high-quality experiences as our surface area and ambition grow. You will be responsible for innovating and delivering unprecedented experience across end end-to-end user experiences of complex, multi-step workflows—where clarity, speed, and trust are non-negotiable. Your work will directly influence how thousands of lawyers reason, draft, and decide with AI.

Job Responsibility:

Own and drive design strategy across multiple product pillars, ensuring a cohesive, high-quality end-to-end experience
Identify new problems and opportunities rooted in user problems, working intimately with user research and data to propose paths forward
Navigate trade-offs across scope, quality, and speed while maintaining a high bar for craft and outcomes
Proactively identify risks, unblock teams, and drive alignment across functions to ship high-quality work
Define and champion what “great” looks like for AI-powered professional workflows
Set and maintain the craft bar across interaction design, systems thinking, content, and visual execution
Lead your teams to define bold product bets—especially where AI meaningfully changes how work gets done
Translate complex technical capabilities into simple, trustworthy, and intuitive user experiences that is world-class AI design
Own org design, resourcing, and prioritization across multiple teams and initiatives
Build, lead, and grow a team of senior product designers with strong craft, systems thinking, and product instincts
Drive strategic, visual and systems-oriented feedback for end-to-end flows and experiences to ensure they are simple and delightful
Champion process improvements that streamline team workflows, governance models, and cross-team collaboration
Partner with design, product, and engineering leaders to evolve Harvey’s design culture, processes, and operating model
Establish best practices for decision-making designing AI-powered products in high-trust, high-stakes environments
Partner closely with Design Ops, Research, Product Ops, and Engineering leadership to improve how teams work together
Represent design in high-stakes conversations with executive leadership

Requirements:

10-12+ years of experience in Product Design
7+ years directly managing product designers
Experience designing and shipping AI-powered or highly technical products across multiple product areas or a large platform
A strong portfolio demonstrating design leadership of high craft, complex products from concept through launch, with clear impact on users and the business
Excellent judgment—you know when to go deep, when to delegate, and when to push
Proven experience leading design strategy and execution in close partnership with senior Product and Engineering
Demonstrated ability to define and ship high-quality experiences in complex, ambiguous problem spaces with velocity
Strong product instincts—you can zoom out to strategy and zoom in to details with equal confidence
Deep commitment to growing people and raising the craft bar across a team
Comfort operating in fast-moving environments with evolving priorities
Exceptional communication skills and the ability to influence senior stakeholders
A growth mindset, resilience, and a bias toward learning through doing
Strong people leadership instincts with a bias toward clarity, empathy, and accountability

What we offer:

Offers Equity
Offers Bonus
Comprehensive health, dental and vision coverage
retirement benefits (401k match up to 4%)
flexible PTO

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
February 18, 2026

Employment Type:

Fulltime

Work Type:

Hybrid work

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