Director of Product Design

Salary Range: 253000 to 303000 (Currency: USD) (Pay period: per-year-salary)

What You Will Do:

• Lead Product Design across the Automotive Division, driving experience quality, strategic alignment, and customer impact.

• Partner with Product and Engineering leadership to shape product vision, roadmap priorities, and portfolio strategy.

• Serve as a senior Design representative to Honda, building alignment and driving shared ownership across organizations.

• Represent Design in strategic and executive-level discussions across Drivemode and Honda.

• Lead and develop the Product Design team, providing coaching, mentorship, and opportunities for growth.

• Strengthen cross-functional collaboration, operating rhythms, and decision-making processes that enable teams to execute effectively.

• Apply systems thinking to connect customer needs, business goals, and technical constraints across products, services, and platforms.

• Champion organizational effectiveness and help teams navigate ambiguity and complexity.

• Partner with Design leadership and Principal Designers to continuously elevate design quality, team capability, and design impact.

What We Are Looking For:

• Experience leading Design teams within complex product, platform, or service environments.

• Strong product and business acumen, with a track record of influencing strategy and organizational outcomes.

• Experience partnering closely with senior Product and Engineering leaders.

• Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills, including experience working with executive audiences.

• Ability to build alignment across organizations, disciplines, and cultures.

• Strong systems thinking and comfort operating in highly cross-functional environments.

• Experience developing high-performing teams and growing future leaders.

• Flexibility for domestic and international travel to support cross-organizational collaboration and alignment.

Nice to Have:

Experience in hardware + software ecosystems, eg. automotive, mobility, consumer technology.

Experience working with large enterprise partners or global organizations.

Familiarity with Japanese business culture and cross-cultural collaboration.

Japanese language proficiency.