VP of Product Design
VP of Product Design
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09-08-2025
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Who are we
UpGuards mission is to protect the worlds data. We obsessively seek out elegant robust ways to enable our customers to find acknowledge and remediate cyber risk. With UpGuard organizations leverage our security expertise and software to automate what was once laborious spreadsheet-driven processeswhether its monitoring the attack surface of hundreds of vendors or assessing the security of their own infrastructure. UpGuard is used by some of the worlds largest fastest-growing and most innovative companies.
Our Product team at UpGuard comprises of our Product Management Product Support Engineering Design Data Leaks Detection and Third Party Risk Management Services. Our Product teams vision is to become the leader in the Cyber VRM category by providing a best-in-class SaaS platform for organizations to manage their third-party risk and external attack surface. Our purpose as a Product team is simply to build a product that enables this. We aim to build a product that users love and come to rely on and one that regularly and consistently improves.
Where does this role fit in
Were entering a new phase of growth expanding our product suite and user base and product design is a key strategic differentiator in this evolution. As VP of Product Design youll sit at the heart of this transformation reporting to the Chief Product Officer and leading a growing team of designers and a UX writer. Youll scale our design system drive the adoption of AI tools to improve efficiency and help shape a unified world class experience across every touchpoint in close partnership with Product Engineering and Brand.
Reporting to the Chief Product Officer youll lead a team of five Product Designers (with plans to grow) and a UX Writer. Youll be responsible for scaling our design system into a robust foundation that enables consistency and speed while championing AI-assisted design tooling to reduce repetitive work and maximise time spent on solving user problems. Youll also partner closely with the VP of Product VP of Engineering and Brand & Marketing Design to ensure a unified world class experience across all touchpoints.
Drive Design Vision & Strategy
- Craft and socialise a compelling design vision that aligns with UpGuards product strategy and brand.
- Establish a designsystem roadmap that scales across multiple products and future use cases.
- Define success metrics e.g. adoption of the design system usability/NPS increases reduction in designtodev cycle time and report progress to executives.
Build & Scale a Modern Design System
- Lead and accelerate the evolution of our tokendriven Figma design system formalising governance documentation and contributor workflows.
- Formalise designops processes (versioning governance documentation) so patterns remain consistent as the suite grows.
- Ensure collaboration with Brand & Marketing Design to keep visual language unified.
Lead & Empower the Design Team
- Hire mentor and grow a highperforming team of ProductDesigners.
- Provide coaching clear career paths and effective feedback loops so designers produce their best work.
- Foster a culture of rapid prototyping user testing and measurable learning.
Integrate AI Into the Design Workflow
- Identify and deploy generativeAI tools (e.g. for ideation content asset generation) that streamline designer workflows.
- Partner with Engineering and Product teams to experiment with AIdriven UX patterns inside the product itself.
CrossFunctional Leadership & Execution
- Collaborate daily with Product Engineering Customer Success and Support to ship features that delight users.
- Translate complex cybersecurity concepts into simple intuitive experiences.
- Balance strategic initiatives with handson design reviews and execution oversight.
What do we need from you
- Proven leadership: Multiple years leading productdesign teams (Director/Head/VP level) ideally in a highgrowth B2B software environment but we value exceptional accomplishments regardless of sector.
- Track record of impact: Clear examples where your leadership elevated product usability visual quality or speed of delivery.
- Designsystem expertise: Experience building or scaling a component library and token system in Figma (or similar).
- AI mindset: Familiarity with generativeAI tools and a passion for integrating them into design workflows.
- Collaboration skills: Excellent communication and influence across Product Engineering and Brand teams.
- Usercentred craft: Ability to pair datadriven insights with strong productthinking and interactiondesign chops.
- Domain exposure: Experience in B2B SaaS is highly valued; cybersecurity familiarity is a bonus but not mandatory.
- Location: Must be based on Australias east coast (AEST/AEDT time zone) and able to work remotely or from our optional offices.
What would give you an edge
- Demonstrated success introducing AIassisted processes that measurably improved design velocity or quality.
- Experience scaling design orgs from singleproduct to multiproduct platforms.
- Contributions to opensource or public design systems.
- Familiarity with accessibility best practices and inclusivedesign methodologies.
Whats in it for you
- Monthly Lifestyle subsidy:use this for financial physical and mental wellbeing (all regions)
- WFH set-up allowance:to ensure you have the right environment to work in we will help you get set up within your first 3 months at UpGuard (all regions)
- $1500 USD annual Learning & Development allowance:to support your career development all team members will be able to expense development opportunities against this allowance (all regions)
- Generous Annual Leave/PTO allowances:time to recharge your batteries (all regions)
- 18 weeks paid Parental Leave:irrespective of parenting role (all regions)
- Personal Leave allowance:this includes sick & carers leave (all regions)
- Fully remote working environment:whilst we have physical offices in Sydney & Hobart we do not mandate compulsory attendance (all regions)
- Top-spec hardware:all team members will be provided with top-spec laptops for their role (all regions)
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UpGuard is a Certified Great Place to Work in the US Australia UK and India establishing its position as a leading global technology employer. 99% of team members agree that UpGuard is a great place to work apply now to find out why!
As an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender perception or identity national origin age marital status protected veteran status or disability status.
For applications to positions in the United States please note at this time we can only support hiring in the following US states: CA MD MA IL OR WA CO TX FL PA LA MO or DC.
Before starting work with us you will need to undertake a national police history check and reference checks. Also please note that at this time we cannot support candidates requiring visa sponsorship or relocation.
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