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Director, Product Design

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📍 Location: Remote - us

💸 Salary: $164,672—$257,300 usd

🗣️ Languages: English

Requirements:
4-6 years (or more) of product design management experience, experience managing managers, strong portfolio that showcases ability to lead teams that ship elegant solutions to complex problemsApply

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