Product Design Lead, Core Product

About the Role:

Glean is seeking an exceptional design leader to own our Core Product experience — the foundational search, discovery, and knowledge exploration interfaces that our users interact with daily. You'll lead the design of our search interface, results presentation, knowledge graph, and core navigation — creating experiences that feel magical, instant, and indispensable.

As Product Design Lead for Core Product, you'll bring systems thinking, world-class craft, and an obsessive attention to detail. You'll organize our system architecture and refine every interaction, making enterprise software that people love to use.

You will:

• Lead core search & discovery design owning Glean's primary interfaces including search, results pages, content management, and navigation systems that delight users through exceptional craft.
• Obsess over micro-interactions, designing animations, transitions, and responsive behaviors that make the product feel fluid and alive — bringing consumer-grade polish to enterprise software.
• Create innovative search experiences beyond traditional query-response patterns, incorporating predictive suggestions, contextual recommendations, and ambient intelligence that surface insights before users even search.
• Design beautiful result layouts that elegantly handle diverse content types while maintaining visual hierarchy and information density — making complex information scannable and actionable.
• Establish world-class design systems with pristine components, consistent motion principles, and cohesive visual language that scales elegantly across the entire product
• Push technical boundaries incorporating advanced animations and innovative interaction patterns using modern web technologies to create breakthrough experiences.
• Build adaptive interfaces that feel native across desktop, mobile, and browser extensions while maintaining continuity — ensuring every touchpoint feels intentional and polished.
• Guide team excellence through craft, mentoring 3-4 senior designers to elevate quality standards, establishing benchmarks that rival the best consumer products, refusing to compromise even in edge cases.

About you:

• Experience: 10+ years in product design with significant time at leading technology companies known for exceptional design craft.
• Portfolio: World-class visual, interaction, and motion design demonstrating search, discovery, or content consumption experiences at scale.
• Technical fluency: Deep understanding of modern front-end technologies, CSS, and JavaScript frameworks — knowing what is possible and how to push boundaries while maintaining performance.
• Craft obsession: Pixel-perfect attention to detail with advanced AI prototyping skills to create high-fidelity, interactive demonstrations.
• Leadership & impact: Track record of shipping beloved consumer products with measurable impact on engagement and retention, with ability to mentor designers and elevate an entire team's craft.

Location: 

• This role is hybrid (4 days a week in our Palo Alto or San Francisco office, with periodic travel expected between the two)

Compensation & Benefits:

The standard base salary range for this position is $235,000 - $280,000 annually. Compensation offered will be determined by factors such as location, level, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Certain roles may be eligible for variable compensation, equity, and benefits.

We offer a comprehensive benefits package including competitive compensation, Medical, Vision, and Dental coverage, generous time-off policy, and the opportunity to contribute to your 401k plan to support your long-term goals. When you join, you'll receive a home office improvement stipend, as well as an annual education and wellness stipends to support your growth and wellbeing. We foster a vibrant company culture through regular events, and provide healthy lunches daily to keep you fueled and focused.

We are a diverse bunch of people and we want to continue to attract and retain a diverse range of people into our organization. We're committed to an inclusive and diverse company. We do not discriminate based on gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion, civil or family status, age, disability, or race.

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