Sr. AI Growth Product Designer

Dive in and do the best work of your career at DigitalOcean. Journey alongside a strong community of top talent who are relentless in their drive to build the simplest scalable cloud. If you have a growth mindset, naturally like to think big and bold, and are energized by the fast-paced environment of a true industry disruptor, you’ll find your place here.  We value winning together—while learning, having fun, and making a profound difference for the dreamers and builders in the world. 

We're seeking a senior-level designer to join our Growth and Digital Experience team—with a focus on AI and  Growth—who is passionate about simplifying and unifying the experience from our marketing site through our onboarding flow and into our AI/ML products. Reporting to the Creative Director, you'll become a vital part of a vibrant Growth and Digital Experience team that champions an inclusive and supportive environment. Design at DigitalOcean is not just wireframing around complex challenges; we're spearheading the development of simple, powerful tools across our entire ecosystem.

What You’ll Do:

• Identify and act quickly: Move rapidly from opportunity to concept to design, creating multiple options to maintain momentum.
• Deliver impact: Lead and contribute to projects that drive significant value for customers and the business.
• Design user flows: Create complete user flows that address current and future needs.
• Core team member: Influence growth and AI strategy and execution as part of the Digital Experience team with Product Managers, Engineers, and other Designers.
• Communicate clearly: Articulate and exhibit design perspectives and solutions to complex problems for non–desinger audiences.
• Collaborate technically: Work with engineering to resolve front-end issues and enhance product quality.
• Drive KPI improvements: Hypothesize how design can impact key performance indicators and solve product and brand challenges.
• Advance design practices: Implement best practices and introduce industry-leading tools and methods.
• Foster relationships: Maintain strong cross-functional relationships to ensure seamless collaboration.
• Contribute to our design system: Collaborate to introduce new elements and share innovations in the design library.
• Spearhead innovation: Design intuitive and cohesive user experiences that are engaging and straightforward. Collaborate with Product Managers, Designers, and Engineers to create impactful interactions and experiences that exceed user expectations.
• Empower users: Focus on human-centered design principles to enhance user capabilities and respect their needs, driving satisfaction and aligning with strategic goals.
• Ensure relevance: Create contextually relevant experiences for users of varying technical proficiency, addressing the evolving needs of developers and their teams.
• Foster enjoyment: Make development delightful by creating engaging and enjoyable experiences, encouraging continuous innovation and positivity across the team.

Key Metrics: 

• Self-Serve Funnel Metrics
• M1-M12 Revenue
• NDR
• Improve discovery of GPU Droplets & GAI Platform
• Improve engagement with GPU Droplets & GAI Platform
• Improved user experience

What You’ll Add to DigitalOcean:

• AI-expertise: AI is ever changing and evolving at a very rapid pace. Your experience working with AI, designing for AI, and selling it will prove vital for this role. 
• Cloud and/or Platform Experience: Experience designing for cloud infrastructure or platform products, with an understanding of how developers and technical teams adopt, scale, and integrate these solutions.
• Experience and versatility: Bring relevant experience from AI platform companies, cloud infrastructure companies, and the like. Work on both broadly defined concepts and narrowly defined tactical deliverables.
• Dynamic engagement: Thrive on engaging with a wide range of projects across the DigitalOcean ecosystem.
• T-shaped skills: Deep expertise in product design, with broad skills including visual design, development, research, and usability testing, among others.
• Effective communication and team player: Excel in verbal and written communication, works well within a team, combining opinionated perspectives with humility.
• Accessibility advocacy and user-centricity: Priori