Vice President of Product Design

The Role

ThoughtSpot is seeking a visionary Vice President of Design to lead and scale our global design organization. ThoughtSpot is on a mission of making the world more data-driven and this role will be crucial in how ThoughtSpot makes this a reality. This role will shape intuitive, AI-powered experiences that democratize data for everyone—from business users to analysts. The ideal candidate has deep experience designing high-tech enterprise products (preferably in BI), scaling distributed teams, and driving design excellence at a strategic level.

Reporting to the SVP of Product, this role will oversee a team of 30 talented product, UX, and visual designers across US and India. ThoughtSpot’s simple and intuitive user experience has been a strength and this role will carry this forward.

What You'll Do:

• Leadership & Strategy - Define and drive the long-term vision for design at ThoughtSpot; serve as a strategic thought partner to Product, Engineering, and Executive Leadership. Lead, scale, and mentor a diverse team of 30 designers distributed across North America, and India.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration - Partner deeply with Product Management and Engineering to create intuitive, intelligent, and elegant user experiences. Lead a high-functioning, globally distributed design team—implementing processes and communication strategies that bridge time zones and cultures.
• Design Excellence - Champion & promote user-centered design across the organization and take ThoughtSpot’s design leadership to the next level.
• Customer Obsession: Infuse deep customer empathy and feedback into every phase of the design and product development lifecycle.
• Design Ops & Tools: Ensure the right tooling, AI innovation, workflows, and practices are in place to enable velocity without compromising quality.

What You Bring:

• 15 years of experience in design, with at least 7 in leadership roles.
• Proven success leading large, distributed design teams across time zones and cultures.
• Experience designing enterprise-grade SaaS products; BI or analytics product experience strongly preferred.
• Strong systems-thinking approach with a portfolio that showcases elegant UX at scale.
• Passion for working in high-growth, fast-paced environments with cross-functional complexity.
• Deep understanding of AI/ML-powered interfaces, search-driven UX, and data visualization is a strong plus.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and executive presence.

The estimated annual salary range for this role is $280k - $370k per year in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Actual compensation may vary and will be determined based on permissible, non-discriminatory factors such as skills, qualifications, experience, and location of the selected candidate.

Additional benefits for this role may include: equity, company bonus or sales commissions/bonuses; 401(k) plan; medical, dental, and vision benefits.