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Role Summary
nLeads teams delivering UI/UX design solutions by defining user experience strategy, visual design standards, and interaction guidelines. Oversees requirements analysis and manages reviews of wireframes, prototypes, and design systems. Allocates resources for user research, usability testing, and accessibility audits. Reviews design documentation, user feedback, and compliance reports. Manages budgets for design tools, user testing platforms, and training. Ensures adherence to accessibility, branding, and industry standards. Mentors designers in user-centered design practices and iterative improvement, and represents the team in technical reviews, stakeholder meetings, and client presentations.
nPosition Details
nMcAfee is seeking a Director of Product Design to lead our product design and systems team, raise the bar for design quality, and help the organization deliver better product experiences with greater speed, consistency, and business impact.
nThis leader will partner closely with Product, Engineering, Research, Content Design, and executive stakeholders to shape UX strategy, strengthen design operations, and integrate design earlier into planning and delivery. A key focus is advancing AI-driven product design workflows—improving how teams explore concepts, apply the design system, prototype, critique, QA, and hand off work to Engineering, including pushing beyond traditional Figma-based handoff toward more executable, implementation-ready outputs.
nThe role is also accountable for strengthening the design system as a foundation for scale, setting clear expectations through the levels and skills framework, and developing managers and senior ICs who can deliver high-quality, production-ready work.
nWhat You’ll Do
nnnSet UX strategy and direction across multiple teams, connecting customer needs, business goals, product strategy, and measurable outcomes.
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nnAdvance AI-enabled product design workflows that improve concept exploration, prototyping, design system application, critique, QA, and handoff—pushing the organization beyond static files toward more executable, implementation-ready deliverables.
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nnStrengthen the design system as a platform for consistency, efficiency, accessibility, reusable patterns, implementation fidelity, and cross-platform quality.
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nnRaise the quality of design deliverables by defining what “excellent” looks like across flows, edge cases, interaction details, content, accessibility, specifications, and engineering handoff.
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nnBuild operational excellence through stronger planning, prioritization, design reviews, decision-making, documentation, and cross-functional alignment.
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nnLead and influence cross-functionally with Product, Engineering, Research, Marketing, Data, and executive stakeholders to align strategy, scope, trade-offs, and delivery plans.
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nnGrow talent and design culture by coaching managers and senior ICs, applying the levels and skills framework, and building a culture of ownership, feedback, high craft, and measurable outcomes.
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n nWhat You Bring
nnn10+ years of product design experience, including leadership of managers, senior ICs, or multiple design teams.
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nnProven ability to set strategy, translate ambiguity into clear priorities, and connect design work to customer and business outcomes.
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nnStrong experience with design systems, reusable patterns, cross-platform design, and design-to-engineering handoff.
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nnPractical fluency with AI-enabled product design workflows and strong judgment about where AI can improve speed, quality, system adoption, and implementation readiness versus where human craft must lead.
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nnTrack record of raising design quality, delivery discipline, operational effectiveness, and implementation fidelity across teams.
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nnExperience using research, data, experimentation, and customer insight to guide product direction and validate decisions.
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nnStrong executive communication, storytelling, stakeholder management, and cross-functional influence.
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nnExperience mentoring and developing design managers, senior designers, and future design leaders against clear level expectations.
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nnCommitment to inclusive design, accessibility, privacy, trust, and responsible AI practices.
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n nSuccess Looks Like
nnnTeams deliver higher-quality work with clearer expectations, stronger rituals, and better handoff.
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nnAI-enabled product design workflows improve concept exploration, prototyping, design system usage, critique, QA, and engineering handoff quality.
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nnThe design system reduces inconsistency, rework, and implementation ambiguity.
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nnDesign is engaged earlier in planning and contributes more directly to product strategy and business outcomes.
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nnManagers and designers understand what great looks like at their level and have clearer paths for growth.
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n nCompany Overview
nMcAfee is a leader in personal security for consumers. Focused on protecting people, not just devices, McAfee consumer solutions adapt to users’ needs in an always online world, empowering them to live securely through integrated, intuitive solutions that protects their families and communities with the right security at the right moment.
nCompany Benefits and Perks
nWe work hard to embrace diversity and inclusion and encourage everyone at McAfee to bring their authentic selves to work every day. We offer a variety of social programs, flexible work hours and family-friendly benefits to all of our employees.:
nnnBonus Program
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nn401k Retirement
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nnMedical, Dental, Vision, Basic Life, Short Term Disability and Long-Term Disability Coverage
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nnPaid Parental Leave
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nnSupport and Community Involvement
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nn14 Paid Company Holidays
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nnUnlimited Paid Time Off for Exempt Employees
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nn96 Hours of Sick Time and 120 Hours of Vacation for Non-Exempt Employees Accrued Each Year
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n nWe're serious about our commitment to diversity which is why McAfee prohibits discrimination based on race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation or any other legally protected status.
nPay Range
nThe anticipated compensation for this position is USD $149,610.00/Yr. - USD $245,790.00/Yr. depending on experience and qualifications.
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