Director Product - Developer Experience and UX Platform

Location Details:  BC or ON - Canada, Remote  

At GoDaddy the future of work looks different for each team. Some teams work in the office full-time; others have a hybrid arrangement (they work remotely some days and in the office some days) and some work entirely remotely.

This is a remote position, so you’ll be working remotely from your home. You may occasionally visit a GoDaddy office to meet with your team for events or meetings.  

Join Our Team  

Join GoDaddy, where your work will directly influence how our engineers craft and build, and how millions of entrepreneurs utilise our products. Our role sits at the intersection of AI, platform engineering, and user-centred design, enabling a rare opportunity to improve both internal developer efficiency and the customer experience.  

If you have a proven track record of building high-leverage platforms, delivering exceptional user experiences, and can push the boundaries in advancing the possibilities of AI-assisted efficiency, we encourage you to apply.  

What you'll get to do...  

• Own GoDaddy’s developer experience strategy, driving AI efficiency, automation, and reduced cycle time 
• Champion modern, agentic workflows, using copilots, autonomous agents, intelligent CI/CD, and automated testing 
• Build the evolution of developer platforms including local development, CI/CD, testing frameworks, and observability. Identify and eliminate friction across the end-to-end engineering lifecycle 
• Establish metrics and dashboards for engineering velocity, efficiency, and developer fulfilment 
• Drive and own our enterprise UX Platform vision, including design systems, component libraries, pattern governance, and accessibility standards 
• Partner with Product, UX, and AI/ML to enable AI-powered and conversational UX patterns across GoDaddy product surfaces 
• Ensure cross-product experience consistency across web, mobile, and emerging surfaces 
• Build UX Platform capabilities that accelerate product teams and uphold GoDaddy’s experience quality bar 
• Define UX Platform health metrics: adoption, consistency, design debt reduction, and experience quality 
• Align leaders across Product, Engineering, and UX around a unified developer experience and UX Platform roadmap 
• Build, lead and mentor an influential team spanning platform engineering, UX systems, and AI experience tooling 
• Be the 'voice' on engineering efficiency, UX consistency, and platform strategy, driving a culture of data-driven decision-making, experimentation, and continuous improvement 

 Your experience should include...  

• 10+ years in product management across platform engineering, developer efficiency, or platform design systems in a global SaaS/technology organisation. Direct proven experience improving engineering efficiency, while enhancing UX quality 
• 7+ years as a direct people manager, able to motivate, develop and coach teams and support people development across the organization. Strong interpersonal skills able to demonstrate data to influence senior leadership 
• Experience in deploying AI copilots, agentic workflows, or LLM powered interfaces, with large-scale design systems, UX governance, or multi-product experience frameworks 
• Shown success owning end-to-end developer platforms and/or enterprise UX platforms with deep understanding of SDLC, developer workflows, cloud architectures, and multi-surface UX design 
• Strong technical credibility, able to work and lead cross functionally with product, engineering and UX design 

We've got your back... We offer a range of total rewards that may include paid time off, retirement savings (e.g., 401k, pension schemes), bonus/incentive eligibility, equity grants, participation in our employee stock purchase plan, competitive health benefits, and other family-friendly benefits including parental leave. GoDaddy’s benefits vary based on individual role and location and can be reviewed in more detail during the interview process.

We also embrace our diverse culture and offer a range of Employee Resource Groups (Culture). Have a side hustle? No problem. We love entrepreneurs! Most importantly, come as you are and make your own way. 

We encourage you to apply even if your experience or skillset doesn’t align perfectly with every requirement. We value a wide range of backgrounds and transferable skills, and we are excited to support learning and growth.

About us...  GoDaddy is empowering everyday entrepreneurs around the world by providing the help and tools to succeed online, making opportunity more inclusive for all.GoDaddy is the place people come to name their idea, build a professional website, attract customers, sell their products and services, and manage their work. Our mission is to give our customers the tools, insights, and people to transform their ideas and personal initiative into success. To learn more about the company, visit About Us. 

At GoDaddy, we know diverse teams build better products-period. Our people and culture reflect and celebrate that sense of diversity and inclusion in ideas, experiences and perspectives. But we also know that’s not enough to build true equity and belonging in our communities. That’s why we prioritize integrating diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging principles into the core of how we work every day-focusing not only on our employee experience, but also our customer experience and operations. It’s the best way to serve our mission of empowering entrepreneurs everywhere, and making opportunity more inclusive for all. To read more about these commitments, as well as our representation and pay equity data, check out our Diversity and Pay Parity annual report which can be found on our Diversity Careers page.

GoDaddy is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. GoDaddy will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with local and federal requirements.Refer to our full EEO policy.

Our recruiting team is available to assist you in completing your application. If they could be helpful, please reach out to [email protected]. 

GoDaddy doesn’t accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or employment agencies.

Compensation & Benefits  

What We Offer:  

Working at GoDaddy offers many benefits, including competitive pay, generous time off, parental leave, healthcare, retirement savings program, and much more. Offerings vary by location. 

This role may be eligible to participate in GoDaddy's equity plan. All roles are generally eligible for the following benefits: health, dental, and vision insurance, life insurance, critical illness, AD&D, health care spending account, employee assistance program, paid sick time, paid personal time, paid parental leave, remote work options, paid holidays, paid Wellness days, employee stock purchase plan; and other benefits in accordance with GoDaddy's benefit plans and applicable law. 

The successful candidate’s starting salary will be determined based on permissible, non-discriminatory factors such as skills, experience, and geographic location.  

Please note: 

• AI will not be used to screen, assess or select applicants other than as set out in the details in the application below.  
• This job posting relates to an existing vacancy. 

Compensation  

In addition to the salary range below, the role may be eligible to participate in a discretionary cash bonus scheme that pays 20% of base salary based on individual and company performance. 

Canada:

$169,000—$253,000 CAD