{"id":4099577,"url":"https://alion.io/job/censys-director-product-design","title":"Director, Product Design","company":{"id":15491,"name":"Censys","domain":"censys.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/censys","size_band":"51-200","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Greenhouse","truth_index":{"grade":"A","score":86,"open_postings":7,"ghost_share":0,"stale_share":0.571,"repost_share":0,"time_to_fill_p50_days":30,"computed_at":"2026-11-11T05:49:22Z"}},"role":"Design","role_family":"Design","seniority":"head","employment_type":null,"work_mode":"remote","remote_scope":"stated_countries","remote_scope_basis":"posting_text","remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"inferred","locations":["Canada"],"countries":["CA"],"hiring_countries":["US","CA"],"hiring_countries_total":2,"salary":{"min":190000,"max":246000,"currency":"USD","period":"year","gross":null,"usd_annual":246000},"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":null,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"Agentic Workflows","optional":false},{"name":"AI Agents","optional":false},{"name":"Censys","optional":false}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-11-11T19:44:01Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-11-11","last_verified_at":"2026-11-11T21:37:41Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":0,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":0},"description":"Join the team turning internet intelligence into real-world security outcomes. Built on the world’s most comprehensive and accurate map of the Internet, the Censys Platform delivers real-time visibility and actionable intelligence needed to accelerate triage, investigate threats, hunt adversaries, and manage Internet exposure. We're trusted by half of the Fortune 500 and government agencies all around the world, and looking for people as passionate about the problems we're solving as we are. \nAbout the Role\nCensys maps the entire Internet so defenders can investigate threats and manage exposure across their own infrastructure and their suppliers. We're hiring a design leader to own product design across our portfolio of products spanning Security Investigation, Exposure Management, Platform and Internet Map. You'll lead a team of three product designers while staying hands-on, setting the strategy and the quality bar and designing critical workflows yourself. Our users are security practitioners, including threat hunters, security analysts, and exposure management teams, who work with dense, fast-moving Internet data, and good design is how they find what matters in it. You'll partner with Product, Engineering, Research, and go-to-market leaders to create a cohesive product experience and to define how AI fits into security workflows. This role reports to our CTO and has a direct voice in product strategy.\nWhat you'll do:\nLead, coach, and grow a team of three product designers through 1:1s, design critique, and clear career paths, building independent judgement and ownership, and recruit new designers as the team scales.\nStay hands-on: design key end-to-end workflows yourself, from early concepts and interactive prototypes through implementation, working with engineers to deliver a high-quality experience.\nSet the design vision and strategy across the entire product portfolio, and bring a design point of view to roadmap decisions with Product and Engineering leadership.\nConnect data exploration,Investigations and exposure management user journeys into a consistent experience, with a focus on usability, discoverability and onboarding.\nPartner with Product and Engineering to design AI-assisted and agentic workflows for triage, investigations, threat hunting, and risk prioritization, making evidence and user controls clear. \nEvolve and scale the Censys design system so teams ship consistent, accessible UI faster, with clear ownership of design guidance and reusable components. \nBuild research into the team's practice: observe real workflows, synthesize design partner feedback and usage data, and turn findings into prioritized product opportunities. Measure success through time to value and adoption. \nPresent design work and strategy through clear narrative and working prototypes, and align executives and key stakeholders on product direction and user value.\nEvolve design operations, critique rituals, and cross-functional practices that keep quality high as the team grows and help teams resolve tradeoffs early. .\nUse AI and agentic design tools in daily work to explore ideas, synthesize research and build interactive prototypes that help Product and Engineering align on requirements and iterate quickly. Apply sound judgment to validate the outcomes. \nSkills and experience you'll have:\nRequired\nDemonstrated experience leading and growing product design teams for enterprise SaaS products, including hiring, coaching, and performance management.\nCurrent, hands-on product design practice; you're comfortable owning complex workflows yourself while leading others.\nA portfolio that shows systems thinking, interaction design, and leadership of complex, enterprise-level products with clear examples of your personal contribution. \nExperience making complex data and workflows understandable and actionable in B2B tools for cybersecurity, networking, or infrastructure.\nExperience building and evolving design systems at scale, with strong interaction design, visual craft and accessibility practices. \nExperience designing AI-assisted workflows or features in a shipped product, and regular hands-on use of AI tools for research, synthesis, design exploration and interactive prototyping. \nDepth across product strategy, UX/UI, and research integration.\nClear communication with executives and cross-functional partners, and a track record of influencing product and company direction.\nExperience bringing multiple products or product lines together into one platform experience.\nPreferred\nFamiliarity with security practitioner workflows such as triage and investigation, threat hunting, exposure management, or Internet infrastructure analysis.\nLocation\nThis position is located remotely with no expectation to work from a Censys office.\nCompensation\nFor high cost of living areas in the US (San Francisco / Seattle / NYC), the expected salary range for this position is $190,000 USD - $246,000 USD, plus bonus eligibility and equity.\nFor all other locations in the US, the expected salary range for this position is $160,000 USD - $200,000 USD, plus bonus eligibility and equity.\nFor candidates being considered outside of the US, location specific market data will be evaluated and discussed during the interview process.\nEnding blurb\nJob level and actual compensation will be decided based on factors including, but not limited to, individual qualifications objectively assessed during the interview process (including skills and prior relevant experience, potential impact, and scope of role), market demands, and specific work location. The listed range is a guideline, and the range for this role may be modified. For roles that are available to be filled remotely, the pay range is localized according to employee work location by a factor of between 83% and 100% of range. Please discuss your specific work location with your recruiter for more information.\nFor US Employees: Censys offers a competitive benefits package to employees, including equity, health, dental & vision coverage, retirement with company contribution, parental leave, mental health & wellness benefits, flexible PTO, and a professional development stipend. Censys also offers sales incentive pay for most sales roles and an annual bonus plan for eligible non-sales roles. Please see our careers page for more details. For employees located outside of the US, location-specific benefits are available and the information pertaining to those will be provided to you during the interview process.\nWe will work to ensure individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to apply for a role, participate in the interview process, perform essential job functions, and receive other benefits and privileges of employment. If you require accommodation, please reach out to your recruiter. These modifications enable an individual with a disability to have an equal opportunity not only to get a job, but successfully perform their job tasks to the same extent as people without disabilities.\nTo ensure the integrity of our hiring process and in attempt to facilitate a more personal connection, we require all candidates to keep their cameras on during video interviews. You may also be required to meet a Censys employee at one point during your process. Additionally, if hired, you will be invited to visit Ann Arbor, Michigan for in-person onboarding within the first three months of your start date.\nBy applying for this job, the candidate acknowledges and agrees that any personal data contained in their application or supporting materials will be processed in accordance with our Censys Privacy Policy.\nWe value diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Censys is an equal opportunity employer.\nNote to external recruiters/agencies: We are not currently engaging with third-party agencies for this role and will not accept unsolicited outreach. We kindly ask that you do not submit resumes or candidate profiles to our team.\nIdentity Verification \nAs part of our hiring process, all candidates who receive an offer of employment will be asked to complete an identity verification through CLEAR.\nCalifornia Privacy Rights Notice\nPursuant to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), we are providing you with notice that we collect personal information from job applicants for business purposes, including evaluating your candidacy for employment, conducting interviews, and, if applicable, completing the hiring process. The categories of information we may collect include identifiers (such as name and contact information), professional or employment-related information (such as work history, education, and references), and other information you provide in your application. We do not sell or share your personal information. 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