Director of Product Design & UX Architecture

Details

At SentinelOne, we’re redefining cybersecurity by pushing the limits of what’s possible—leveraging AI-powered, data-driven innovation to stay ahead of tomorrow’s threats.

You will define and scale the user experience for an AI-powered cybersecurity platform that delivers autonomous prevention, detection, and response across endpoints, identities, cloud workloads, and data. This role blends strategic design leadership, UX architecture, and hands-on design excellence. You will operate as a senior player/coach, shaping long-term UX vision while directly influencing high-impact product initiatives. You will ensure that complex, data-rich security products feel coherent, intuitive, and trustworthy, and you will build a design organization capable of operating at scale.

Please note: under Federal and FedRAMP regulations, hiring for this role is limited to U.S. citizens only and FedRAMP positions require the individual to be based full-time in the United States.

Responsibilities

UX Vision & Architecture (Strategic Leadership)

• Define and evolve the end-to-end UX architecture across Endpoint, SIEM, and XDR product surfaces.
• Establish a cohesive interaction model and information architecture that unifies workflows across detection, investigation, response, and administration.
• Own the long-term UX vision and ensure alignment with product strategy and business goals.
• Lead system-level design thinking for complex, data-dense, and highly technical workflows.
• Ensure consistency, scalability, accessibility, and usability across the product ecosystem.

Hands-On Design Leadership (Player)

• Personally lead or contribute to design for high-impact, high-complexity initiatives.
• Drive design quality through direct involvement in key workflows, patterns, and frameworks.
• Set the bar for design craft, rigor, and customer empathy.
• Review and guide design work across teams through critique and architectural oversight.

Organization & People Leadership (Coach)

• Build, lead, and scale a high-performing product design organization.
• Manage and mentor senior managers, lead designers, and principal-level individual contributors.
• Establish clear career paths, expectations, and performance standards.
• Attract, hire, and retain top design talent.
• Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

Cross-Functional & Executive Partnership

• Partner closely with Product, Engineering, Threat Research, and Executive Leadership.
• Influence product strategy through user insights, design vision, and architectural thinking.
• Advocate for design at the leadership level, balancing user needs with technical and business constraints.
• Communicate design strategy, tradeoffs, and outcomes clearly to executive stakeholders.

Requirements

Required Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience in Product Design / UX, with 5+ years in senior leadership roles.
• Proven experience leading UX for complex B2B or SaaS platforms.
• Strong background in UX architecture, interaction models, and system-level design.
• Demonstrated ability to scale design organizations and mature design practices.
• Hands-on design expertise with the ability to contribute directly at a high level.
• Experience partnering with senior product and engineering leaders.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience designing cybersecurity, observability, DevOps, or similarly complex technical products.
• Familiarity with security workflows such as alert triage, investigations, threat hunting, and incident response.
• Experience defining or evolving enterprise design systems at scale.
• Experience supporting multi-product or platform-based organizations.
• Background in high-growth, fast-scaling product environments.

Leadership Attributes

• Strategic systems thinker with strong design intuition.
• Player/Coach leader who balances hands-on impact with organizational scale.
• Trusted partner to executives and cross-functional leaders.
• Clear, persuasive communicator able to align diverse stakeholders.
• Customer-obsessed and outcome-driven.

Benefits

• Medical, Vision, Dental, 401(k), Commuter, Health and Dependent FSA
• Unlimited PTO
• Industry-leading gender-neutral parental leave
• Paid Company Holidays and Paid Sick Time
• Employee stock purchase program
• Disability and life insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Gym membership reimbursement
• Cell phone reimbursement
• Numerous company-sponsored events, including regular happy hours and team-building events

Compensation and Other Notes

• This U.S. role has a base pay range that will vary based on the location of the candidate. Base salary range: $241,000—$249,000 USD.
• SentinelOne participates in the E-Verify Program for all U.S.-based roles.
• Hiring for this position is limited to U.S. citizens only under Federal and FedRAMP regulations; FedRAMP roles require the individual be based full-time in the U.S.