# Zack Gottlieb

> Design Executive & Advisor | Leading Products and Teams Through Change | ex-Atlassian, Uber, Snowflake

Location: Mill Valley, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/zackgottlieb

Design Leader helping products and teams navigate periods of massive change, from early hyper growth to global platforms, with a focus on how technology reshapes how products are built and experienced.

My work sits at the intersection of product strategy, platforms, and design leadership. I’ve led global design and research organizations, helped teams raise the bar for craft, clarity, and impact across complex, data-driven products, and partnered with product and engineering leadership to align around a clear north star.

A consistent thread in my career is leading through transition: adapting quickly to new technologies and shifting market realities, while maintaining a strong point of view on where products, teams, and organizations need to go. This includes guiding teams as AI reshapes how products are built, without losing sight of Design’s role in judgment, differentiation, and experience quality.

I’m recognized for building high-performing teams, developing scalable systems, and helping organizations leverage emerging AI technology while maintaining a focus on crafts, clarity, and user experience.

I care about systems as much as surfaces, outcomes as much as aesthetics, and leaving teams stronger than I found them. I’m energized by complex problems and opportunities to define what world-class products look like in an AI-native world.

## Work Experience
### VP / Head of Design @ Snowflake
Jan 2024 – Jan 2026 | San Francisco Bay Area
Led Product Design and Research during a period of rapid platform growth and organizational change. 
Rebuilt and re-skilled the design organization, set a clear north star for craft and impact, and partnered closely with product and engineering leadership to modernize how Snowflake designs and builds product experiences.

Delivered major initiatives, including Snowflake Intelligence, new Workspace experiences, and a fully modernized design system, while preparing the team to scale and deliver the next generation of data and platform products.

Guided the organization through AI-driven change by giving teams space to experiment, share learnings, and develop perspectives on how to leverage AI without losing sight of Design’s unique role in judgment, differentiation, and user experience.

### VP / Head of Design, Platform & Enterprise @ Atlassian
Jan 2019 – Jan 2024 | San Francisco Bay Area
*Reporting to the CXO, led Design alongside Engineering and Product partners of a 3000-person organization to drive Enterprise solutions and significant business transformations (cloud shift, migrations, economy)
* Grew the Platform and Enterprise Design team from 50 to 350+ over a three-year period
* Established the Accessibility Program to deliver accessible tools for all Atlassian customers 
* Drove the rebuilding of the  Atlassian Design System to be a robust, best-in-class solution, increasing developer and designer productivity and delivering consistent experiences at scale

### Head of Design - Data, Cities, Innovation @ Uber
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019

### Earnings & Marketplace Product Design @ Uber
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | San Francisco Bay Area

### Head of Driver Experience @ Uber
Jan 2017 – Jan 2018
Leading the work of multiple design teams across all of the Uber Driver Experience.

### Senior Product Design Manager - Driver @ Uber
Jan 2015 – Jan 2017

### Director, Product and Design Strategy @ ArcTouch
Jan 2012 – Jan 2015 | San Francisco Bay Area
Acquired by Grey
Led Product and Design Strategy at ArcTouch, a Mobile development studio in San Francisco. The team has designed and built over 200 apps for clients including Yahoo, Disney, Salesforce, Hotel Tonight and more.

### VP Product @ Gild - Acquired
Jan 2008 – Jan 2012 | San Francisco Bay Area
Led product efforts in the development of a SaaS localized testing platform used to identify engineering talent (sold in 2012). Over 1 million applicants were tested using this system for clients including Oracle and HP.

### Senior Product Manager @ Mountain News Corporation
Jan 2007 – Jan 2008
Acquired by Vail Resorts

### Design Manager / New Business @ MetaDesign
Jan 2004 – Jan 2007
I managed teams and accounts for a variety of different projects across multiple channels (web, mobile, physical product). Facilitated client strategy workshops, coordinated global usability studies and negotiated key contracts with outside vendors. I supported the business development team by providing estimation, planning, and represented project management at client proposal meetings.

Clients Included:
- Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts
- Polo Ralph Lauren
- McAfee
- Adobe
- Nokia 
- Samsung Mobile 
- Danger Inc.
- PC/Mac World

### Partner @ Avatar Digital
Jan 2001 – Jan 2005 | San Francisco Bay Area
Clients Included:
- Electronic Arts
- Lucas Arts
- Motorola
- Hill | Holiday
- San Francisco Giants
- OnTheSnow.com

### Creative Lead @ Sapient
Jan 1999 – Jan 2001
Design strategy and development of large scale Web projects across multiple industries. 

Clients Included:
- Janus Mutual Funds
- Nissan Motors
- Infiniti
- Virgin
- Specialized Bicycles


## Education
### Bachelor's degree
University of California, Davis


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/zackgottlieb
- Portfolio: http://www.minorpoint.com

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Last updated: 2026-04-13