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Role Description As an Account Executive on the Growth team, you will help Dropbox expand how we bring our Product Suite and emerging AI products to new customers. In this role, you’ll focus on identifying, engaging, and developing opportunities with net new customers. You’ll work with prospects to understand their needs, learn which use cases resonate, and help create successful outcomes. You’ll be expected to execute consistently, manage your pipeline effectively, and contribute feedback that helps improve our sales motion, messaging, and approach over time. This is an opportunity to build strong sales experience across a growing portfolio of products while contributing to Dropbox’s next phase of growth. Responsibilities Own the full sales cycle from pipeline generation through close and renewal within your territory Build pipeline from scratch by prospecting into new teams, departments, and executive stakeholders Expand beyond existing motions to uncover new use cases and opportunities Consistently generate pipeline through outbound efforts, account mapping, events, and partner collaboration Forecast accurately and manage pipeline to consistently meet or exceed revenue targets Lead strong discovery to uncover customer challenges, priorities, and desired outcomes Apply structured qualification and value-selling frameworks (e.g., MEDDICC, SPICED) to advance deals Clearly articulate business impact and position Dropbox solutions around outcomes, not features Drive deal momentum by building urgency, aligning stakeholders, and establishing clear next steps Contribute to evolving GTM strategy by refining ICP, messaging, and use cases (e.g., Dash) Collaborate cross-functionally and bring insights from the field to influence Product and GTM Requirements 4 + years of B2B SaaS sales experience, ideally including time in early-stage, new product, or evolving GTM environments Proven ability to generate pipeline and close deals in ambiguous or evolving markets Strong ex

Role Description As the Head of Sales Compensation & Planning within the Customer Strategy & Operations (CSO) organization, you will define and lead Dropbox's global sales compensation, quota strategy, and incentive planning framework. You will be responsible for shaping the philosophy, governance, and execution of compensation programs that drive revenue growth, profitability, and seller productivity across multiple routes to market. This leader will partner closely with Executive Sales Leadership, Finance, Accounting, HR, and Strategy to translate business objectives into scalable incentive programs, quota methodologies, and sales planning decisionsthat accelerate performance while ensuring financial discipline. Beyond leading one of Dropbox's most business-critical operational functions, this role will influence how Dropbox motivates its global sales organization, aligns incentives to business strategy, and evolves our go-to-market model over time. The ideal candidate combines deep expertise in sales compensation and planning with strong commercial acumen, executive presence, and the ability to influence senior stakeholders through data-driven recommendations. Reporting to the Head of Revenue Operations, this role will have significant visibility across Dropbox's executive leadership team and serve as a trusted advisor on sales performance, incentive strategy, and organizational planning. Responsibilities Define Dropbox's long-term sales compensation philosophy, quota methodology, and incentive governance aligned to evolving business strategy. Serve as the primary advisor to Executive Sales Leadership, Finance, and CSO leadership on compensation strategy, seller productivity, and annual planning decisions. Influence executive decision-making through data-driven recommendations balancing revenue growth, profitability, customer outcomes, and employee motivation. Evaluate market trends and emerging GTM models to continuously evolve Dropbox's compensation and

Role Description The Dropbox Business Development team builds and grows strategic partnerships that expand Dropbox's reach, deepen product adoption, and drive long-term customer and revenue growth. As a Business Development Manager, you will own a portfolio spanning AI, platform/developer, hardware, AI, and SaaS ecosystems. You will manage the full partnership lifecycle—from opportunity identification and commercial strategy through launch, ongoing growth, and partner success. You will play a key role in shaping Dropbox's partnership strategy by identifying growth opportunities, evaluating business cases, and translating partner needs into integrated customer experiences. You will work closely with Product, Engineering, Finance, Legal, Marketing, and Sales to execute partnerships across device distribution and AI agent ecosystems. This role offers significant exposure to senior leaders and external executives while owning partnerships with meaningful strategic and commercial impact. AI and automation are increasingly embedded in our workflows, accelerating research, partner preparation, and administrative work. Success in this role comes from using these capabilities to increase efficiency while focusing your time on strategic decision-making, commercial negotiations, and relationship management. Responsibilities Own and grow strategic distribution and ecosystem partnerships to drive customer acquisition, product adoption, and revenue growth. Identify, evaluate, and develop commercial opportunities with existing and prospective partners. Build business cases and financial models that inform partnership strategy and investment decisions. Lead or support commercial negotiations while balancing strategic objectives, customer value, and financial outcomes. Build trusted executive relationships through regular business reviews, strategic planning, and cross-functional collaboration. Analyze partner performance and leverage data, experimentation, and AI-enabled tools to o

Role Description The Dropbox Business Development team builds and grows strategic partnerships that expand Dropbox's reach, deepen product adoption, and drive long-term customer and revenue growth. As a Business Development Manager, you will own a portfolio spanning AI, platform/developer, hardware, AI, and SaaS ecosystems. You will manage the full partnership lifecycle—from opportunity identification and commercial strategy through launch, ongoing growth, and partner success. You will play a key role in shaping Dropbox's partnership strategy by identifying growth opportunities, evaluating business cases, and translating partner needs into integrated customer experiences. You will work closely with Product, Engineering, Finance, Legal, Marketing, and Sales to execute partnerships across device distribution and AI agent ecosystems. This role offers significant exposure to senior leaders and external executives while owning partnerships with meaningful strategic and commercial impact. AI and automation are increasingly embedded in our workflows, accelerating research, partner preparation, and administrative work. Success in this role comes from using these capabilities to increase efficiency while focusing your time on strategic decision-making, commercial negotiations, and relationship management. Responsibilities Own and grow strategic distribution and ecosystem partnerships to drive customer acquisition, product adoption, and revenue growth. Identify, evaluate, and develop commercial opportunities with existing and prospective partners. Build business cases and financial models that inform partnership strategy and investment decisions. Lead or support commercial negotiations while balancing strategic objectives, customer value, and financial outcomes. Build trusted executive relationships through regular business reviews, strategic planning, and cross-functional collaboration. Analyze partner performance and leverage data, experimentation, and AI-enabled tools to o

Role Description As the Head of Sales Compensation & Planning within the Customer Strategy & Operations (CSO) organization, you will define and lead Dropbox's global sales compensation, quota strategy, and incentive planning framework. You will be responsible for shaping the philosophy, governance, and execution of compensation programs that drive revenue growth, profitability, and seller productivity across multiple routes to market. This leader will partner closely with Executive Sales Leadership, Finance, Accounting, HR, and Strategy to translate business objectives into scalable incentive programs, quota methodologies, and sales planning decisionsthat accelerate performance while ensuring financial discipline. Beyond leading one of Dropbox's most business-critical operational functions, this role will influence how Dropbox motivates its global sales organization, aligns incentives to business strategy, and evolves our go-to-market model over time. The ideal candidate combines deep expertise in sales compensation and planning with strong commercial acumen, executive presence, and the ability to influence senior stakeholders through data-driven recommendations. Reporting to the Head of Revenue Operations, this role will have significant visibility across Dropbox's executive leadership team and serve as a trusted advisor on sales performance, incentive strategy, and organizational planning. Responsibilities Define Dropbox's long-term sales compensation philosophy, quota methodology, and incentive governance aligned to evolving business strategy. Serve as the primary advisor to Executive Sales Leadership, Finance, and CSO leadership on compensation strategy, seller productivity, and annual planning decisions. Influence executive decision-making through data-driven recommendations balancing revenue growth, profitability, customer outcomes, and employee motivation. Evaluate market trends and emerging GTM models to continuously evolve Dropbox's compensation and

Role Description Dropbox is seeking a Head of Scaled Sales to build and lead our sales-assisted growth motion from the ground up. This is a foundational leadership role for an entrepreneurial builder who is energized by creating a new motion from 0 to 100 and pairing product-led growth with the right sales touch to accelerate conversion, expansion, and efficiency. This leader will design the segmentation, coverage, and experimentation systems that determine when, where, and how sales engages self-serve customers, while partnering closely with marketing, data science, and sales analytics to turn signals into action. The right candidate will bring a strong operator mindset, deep fluency in PLG and hybrid GTM models, and a clear point of view on how to balance AI and human judgment to improve outcomes at scale. Responsibilities Build a self-serve segmentation model that identifies the right customers for the right sales motion, maximizing cost efficiency, conversion, and speed through the funnel. Design and implement a highly efficient coverage model that introduces sales engagement at the optimal point in the customer journey. Partner closely with data science and sales analytics to develop and operationalize a data-driven targeting strategy. Work cross-functionally with marketing to deliver targeted campaigns to the right customers at the right time with the right message, improving take rates and product expansion. Define how AI should be deployed across the scaled sales motion to improve productivity and business outcomes, while making sound decisions about where human engagement adds the most value. Build and run a strong experimentation framework that enables rapid testing, learning, and iteration across segmentation, outreach, coverage, and conversion strategies. Establish clear operating rhythms, performance metrics, and diagnostic frameworks to understand business drivers and inform resourcing and investment decisions. Lead execution with a strong bias for act

Role Description Dropbox is seeking a Head of Scaled Sales to build and lead our sales-assisted growth motion from the ground up. This is a foundational leadership role for an entrepreneurial builder who is energized by creating a new motion from 0 to 100 and pairing product-led growth with the right sales touch to accelerate conversion, expansion, and efficiency. This leader will design the segmentation, coverage, and experimentation systems that determine when, where, and how sales engages self-serve customers, while partnering closely with marketing, data science, and sales analytics to turn signals into action. The right candidate will bring a strong operator mindset, deep fluency in PLG and hybrid GTM models, and a clear point of view on how to balance AI and human judgment to improve outcomes at scale. Responsibilities Build a self-serve segmentation model that identifies the right customers for the right sales motion, maximizing cost efficiency, conversion, and speed through the funnel. Design and implement a highly efficient coverage model that introduces sales engagement at the optimal point in the customer journey. Partner closely with data science and sales analytics to develop and operationalize a data-driven targeting strategy. Work cross-functionally with marketing to deliver targeted campaigns to the right customers at the right time with the right message, improving take rates and product expansion. Define how AI should be deployed across the scaled sales motion to improve productivity and business outcomes, while making sound decisions about where human engagement adds the most value. Build and run a strong experimentation framework that enables rapid testing, learning, and iteration across segmentation, outreach, coverage, and conversion strategies. Establish clear operating rhythms, performance metrics, and diagnostic frameworks to understand business drivers and inform resourcing and investment decisions. Lead execution with a strong bias for act

Role Description Dropbox is building the knowledge layer that connects content, context, and action. As AI moves from assistants to systems that act, the structure and stewardship of enterprise knowledge becomes the difference between AI that helps and AI that fails. This role owns the context layer our AI depends on: what it can know, what it can trust, and what it is allowed to act on. You will lead the central function, setting the strategy, architecture, standards, and operating model that make enterprise knowledge reliable, current, and permissions-aware for both human and AI use, while domain experts stay accountable for the accuracy of their content. AI capability changes quickly, and this role changes with it. What a model can interpret, how content needs to be structured for retrieval, and what a system can safely act on all shift as the technology moves. You will track those shifts, translate them into practical standards, and revise your own past decisions when the ground moves under them. This is the first role of its kind at Dropbox. You will partner with IT, Engineering, Legal, Privacy, and Security, and your decisions will show up directly in how AI performs across the company. Responsibilities Define the source-of-truth strategy for enterprise knowledge: which systems are authoritative, what is indexed centrally versus fetched live, what is eligible for AI use, and what is archived or excluded, informed by an assessment of the authoritative sources behind our highest-value workflows. Define the enterprise standards that make content AI-ready across structure, metadata, provenance, and access, including where semantic models or knowledge graphs are warranted and where they are not, and translate them into authoring patterns adopted across domains. Design the control model for AI actions, including eligibility rules, preconditions, approval boundaries, escalation paths, and rollback requirements, so systems that act on enterprise knowledge stay traceab

Role Description Reporting to the Head of Strategic Workforce Planning, this role is responsible for building and operating the systems, operating rhythms, and governance that enable the Workforce Planning team to deliver strategic work consistently and at scale. As the owner of the Workforce Planning operating system, this person will drive the team's core planning and execution cadence, including planning cycles, governance forums, SteerCo meetings, executive reporting, quarterly organizational health reviews, and recurring team operating rhythms. They will also oversee the integrated portfolio plan across Workforce Planning workstreams, ensuring clear priorities, ownership, milestones, dependencies, and risk management to keep initiatives moving forward in a coordinated way. In addition, this role will lead the enablement and adoption of Workforce Planning tools, outputs, and policies by managing how approved content is packaged, scheduled, distributed, and communicated to the appropriate audiences. Success requires strong program management, operational excellence, and the ability to bring structure to complex, evolving work while partnering effectively across Talent Acquisition, HR Business Partners, People Analytics, People Technology, Finance, and other cross-functional stakeholders. This is an individual contributor role with broad responsibility for planning operations, program delivery, enablement, and cross-functional coordination, allowing Workforce Planning Business Partners to focus on strategic advisory work while ensuring the team's operating model runs effectively. Responsibilities Own the Workforce Planning operating calendar, including planning cycles, governance forums, SteerCo meetings, executive reporting, and quarterly org health reviews. Support delivery across all workstreams by tracking plans, milestones, dependencies, risks, and actions. Own the Enablement & Adoption operating model and its delivery infrastructure . Challenge unclear s

Role Description Dropbox is building the knowledge layer that connects content, context, and action. As AI moves from assistants to systems that act, the structure and stewardship of enterprise knowledge becomes the difference between AI that helps and AI that fails. This role owns the context layer our AI depends on: what it can know, what it can trust, and what it is allowed to act on. You will lead the central function, setting the strategy, architecture, standards, and operating model that make enterprise knowledge reliable, current, and permissions-aware for both human and AI use, while domain experts stay accountable for the accuracy of their content. AI capability changes quickly, and this role changes with it. What a model can interpret, how content needs to be structured for retrieval, and what a system can safely act on all shift as the technology moves. You will track those shifts, translate them into practical standards, and revise your own past decisions when the ground moves under them. This is the first role of its kind at Dropbox. You will partner with IT, Engineering, Legal, Privacy, and Security, and your decisions will show up directly in how AI performs across the company. Responsibilities Define the source-of-truth strategy for enterprise knowledge: which systems are authoritative, what is indexed centrally versus fetched live, what is eligible for AI use, and what is archived or excluded, informed by an assessment of the authoritative sources behind our highest-value workflows. Define the enterprise standards that make content AI-ready across structure, metadata, provenance, and access, including where semantic models or knowledge graphs are warranted and where they are not, and translate them into authoring patterns adopted across domains. Design the control model for AI actions, including eligibility rules, preconditions, approval boundaries, escalation paths, and rollback requirements, so systems that act on enterprise knowledge stay traceab

Role Description As the Principal, Market & Competitive Intelligence Manager you will lead Dropbox’s enterprise competitive intelligence program across Dropbox Core, DocSend, Sign and Sign API, and Dropbox Protect. Sitting within the Chief Business Officer’s organization, you will work close to the company’s most important strategic and go-to-market decisions. You will build the operating system that turns competitor activity, market developments, customer feedback, win/loss findings, and field signals into clear recommendations and action. This is a highly visible, hands-on leadership role for a senior individual contributor. You will strengthen Dropbox’s competitive positioning, improve how our teams navigate competitive sales cycles, inform product and go-to-market choices, and deepen executive understanding of a rapidly changing market. Your work will span both sales-led and product-led motions and help Dropbox tell a sharper, more differentiated story. You will partner closely with Sales, Product Marketing, Product, Research, Revenue Operations, Analyst Relations, and Communications. Success requires equal strength in strategic judgment and execution: identifying what matters, developing a defensible point of view, and delivering useful recommendations and tools at the speed of the business. Responsibilities Lead Dropbox’s enterprise competitive intelligence program across Dropbox Core, DocSend, Sign and Sign API, and Dropbox Protect. Establish a company-wide operating model for collecting, prioritizing, analyzing, distributing, and measuring competitive intelligence. Translate competitor launches, pricing and product changes, AI developments, customer feedback, and market shifts into actionable recommendations for Sales, GTM Strategy, Product Marketing, Product, and executive leadership. Produce decision-ready intelligence—including executive briefings, competitive points of view, rapid-response analysis, battlecards, alerts, and market coverage—tailored t

Role Description Dropbox’s Design team is looking for a Principal Designer to help define the future of content activation for Dropbox customers. In this role, you will help lead the design vision and execution for Dropbox’s portfolio of products and services. As a Principal Designer, you will shape how AI helps customers get their jobs done faster, better, and with greater confidence. Dropbox holds the content, context, and collaboration that power our customers’ most important work. This role is about designing AI experiences that activate that content in useful, intuitive, and trustworthy ways, helping customers find clarity, make progress, and take action without adding complexity or friction. We believe AI should sharpen our customers, not replace their judgment. You will be responsible for creating experiences where AI acts as a thoughtful partner: surfacing what matters, reducing busywork, connecting ideas, and helping people move from information to action, while keeping customers in control. The best experiences will feel elegant, precise, and almost invisible; AI should make Dropbox more powerful without making it feel more complicated. This role requires a designer with exceptional craft, strong product judgment, and the ability to operate across strategy, systems, and execution. You will translate emerging AI capabilities into high-trust, “it just works” product experiences, while raising the quality bar for the broader design organization. You will also help transform the team into AI-enabled designers, setting new standards for how we use AI in our own design process, how we prototype, how we explore, and how we deliver customer value. You will partner closely with Product, Engineering, Research, Marketing, and Design leadership to shape not only what we build, but how we build it. This is a critical role for Dropbox’s AI-first, multi-product future, and for defining the next generation of product experiences that help customers do their best work. Res

Role Description As the Principal, Market & Competitive Intelligence Manager you will lead Dropbox’s enterprise competitive intelligence program across Dropbox Core, DocSend, Sign and Sign API, and Dropbox Protect. Sitting within the Chief Business Officer’s organization, you will work close to the company’s most important strategic and go-to-market decisions. You will build the operating system that turns competitor activity, market developments, customer feedback, win/loss findings, and field signals into clear recommendations and action. This is a highly visible, hands-on leadership role for a senior individual contributor. You will strengthen Dropbox’s competitive positioning, improve how our teams navigate competitive sales cycles, inform product and go-to-market choices, and deepen executive understanding of a rapidly changing market. Your work will span both sales-led and product-led motions and help Dropbox tell a sharper, more differentiated story. You will partner closely with Sales, Product Marketing, Product, Research, Revenue Operations, Analyst Relations, and Communications. Success requires equal strength in strategic judgment and execution: identifying what matters, developing a defensible point of view, and delivering useful recommendations and tools at the speed of the business. Responsibilities Lead Dropbox’s enterprise competitive intelligence program across Dropbox Core, DocSend, Sign and Sign API, and Dropbox Protect. Establish a company-wide operating model for collecting, prioritizing, analyzing, distributing, and measuring competitive intelligence. Translate competitor launches, pricing and product changes, AI developments, customer feedback, and market shifts into actionable recommendations for Sales, GTM Strategy, Product Marketing, Product, and executive leadership. Produce decision-ready intelligence—including executive briefings, competitive points of view, rapid-response analysis, battlecards, alerts, and market coverage—tailored t

Role Description A s a Staff Product Designer on Bridge , you will lead multiple highly-visible design initiatives that deliver against Dropbox’s strategic bets around AI . This role will require you to lead with vision , driving strategic initiatives that blend design excellence with customer empathy and innovation . You will also help shape our team’s culture, personally role modeling excellence across strategy, interaction and visual design, prototyping, and storytelling. Responsibilities Problem definition : D efine high-level opportunities that have the potential to transform the user experience and business outcomes. Bring clarity, insight, and strategic focus to these challenges. Ownership : Take ownership of strategic, design-led projects, driving them from concept to delivery. Advocate and guide the team toward customer-centered, innovative outcomes. Execution : Work with the broader design organization to ensure that all designs are executed to the highest standards of craftsmanship and usability . Focus on simplifying complex workflows that simplify user experiences for multiple customers . Strategy : H elp shape and execute the broader design strategy, influencing product strategy across the team and ensuring alignment with business goals. Collaborate with De sign, Product, and Engineering Leadership to align strategic design initiatives with company goals. Requirements 10-15+ years in a senior Individual Contributor role, with a proven track record of leading complex design initiatives with simple and elegant solutions . A portfolio showcasing significant contributions to shipping customer experiences that have made a measurable impact on business and customer metrics. Demonstrated ability to work cross-functionally with various stakeholder groups, including engineering, product management, and leadership, influencing design strategy and ensuring successful execution. Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to eng

Role Description As a Principal Engineer at Dropbox, you will own company critical, loosely defined technical problems with multi year impact, operating at the intersection of technology, product, business strategy, and applied AI. You will define long term technical direction for customer facing experiences used by millions, identifying where AI meaningfully improves customer value and translating evolving business context and industry advances into durable, multi area strategies and roadmaps that shape how Dropbox builds, scales, and innovates, while remaining hands on in software development where it provides the greatest leverage. Your influence will span organizations, setting foundational architecture, driving execution standards, and aligning senior technical and product leaders across boundaries. You will lead the responsible introduction and adoption of AI across product capabilities and engineering workflows, bring clarity to the most complex decisions, institutionalize engineering excellence, and contribute directly through critical design, prototyping, and code reviews. In return, you will operate as a trusted technical partner to senior leadership, shape systems and platforms including AI powered foundations that define Dropbox’s future, and act as a company level technical strategist, advancing Dropbox’s mission to create a more enlightened way of working. Our Engineering Career Framework is viewable by anyone outside the company and describes what’s expected for our engineers at each of our career levels. Check out our blog post on this topic and more here. Responsibilities Own and drive technical outcomes across multiple teams and organizations, delivering company critical customer and business impact at scale. Define long term technical strategy and partner with senior Product and Engineering leaders as the technical owner for the most important company objectives. Tackle the most ambiguous and far reaching technical and product problems, shaping wh