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The mission of The New York Times is to seek the truth and help people understand the world. That means independent journalism is at the heart of all we do as a company. It’s why we have a world-renowned newsroom that sends journalists to report on the ground from nearly 160 countries. It’s why we focus deeply on how our readers will experience our journalism, from print to audio to a world-class digital and app destination. And it’s why our business strategy centers on making journalism so good that it’s worth paying for. About the role: The Senior Director, Global Benefits will be responsible for the strategic design, operational excellence, and holistic governance of all benefits and perquisites for The New York Times on a global scale. Reporting to the SVP, Total Rewards, this leader will architect a robust benefits strategy that attracts, engages, and retains top talent and ensures fiscal sustainability. This role is also responsible for leading the Benefits operations function to deliver a superior employee experience through resource optimization and cost-efficient best practices. Beyond design and administration, the incumbent will partner with Corporate Communications and Culture to drive an engaging communications strategy, ensuring our diverse and complex population understands the full value of their benefits package. This is a hybrid role based in our New York headquarters. You can typically expect to be in the office 3 days per week. Responsibilities: Develop and implement a global benefits strategy that aligns with our goals, ensuring equity and relevance in local markets across the US and internationally. Oversee the design and execution of all benefits programs, ensuring they are competitive, comprehensive, and compliant with local, federal, and international regulations (e.g., ERISA, ACA, GDPR). Lead the Global Benefits Operations department, overseeing a team of benefits administrators to deliver a high-quality employee experience. Be

Recovery and Resolution Planning (RRP) is responsible for the design, development and maintenance of the firm’s recovery and resolution plans and related capabilities. The plans require development of central strategies to support timely and effective execution of various financial, legal and operational actions during periods of unprecedented stress. Development of the plans requires coordination with stakeholders across the organization, including technology, finance, treasury, operations and businesses, to ensure execution readiness. RRP sets the requirements for and reviews plan documentation to ensure that it meets regulatory guidelines and is fit for purpose to guide management and board throughout both the planning and execution phases. RRP is also responsible for identifying required capabilities necessary to support plan development and execution and for establishing the framework to support capabilities testing. Finally, RRP oversees and manages the governance process associated with plan approval and submission along with regulatory engagement for plan review and challenge. The Financial Solutions Sr Group Manager manages multiple teams through other managers. In-depth understanding of how own sub-function contributes to achieving the objectives of the function. A good understanding of the industry, direct competitors' products and services, is also necessary in order to contribute to the commercial objectives of the business. Requires thorough understanding of strategic direction of the function within the relevant part of the business, combined with a solid conceptual/practical grounding in both the function and/or area of expertise and related subject areas. Excellent communication skills required in order to negotiate internally, often at a senior level. Some external communication/negotiation may be necessary. Responsible for executing functional strategy in area managed. Determines approach to implementing functional st

At LAKE, thoughtful design extends beyond the sleepwear and daywear we create. It shapes the systems we build, the decisions we make, and the way information moves throughout the business. As Director, Enterprise Systems & Data , you will lead the continued development of the technology foundation that supports LAKE—bringing structure to complexity, strengthening the connections between our systems, and creating the visibility required to support a growing brand. This role sits at the intersection of technology, operations, and business strategy and will shape how information moves across LAKE, how our systems work together, and how we intentionally build for the future. You will serve as the steward of our enterprise technology ecosystem, with responsibility for NetSuite, systems integrations, data architecture, reporting infrastructure, and the technology decisions that support our brand vision. Who You Are You are equally comfortable discussing architecture with executives and solving technical problems yourself. You know how to evaluate tradeoffs, avoid unnecessary complexity, and build solutions that can withstand years of growth. You believe technology should create clarity, not complexity. You have a deep appreciation for systems that are elegant, maintainable, and built with intention. You enjoy autonomy and owning your impact to the business. What You'll Do Own the architecture and day-to-day health of LAKE's core enterprise systems, with NetSuite as the system of record. Own and maintain a multi-year technology roadmap aligned to business priorities. Define LAKE's data architecture strategy, including warehousing, reporting infrastructure, and the path toward scalable analytics. Lead and build middleware and integration architecture so workflows are structured, visible, and easy to maintain. Lead evaluation and selection of new technology platforms with rigor around integration complexity and long-term maintainability. Partner with cross-functiona

About the role Sana Biotechnology is growing, and we are hiring new team members who believe in the potential of engineered cells as medicines, who want to challenge status quo, and who lead with the desire to translate novel ideas into clinical and commercial product. As the Senior Director, Late-Stage Cell Therapy Process Development, you will report to the Head of Process and Analytical Development and provide strategic, technical leadership for late stage process development of a PSC-derived islet product for Type 1 diabetes. You will build and manage a high performing process development team to develop commercial ready manufacturing processes. You will play a critical role in advancing our pipeline through pivotal process development, technology transfer, process characterization, and commercial readiness, ensuring robust, scalable, and compliant manufacturing processes. Cool Stuff! This role will require onsite leadership in Cambridge, MA. What you’ll do Partner closely with Research to develop 3D stem cell seed train and differentiation processes, including integration of bioreactors and automated and closed technologies and drug product (DP) process-enabling studies including formulation, fill/finish, and cryopreservation. Lead late stage process development for PSC-derived products, ensuring scalability, robustness, quality and regulatory compliance. Lead process characterization and validation activities, leveraging design of experiments (DoE) and Quality by Design (QbD) approaches and support process performance qualification (PPQ). Establish and execute a comparability strategy for pivotal process changes. Enable technology transfer to CDMOs or internal manufacturing, providing technical input and ensuring successful implementation. Author and review CMC sections of regulatory submissions (e.g., IND, BLA) and support regulatory Q&A and inspections. Collaborate and influence partners across multidisciplinary teams (e.g. Research, Analytical Dev

Figma is growing our team of passionate creatives and builders on a mission to make design accessible to all. Figma’s platform helps teams bring ideas to life—whether you're brainstorming, creating a prototype, translating designs into code, or iterating with AI. From idea to product, Figma empowers teams to streamline workflows, move faster, and work together in real time from anywhere in the world. If you're excited to shape the future of design and collaboration, join us! Figma's Governance, Risk, and Compliance team is the foundation of how we build and maintain trust - with our users, regulators, business partners, and the organizations that rely on Figma every day. We work across the organization and drive programs that ensure the effectiveness of our security protections, identify and manage risk, maintain compliance, and build trust with our customers. We're looking for a Governance, Risk and Compliance Director to lead this team through its next phase of growth. You'll own Figma's security compliance, risk management, and governance strategy end to end - setting direction for our certification portfolio, building the risk and controls frameworks that scale with our growing business and product suite, and representing GRC to executives, the board, customers, and regulators. This is a hands-on leadership role where you'll manage and grow a team of GRC professionals while staying close to the programs, infrastructure, audits, and cross-functional relationships needed to both protect and enable the business. If you're a strategist and team builder who is excited to scale Figma's GRC program in a rapidly evolving environment, we'd love to hear from you! This is a full time role that can be held from one of our US hubs or remotely in the United States. What you'll do at Figma: Set the strategy and roadmap for Figma's GRC program, aligning compliance, risk, and governance priorities with company objectives and the Security leadership team Own Figma's certification

Figma is growing our team of passionate creatives and builders on a mission to make design accessible to all. Figma’s platform helps teams bring ideas to life—whether you're brainstorming, creating a prototype, translating designs into code, or iterating with AI. From idea to product, Figma empowers teams to streamline workflows, move faster, and work together in real time from anywhere in the world. If you're excited to shape the future of design and collaboration, join us! Figma is looking for a Director of Product Communications to help shape the product and technology story for one of the most beloved products in tech. This is a chance to build a new approach to product communications. You will connect earned media with editorial, social, community and events; decide where each story belongs; and lead a growing team responsible for telling Figma’s product story. We are looking for someone who has worked inside a product-led company, brings curiosity and creative judgment and can partner with senior leaders while staying close to the product. This is a full-time role based in our San Francisco hub, with an expectation to work in the office 2–3 days per week. What you’ll do at Figma: Shape a clear narrative for Figma that helps broader audiences understand our products and market position Build integrated storytelling across earned media, editorial, social, community, podcasts, events, and other relevant channels Partner closely with Product and Engineering to find and explain meaningful product and technical stories Lead storytelling for key product moments, connecting launches to a lasting product narrative Find opportunities for Figma to contribute to conversations about design, technology and AI. Advise executives and senior partners on product storytelling, audiences, channels, and timing Collaborate with Product Marketing, Brand, Community, executive communications, and international communications colleagues Manage and develop a growing product comms and st

About Us SharkNinja is a global product design and technology company, with a diversified portfolio of 5-star rated lifestyle solutions that positively impact people’s lives in homes around the world. Powered by two trusted, global brands, Shark and Ninja , the company has a proven track record of bringing disruptive innovation to market and developing one consumer product after another has allowed SharkNinja to enter multiple product categories, driving significant growth and market share gains. Headquartered in Needham, Massachusetts with more than 4,100 associates, the company’s products are sold at key retailers, online and offline, and through distributors around the world. AI at SharkNinja At SharkNinja, we’re building an AI-native culture. We’re not waiting for the future; we’re creating it. Our people are expected to experiment boldly, adopt new tools, and continuously raise what’s possible to create meaningful impact for our consumers. If you believe the best way to do your job hasn’t been invented yet, you’ll fit right in. About the Role SharkNinja's mission is to positively impact people's lives every day in every home around the world. As we continue to grow, we're adding an Engineering Director to our Advanced Development Floorcare team, based at our Battersea, London office. This role sits at the front end of floorcare product creation, bringing technical depth and inspiration to our creative process. You'll lead the technology and feasibility work that shapes our floorcare product roadmap, working at the intersection of mechanical systems and connected technology (sensors, software, batteries, connectivity) to define what our next generation of vacuums and floor care systems can become. What You'll Do Lead front end engineering development for floorcare products, using ideation and innovation techniques to unlock and drive the roadmap alongside engineering and cross functional PD, ID, Brand and

Figma is growing our team of passionate creatives and builders on a mission to make design accessible to all. Figma’s platform helps teams bring ideas to life—whether you're brainstorming, creating a prototype, translating designs into code, or iterating with AI. From idea to product, Figma empowers teams to streamline workflows, move faster, and work together in real time from anywhere in the world. If you're excited to shape the future of design and collaboration, join us! Figma is growing our team of passionate people on a mission to make design accessible to all. Born on the Web , Figma helps entire product teams brainstorm , create, test, and ship better designs, together. From great products to long-lasting companies, we believe that nothing great is made alone - come make with us! Figma is looking for a Director, SMB Sales (EMEA) to join our growing Global Commercial organization. As Director of SMB Sales, EMEA, you'll lead a team of frontline managers and Account Executives responsible for helping growing businesses adopt Figma's Organization and Enterprise plans. Reporting to the VP of Commercial Sales, you'll play a critical role in scaling a high-volume, specialized sales motion while partnering closely with leaders across the Americas and JAPAC to drive consistency, share best practices, and evolve how we serve SMB customers globally. This is an opportunity to shape the next chapter of one of Figma's fastest-growing businesses, leading a talented team while influencing strategy across Sales, Marketing, Operations, Enablement, and Product. At Figma, we value leaders who think creatively, challenge the status quo, and build teams that consistently raise the bar for customer experience and business impact. This is a full time role that can be held from one of our EMEA hubs. What you'll do at Figma: Lead, develop, and inspire a team of frontline managers and Account Executives, building a high-performing culture focused on coaching, accountability, and custo

Figma is growing our team of passionate creatives and builders on a mission to make design accessible to all. Figma’s platform helps teams bring ideas to life—whether you're brainstorming, creating a prototype, translating designs into code, or iterating with AI. From idea to product, Figma empowers teams to streamline workflows, move faster, and work together in real time from anywhere in the world. If you're excited to shape the future of design and collaboration, join us! We're building the next chapter of AI-native craft and creativity - where craft and technology meet. Our unified platform bridges the gap between AI capabilities and human creativity, and lets professional creatives and designers harness the power of the world’s leading AI models without losing precision, expression, or soul. Together, we’re building tools that help people move faster without sacrificing quality, precision, or craft — a platform where AI supports creativity instead of flattening it. We’re looking for a marketing leader who can make Figma Weave the name people think of for AI-native creative work — and build the brand, the demand, and the team to get there. You’ll own marketing for Weave end to end, operating with the autonomy of a startup and the reach of Figma behind you. Generative media is one of the most exciting and fast-moving spaces in technology. The opportunity is enormous and the audience is passionate. Whoever defines what great AI-native creative tooling looks like and makes the world believe it wins. That story is yours to tell. This is a full time role that can be held from our NYC hub or remotely. What you'll do at Figma Weave: Define the vision and narrative for Figma Weave in the AI-native creative space, and carry that story into everything we put into market Build brand awareness and love for Weave through bold, memorable, culturally-tuned marketing that creatives are proud to be part of Build and run the growth engine that turns attention into use

Figma is growing our team of passionate creatives and builders on a mission to make design accessible to all. Figma’s platform helps teams bring ideas to life—whether you're brainstorming, creating a prototype, translating designs into code, or iterating with AI. From idea to product, Figma empowers teams to streamline workflows, move faster, and work together in real time from anywhere in the world. If you're excited to shape the future of design and collaboration, join us! We are looking for a Director, Strategic Sales to join our team of creatives, engineers, marketers, and business leaders. You aren't the typical sales leader, and we aren't the typical design tool company. At Figma, we challenge conventional thinking and expect you to bring that same mindset. With this role, you'll help shape a sales org still early in its growth trajectory. You'll lead a team focused on our largest clients in driving meaningful relationships that add value to the customer experience and revenue to our bottom line. Figma is growing and moving fast. Our next team member will be adaptable, comfortable embracing change, a true team-player, and love working with our growing footprint of Fortune 1000 customers. You won't be alone! Figma has an incredible team and you'll work closely with other groups including Support, Design, Engineering, Product Marketing, and Community. As our Director, Strategic Sales, you will lead a team of Strategic Account Executives in Berlin responsible for continuing the growth of our top tier accounts. What you'll do at Figma: Drive the development of strategic sales roadmaps, prioritizing initiatives, and goals to maximize revenue generation Present and position our products effectively to C-level executives. Participate in customer and prospect meetings, coaching your team through live selling opportunities Monitor market trends, competitive landscapes, and industry developments to inform strategic sales decisions and adapt strategies as needed Collabor

Figma is growing our team of passionate creatives and builders on a mission to make design accessible to all. Figma’s platform helps teams bring ideas to life—whether you're brainstorming, creating a prototype, translating designs into code, or iterating with AI. From idea to product, Figma empowers teams to streamline workflows, move faster, and work together in real time from anywhere in the world. If you're excited to shape the future of design and collaboration, join us! The AI Product's Data Science org is at the center of the next generation of products at Figma, spanning Make, Figma Agent, Design Systems, and other areas. Data is critical to setting strategy and measurement across these areas. This org engages closely with AI Research and is a driving force behind our evals work and the future of product measurement at scale. With a charge to uplevel Figma’s use of data, the team works alongside other Data Scientists and Engineering to identify ways to implement and democratize new statistical methods, build data frameworks, and incorporate data within Figma’s product development process. This team contributes to the company’s goals by collaborating closely with product managers, engineers, and our finance team to uncover new opportunities, identify inefficiencies and recommend improvements through data-driven insights. As Director, you will lead a team of data scientists and managers, setting the vision for how data shapes strategy across Figma's AI products. You'll work closely with Product, Engineering, Design, and Research leadership to embed data-driven thinking and modern AI-product measurement into how we build. This is a full time role that can be held from one of our US hubs or remotely in the United States. What you’ll do at Figma: Lead, support, and grow a team of data scientists and data science managers with varied strengths and expertise focused on product strategy, internal tooling, and Impact measurement Champion data quality, accessibility, a

Figma is growing our team of passionate creatives and builders on a mission to make design accessible to all. Figma’s platform helps teams bring ideas to life—whether you're brainstorming, creating a prototype, translating designs into code, or iterating with AI. From idea to product, Figma empowers teams to streamline workflows, move faster, and work together in real time from anywhere in the world. If you're excited to shape the future of design and collaboration, join us! Figma is looking for a Director, Enterprise Sales (2nd line leader) to shape our sales strategy and collaborate with teams across the company. You aren’t the typical sales leader, and we aren’t the typical design tool company. At Figma we think creatively, lift constraints that block our imagination everyday, and we expect you to do the same. With this role you’ll get in at the ground floor in a fast growing sales org. You’ll collaborate with our existing customer base and potential customers in driving meaningful relationships that make valuable contributions to the customer experience and revenue to our bottom line. Our next team member will have an agile, dynamic mentality, be comfortable embracing change, a true team-player, and love working with our growing footprint of Fortune 1000 customers. You won’t be alone! Figma has an incredible team and you’ll work closely with other groups including Support, Design, Engineering, Product Marketing, Customer Success, and Community. As a Director, Enterprise Sales, you will lead a team of Account Executives responsible for the engagement, expansion and retention of our rapidly growing customer base. You will report to the VP of Northern EMEA. This is a full time role that can be held from our London hub. What you'll do at Figma: Evaluate and implement playbooks, and systems needed to support a high-growth team Test and refine growth and acquisition strategies through data, segment-specific value drivers, and compelling stories Develop str

About Us SharkNinja is a global product design and technology company, with a diversified portfolio of 5-star rated lifestyle solutions that positively impact people’s lives in homes around the world. Powered by two trusted, global brands, Shark and Ninja , the company has a proven track record of bringing disruptive innovation to market and developing one consumer product after another has allowed SharkNinja to enter multiple product categories, driving significant growth and market share gains. Headquartered in Needham, Massachusetts with more than 4,100 associates, the company’s products are sold at key retailers, online and offline, and through distributors around the world. AI at SharkNinja At SharkNinja, we’re building an AI-native culture. We’re not waiting for the future; we’re creating it. Our people are expected to experiment boldly, adopt new tools, and continuously raise what’s possible to create meaningful impact for our consumers. If you believe the best way to do your job hasn’t been invented yet, you’ll fit right in. At SharkNinja, culture is our engine for growth — our True Edge and our competitive advantage. We keep the owner-founder ethos and the fierce, winning spirit that shapes how we build teams, develop talent, and win. This role sits at the centre of that: it turns our culture and our ambitions for our people into learning experiences that change how Sharks lead, manage, and perform. This is a dual-mandate role. On one side, you lead Learning & Development globally — accountable for building a high-performing L&D practice across every region. Additionaly, you lead Talent Devlopment (Acceleration) delivery in the US , owning how our practices land day to day for SharkNinja across the Americas. You will run both in a matrix — building the L&D capability that other regions draw on, while delivering the full Talent Acceleration (tX) agenda where you sit. &nb

About Us SharkNinja is a global product design and technology company, with a diversified portfolio of 5-star rated lifestyle solutions that positively impact people’s lives in homes around the world. Powered by two trusted, global brands, Shark and Ninja , the company has a proven track record of bringing disruptive innovation to market and developing one consumer product after another has allowed SharkNinja to enter multiple product categories, driving significant growth and market share gains. Headquartered in Needham, Massachusetts with more than 4,100 associates, the company’s products are sold at key retailers, online and offline, and through distributors around the world. AI at SharkNinja At SharkNinja, we’re building an AI-native culture. We’re not waiting for the future; we’re creating it. Our people are expected to experiment boldly, adopt new tools, and continuously raise what’s possible to create meaningful impact for our consumers. If you believe the best way to do your job hasn’t been invented yet, you’ll fit right in. ABOUT THE ROLE (London based - 3 days a week) SharkNinja's most important growth and transformation initiatives are cross-functional in nature and require a team to partner across the enterprise to bring opportunities to life. The Senior Director, Strategic Initiatives, Growth & Transformatio n role is part of the team acting as an internal consulting engine for these moments. This role leads execution of SharkNinja's highest-priority growth initiatives. Depending on your strengths and the team's needs, you may focus on geographic market entry, channel expansion, operating-model transformation, playbook building, or cross-functional synthesis. You'll work alongside a team to remove barriers and drive growth.Reporting to VP Strategic Initiatives, Growth & Transformation you'll work as a trusted partner to the executive team and across every function, with the mandate

About Us SharkNinja is a global product design and technology company, with a diversified portfolio of 5-star rated lifestyle solutions that positively impact people’s lives in homes around the world. Powered by two trusted, global brands, Shark and Ninja , the company has a proven track record of bringing disruptive innovation to market and developing one consumer product after another has allowed SharkNinja to enter multiple product categories, driving significant growth and market share gains. Headquartered in Needham, Massachusetts with more than 4,100 associates, the company’s products are sold at key retailers, online and offline, and through distributors around the world. AI at SharkNinja At SharkNinja, we’re building an AI-native culture. We’re not waiting for the future; we’re creating it. Our people are expected to experiment boldly, adopt new tools, and continuously raise what’s possible to create meaningful impact for our consumers. If you believe the best way to do your job hasn’t been invented yet, you’ll fit right in. Sr. Director, AI Engineering Transformation Location: Boston, MA preferred; New York, NY acceptable (On-site) Reports to: VP, Chief of Staff to the CEO Dotted Line: Chief Technology Officer / Chief Engineering Officer Direct Reports: AI Transformation Team (AI Fellows) The Role This is a high-impact leadership role at the intersection of AI, engineering, product quality, and organizational transformation. You will own the strategy and execution of AI integration across SharkNinja's Engineering organization, spanning the full development lifecycle from concept and architecture through design, validation, and production, and extending into reliability engineering, DFM/DFT, test data, and manufacturing engineering. Today, much of this work relies on PowerPoint-based program management, fragmented data, manual analysis, a