Head of Domains & Email
Squarespace- Compensation
- $350k–$425k Published range · Top quartile for Product (117 listings)
- Location
- Hybrid - New York City Remote eligibility
- Employment
- Full-time Director+
About the job
Company Context
Squarespace is a design-driven platform helping entrepreneurs build brands and businesses online. It is one of the world's largest domain providers, empowering millions of customers in more than 200 countries and territories.
Role Overview
The Head of Domains and Email will run the Domains and Email businesses as a business within a business, with ownership of product strategy, P&L, team, and commercial outcomes. This is a GM-model leadership role reporting directly to the President.
Responsibilities
- Own the Domains business end to end: strategy, P&L, headcount, organizational design, and long-range planning.
- Set a compelling multi-year vision and translate it into annual operating plans with clear milestones, budgets, and accountability structures.
- Own the commercial strategy: pricing, packaging, acquisition, retention, and expansion, including cross-sell and upsell into adjacent Squarespace products.
- Lead strategic partnerships with registries, resellers, channel partners, and technology vendors.
- Drive a differentiated product strategy for Domains, deepening customer experiences and integrating into a cohesive, entrepreneur-focused product ecosystem.
- Develop scalable customer research practices to surface insights for roadmap prioritization and new product investment.
- Collaborate closely with Engineering to build a high-trust, high-output environment.
- Own the AI transformation agenda for Domains, reimagining the business model, operations, and competitive advantages through AI.
- Build an AI-native team where AI fluency is a baseline expectation.
- Hire, develop, and retain top talent; build a high-performance, inclusive culture.
Qualifications
- 15+ years of progressive leadership experience, including significant ownership of a consumer-facing product or line of business.
- Domain expertise in Registry / Registrar or DNS products is a strong plus.
- Demonstrated track record of building and scaling a consumer product or business from strategy through execution to measurable commercial outcomes.
- A builder’s mindset: energized by ambiguity, decisive with incomplete information, and relentless about moving fast without sacrificing quality.
- Proven ability to partner effectively with engineering teams and cross-functional or matrixed delivery organizations.
- A technical background is a meaningful advantage.
- Customer-obsessed: you build for real people and hold your team to the same standard.
- Deep understanding of AI and ML at a strategic and operational level, with direct experience owning an AI transformation.
- Exceptional communicator with strong executive presence and the ability to align diverse stakeholders.
Compensation
Cash Compensation Range: $350,000 - $425,000 USD. In addition, employees are eligible to be granted an option to purchase our common stock.
Benefits
- Choice between medical plans with option for 100% covered premiums
- Fertility and adoption benefits
- Access to supplemental insurance plans
- Headspace mindfulness app subscription
- Global Employee Assistance Program
- Retirement benefits with employer match
- Flexible paid time off
- 12 weeks paid parental leave and family care leave
- Pretax commuter benefit
- Education reimbursement
- Employee donation match to community organizations
- 7 Global Employee Resource Groups (ERGs)
- Dog-friendly workplace
- Free lunch and snacks
- Private rooftop
- Hack week twice per year
Application Instructions
Apply via the provided link.
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