Vice President, Product Design

$ - $. This position is equity and bonus and/or commission eligible.

The Vice President, Product Design will lead enterprise‑scale design across the product portfolio, evolve the organization toward an AI‑forward future, and elevate design as a proactive strategic partner to Product and Engineering. This role reports to the Chief Product Officer and will shape how design influences product strategy, customer experience, and business outcomes.

• Design leadership & transformation:
  Evolve design from a reactive service model to a proactive, product‑shaping partner; establish operating models across design, research, design systems, and design operations; drive prioritization, accountability, and delivery rigor.
• Enterprise design systems:
  Build and scale a unified, enterprise‑wide design system that improves consistency, reduces fragmentation, and accelerates delivery across products and teams.
• AI‑forward design:
  Integrate AI into design workflows, prototyping, and experimentation; apply experience designing and shipping AI‑enabled products; help define how AI accelerates experience development.
• Product & engineering partnership:
  Partner with Product Management and Engineering leadership; elevate design's role in roadmap planning, experience strategy, and solution development; strengthen the PM‑Design‑Engineering triad across product teams.
• Customer engagement & prototyping:
  Increase early customer involvement through design partner groups and rapid experimentation; emphasize prototyping to de‑risk concepts and accelerate learning; improve adoption and engagement through stronger experience design.
• People leadership:
  Lead, coach, and develop a large design organization; balance hands‑on leadership with organization‑building and talent development; influence across teams with conviction, collaboration, and cultural sensitivity.

• 10+ years of experience leading product design in complex, enterprise environments – proven ability to partner with Product and Engineering leaders to define vision and deliver intuitive, scalable experiences across sophisticated platforms.
• Former hands‑on designer who has progressed into senior design leadership.
• Proven track record transforming design organizations and establishing design as a strategic capability.
• Experience operating at enterprise scale, with an understanding of enterprise pace, constraints, and risk.
• Deep experience building and scaling design systems.
• Practical experience applying AI to design and product workflows; experience designing and shipping AI‑enabled products preferred.
• Strong, pragmatic leader with conviction and presence, balanced by collaboration and cultural awareness; coachable, impact‑oriented, and execution‑focused.
• Open to candidates with blended backgrounds in design and product management; industry‑specific experience helpful but not required.

Success outcomes: stronger early customer involvement, faster prototyping/experimentation velocity, improved adoption and engagement, and a consistent, scalable enterprise design system that increases design influence in product and business decisions.