Senior Product Designer

About Vogo

Vogo is a global travel platform that brings all types of accommodations into one place, making it easy for travelers to find the perfect stay. From downtown hotels and luxury resorts to private vacation rentals and remote cabins, Vogo offers the widest selection of accommodations worldwide. Using proprietary technology, Vogo scans billions of data points to surface the best deals across millions of properties, streamlining discovery and booking for every traveler.

Since launching out of Wilbur Labs in 2018, Vogo has rapidly become one of the most trusted travel platforms globally, surpassing $1 billion in gross bookings in just two years. Vogo is headquartered in Dallas and led by a team of travel industry veterans.

Vogo is seeking a Design Manager to lead and scale our product design organization across core traveler experiences. This role combines hands‑on design leadership with people management, mentorship, and cross‑functional partnership to shape the future of Vogo’s consumer experience across web, iOS, and Android. You will manage and mentor a team of designers while driving high‑impact strategic initiatives across discovery, booking, loyalty, post‑booking, and traveler engagement experiences.

You’ll play a critical role in elevating design quality, strengthening design systems, improving team processes, and building a strong user‑centered culture across the company. The ideal candidate is an experienced product design leader with exceptional craft, strong systems thinking, and a passion for mentoring designers and building high‑performing teams. You are comfortable moving between strategic leadership and hands‑on execution in a fast‑paced environment.

This role reports directly to the Chief Product Officer. It is a full‑time hybrid position based in Dallas.

• Manage, mentor, and grow a team of product designers across multiple product areas. Provide regular design critiques, coaching, and career development support to elevate overall team quality and effectiveness.
• Foster a strong culture of craft, collaboration, user empathy, and continuous improvement.
• Help establish scalable design processes, rituals, and operating frameworks across the organization.

• Lead mobile‑first design initiatives crafting intuitive, high‑quality experiences across iOS, Android, and web platforms that feel native, performant, and cohesive.
• Drive end‑to‑end product design from concept through launch, influencing product strategy and business outcomes.
• Translate complex user needs and business requirements into elegant, intuitive user experiences.
• Ensure high‑quality interaction design, visual design, motion, and UX consistency across the customer journey.
• Partner closely with Product, Engineering, Marketing and Operations teams to shape product direction and execution.

• Help evolve and scale Vogo’s design system, component libraries, tokens, documentation, and UX standards.
• Establish consistent patterns and scalable frameworks across platforms and product surfaces.
• Champion accessibility, responsive design principles, usability, and design quality across all experiences.
• Drive alignment between brand expression, product usability, and business goals.

• Champion a user‑centered design process and advocate for research‑backed decision‑making across the organization.
• Guide and support UX research efforts including interviews, usability testing, surveys, and behavioural analysis.
• Synthesize customer insights into actionable product and design opportunities.
• Partner with analytics and product teams to incorporate qualitative and quantitative insights into decision‑making.

• Collaborate closely with PMs and Engineering leaders to define product strategy, priorities, and roadmap direction.
• Facilitate alignment across stakeholders while balancing customer needs, business goals, and technical constraints.
• Present design strategy, rationale, and outcomes clearly to executive leadership and cross‑functional teams.

• 7+ years of product…