Vice President of Product Design

Overview

What you’ll do:

Sony Music Entertainment is seeking a Vice President of Product Design to lead the design vision, strategy, and execution for our global suite of artist, label, and internal tooling products within Product, Design, Engineering and Global Operations (PDEGO). This leader will guide a distributed team of designers, partner with Product and Engineering leadership, and shape intuitive, data-driven experiences that support our global business.

• Elevate product design as a critical driver of solution quality
  , embedding design excellence into every stage of the product development lifecycle and measurably improving user outcomes.
• Develop, mentor, and empower designers at all levels
  , from sharpening the craft of senior ICs to creating growth pathways and clear guardrails for junior designers; foster a confident, cohesive design culture deeply integrated into PDEGO's operating rhythm.
• Build and operationalize a robust user engagement and insights program
  , giving designers and product teams structured access to user feedback; navigate stakeholder nuance, establish repeatable research practices, and champion user voice as a strategic input to roadmaps and long-term bets.
• Partner closely with Product, Engineering, and cross-functional leadership to inform roadmaps, drive clarity, and reinforce a collaborative, solutions-oriented culture where teams practice healthy dialogue, shared ownership, and compromise to deliver the strongest outcomes.
• Lead and manage a high-performing global product design team
  ; set the design vision and drive a culture of excellence, curiosity, and user empathy.
• Own the end-to-end design strategy for a complex ecosystem of internal music distribution and B2B software products in accounting tools, data products, and artist/label experience tools.
• Establish best-in-class scalable design practices and elevate design systems and standards that ensure consistency and quality across all PDEGO software products.
• Provide strategic design guidance
  , feedback, and direction across multiple product areas and global markets.
• Represent design thinking at the leadership level
  , bringing a user-centered perspective to decision-making.

• We are seeking a leader with 12-15+ years of B2B software product design/UX experience with 5+ years leading design teams at a senior level.
• Proven experience designing complex, data-heavy, enterprise or workflow tools at scale.
• Strong systems thinker with deep experience in information architecture and interaction design.
• Skilled at leading multidisciplinary, globally distributed teams.
• Excellent communicator with a track record of influencing and partnering with senior stakeholders to drive alignment.
• Highly collaborative, user-obsessed, and comfortable navigating ambiguity and complex problem spaces.

• You join an inclusive, collaborative and global community where you have the opportunity to channel your passion every day
• A modern office environment designed to foster productivity, creativity, and teamwork empowering you to bring your best
• An attractive and comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, life & disability coverage, and 401K + employer matching
• Voluntary benefits like company-paid identity theft protection and resources for pets, mental health and meditation resources, industry-leading fertility coverage, fully paid leave for childbirth or bonding, fully paid leave for caregivers, programs for loved ones with developmental disabilities and neurodiversity, subsidized back-up child and elder care, and reimbursement for adoption, surrogacy, tuition, and student loans
• Investment in your professional growth and development enabling you to thrive in our vibrant community.
• The space to accelerate progress, positively disrupt, and create what happens next
• Time off for a winter recess

Sony Music is committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all persons regardless of age, disability, national origin, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, veteran or military status, marital and civil partnership/union status, alienage or citizenship status, creed, genetic information or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

The anticipated annual base salary does not include any other compensation components or other benefits that an individual may be eligible for. The actual base salary offered depends on a variety of factors, which may include as applicable, the qualifications of the individual applicant for the position, years of relevant experience, specific and unique skills, level of education attained, certifications or other professional licenses held, and the location in which the applicant lives and/or from which they will be performing the job.

New York Pay Range

$224,483 — $252,229 USD