Vice President, Product Design
On-siteNew York City, New York, United States or New York, United States
Job Summary
Synthesize user research and drive rapid concept development from day one, transforming ideas into testable prototypes using AI-assisted tools. Own end-to-end design of complex systems, mapping cross-platform journeys and identifying friction points to rebuild or refine. Contribute to a machine-readable design system where tokens carry semantic meaning and AI agents consume patterns directly. Communicate design rationale to mixed audiences, articulating tradeoffs and making decisions legible to engineers and product managers. Mentor the team through critique and collaboration, raising standards without relying on title. This role sits within the AI Hub team, co-creating with product and engineering in a shared repo that serves as a single source of truth.
Required Qualifications
- Strong product design fundamentals: research synthesis, interaction design, systems thinking, visual craft
- Experience designing complex systems: enterprise software, multi-step workflows, data-heavy interfaces
- Demonstrated comfort working in ambiguous, fast-moving environments where the problem isn't handed to you pre-formed
- The ability to communicate design rationale to mixed audiences (product, engineering, business) and hold your perspective under pressure
- Portfolio
- Typically 5 or more years of experience, or equivalent demonstrated through portfolio and impact
Desired Qualifications
- You already work with AI-assisted tools, not just for ideation, but for building and prototyping
- You've worked in shared codebases or repos with cross-functional teams, or you're actively moving in that direction
- You can describe a moment when AI changed how you approached a design problem, not made it faster, but made it different
- You've contributed to a design system at the pattern or systems level, not just component execution
- You work at the intersection of design and technical implementation, close to the material, not downstream from it
- You've felt the industry shift happening and leaned toward it
- Your process produces things, not documents
- You have a deep excitement for and understanding of the opportunity that AI creates for design, even if you haven't fully arrived there yet, you're moving fast
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