Senior Product Design Lead, Advertising

Senior Product Design Lead, Advertising

Hybrid on‑site role based in Toronto, Ontario. Employees are expected to work onsite Tuesday‑Thursday and remote Monday and Friday.

Who We Are

The Supplier Advertising team—within Wayfair’s Global Supplier Technology (GST) organization—owns the strategy, design, engineering, go‑to‑market, and analytics of Wayfair’s advertising offering. Our mission is to empower suppliers with the tools to gain awareness of their brands and products and grow/optimize their product sales strategies. We scope the end‑to‑end supplier‑facing advertising experience within our Partner Home system as well as the ad formats and placements integrated into Wayfair’s ecommerce experiences (desktop, mobile web, app).

What You’ll Do

• Act as both a strategist and product practitioner.
• Craft thoughtful and effective user experiences that balance business goals with customer needs.
• Collaborate directly with product managers, engineers, designers, business stakeholders, and senior leadership through all stages of the product‑development lifecycle.
• Triangulate data from multiple inputs to inform design and product strategy.
• Represent the voice of our customers (suppliers and shoppers) in product definition and strategy meetings.
• Contribute to the development of team members through design review, modeled behavior, dedicated mentorship, or less formal coaching and advice.

What You’ll Need

• 8+ years of product design experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in Interaction Design, Human‑Computer Interaction, Industrial Design, or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience designing for advertising/ad‑tech (supply, demand, and/or publisher‑based).
• Exceptional interpersonal, collaborative, and communication skills.
• Strong understanding of design processes and knowledge of what is possible and what will be hard to achieve or implement in a digital environment.
• Expertise in producing design deliverables, including detailed user flows/task flows, user journeys, page flows, taxonomies/folksonomies, wireframes, annotations, and prototypes that represent interaction recommendations.
• Strong skills in modern design tools like Figma.
• Working knowledge of HTML/CSS/JS—enough to understand feasibility of execution.
• Ability to think at a systems level and design solutions that are scalable and extensible beyond the immediate use.
• Experience presenting and defending designs to senior and executive leadership.
• Portfolio and/or case studies of shipped work that demonstrates an ability to effectively design for highly technical experiences, unfailing advocacy for the user, data‑driven approach, and strategic thinking.

Bonuses

• Experience designing for e‑commerce.
• Strong user research skills.
• Leadership experience.

Assistance for Individuals with Disabilities

Wayfair is fully committed to providing equal opportunities for all individuals, including those with disabilities. We will make reasonable accommodations to the known physical or mental limitations of qualified individuals with disabilities, unless doing so would impose an undue hardship on business operations. If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, please complete our Accommodations for Applicants form.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Wayfair is a proud, equal‑opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship status, marital status, disability, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, genetic information, or any other legally protected characteristic. Your personal data is processed in accordance with our Candidate Privacy Notice (DOE Privacy Notice). If you have any questions or wish to exercise your rights under applicable privacy and data protection laws, please contact us at dataprotectionofficer@wayfair.com.

Job Details

Senior Product Design Lead, Advertising
Mid‑Senior level
Full‑time
Design, Art/Creative, and Information Technology
Retail