Senior Director Product Design

Senior Director, Product Design

Employment Type: Direct Hire (Permanent)

Location: Hybrid (preferably onsite during initial 1-3mo)

• Philadelphia, PA OR Quebec, Canada
• Primarily Monday-Friday, standard business hours with flexibility as needed

Compensation:

• United States: Approximately $325,000-$375,000 total compensation
• Canada: Approximately $280,000-$370,000 total compensation
• Compensation structure is approximately 85% base salary / 15% bonus

Overview

We are seeking an accomplished Product Design leader who combines strategic vision with deep hands-on product design expertise. This individual will oversee design strategy across a large, complex portfolio of enterprise software products and play a critical role in shaping product experiences, organizational design practices, and future AI-driven innovation.

This is not a role for a purely operational or theoretical design leader. The ideal candidate has personally designed and launched sophisticated software products, understands modern UX methodologies, and has successfully built and scaled high-performing design organizations while influencing executive-level product decisions.

We are looking for a leader who challenges conventional thinking, elevates product experiences, and helps define how artificial intelligence transforms both products and design teams.

Required Qualifications

• 12+ years of Product Design, UX, or User Experience leadership experience
• Proven track record designing and delivering commercial software products
• 7+ years leading Product Design teams, including experience managing managers and senior leaders
• Strong background in product design and user experience, beyond design operations or research alone
• Experience partnering directly with Product Management and Engineering leaders on product strategy
• Demonstrated success influencing executive stakeholders and driving organizational change
• Experience designing enterprise software, B2B SaaS products, technical software, or complex user workflows
• Experience incorporating AI capabilities into products and/or leveraging AI within design processes
• Outstanding communication, storytelling, and executive presentation skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience within engineering software, infrastructure technology, industrial software, construction technology, manufacturing software, CAD, GIS, or related industries
• Experience supporting large, multi-product software portfolios
• Expertise with Figma and modern design tool ecosystems
• Experience utilizing AI-powered design tools and workflows
• Experience building design systems and driving UX consistency across product portfolios
• Background working within highly matrixed global organizations

Responsibilities

Design Leadership & Strategy

• Define and execute the long-term product design vision and strategy across a large software portfolio
• Ensure design plays a meaningful role in product strategy, roadmap planning, and business decisions
• Champion design as a driver of customer outcomes, business value, and product differentiation
• Serve as a senior leader within a global design organization

Product Experience & Portfolio Design

• Lead design strategy across multiple enterprise software products
• Drive cohesive experiences and consistency across interconnected applications
• Partner closely with Product Management and Engineering leadership to influence strategic priorities and investments
• Evaluate products and workflows to ensure alignment with long-term business goals and user needs

AI & Innovation

• Define the organization's approach to AI-enabled user experiences
• Identify opportunities to embed AI capabilities that improve customer outcomes and productivity
• Drive adoption of AI-assisted design, research, and product development practices
• Establish best practices around AI-enabled design, governance, validation, trust, and transparency
• Help evolve design methodologies to effectively leverage AI while maintaining product quality and user-centered design principles

Organizational Leadership

• Lead and develop a global team of Product Designers, UX Researchers, Design Managers, and senior contributors
• Mentor future design leaders and strengthen organizational capabilities
• Foster a culture of innovation, accountability, collaboration, and continuous learning
• Build strong partnerships across Product, Engineering, Executive Leadership, and key business stakeholders

Executive Influence

• Operate as a strategic partner to senior Product and Engineering leaders
• Advocate for design at the executive level and communicate its business impact
• Demonstrate how design investments contribute to product success, user adoption, and business outcomes
• Influence decisions through collaboration, expertise, and leadership

Ideal Background: Senior Product Design leaders from enterprise software, B2B SaaS, engineering technology, industrial technology, construction technology, infrastructure software, or similarly complex product environments. Candidates should have experience scaling design organizations while remaining deeply connected to product strategy and customer experience.