About the position
Agiloft is seeking a strategic and visionary Vice President of Product Design to lead our global product design organization. In this senior leadership role, you will define and drive the design vision and user experience strategy across Agiloft’s products. Reporting to the Chief Product Officer, you will partner closely with product, engineering, marketing, and executive leadership to ensure our design practice delivers exceptional customer value and supports company growth. You will build and scale a world-class design team, foster a culture of innovation, inclusivity, and excellence, and be accountable for the performance, consistency, and impact of design across the product portfolio. If you're passionate about creating transformative experiences, leading global teams, and driving business outcomes through design, we’d love to hear from you.
Responsibilities
- Define and lead the strategic vision for product design at Agiloft, aligning user experience with company growth objectives and brand values.
- Serve as a key member of the product leadership team, shaping product strategy and roadmaps through the lens of user experience and customer empathy.
- Build, lead, and mentor a high-performing, globally distributed team of UX designers.
- Champion a design-led culture across the organization, advocating for design thinking, customer-centricity, and measurable user outcomes.
- Oversee and scale user research programs to deeply understand customer needs and validate product decisions.
- Establish and manage KPIs that quantify the impact of design on user satisfaction, adoption, retention, and business success.
- Ensure high-quality design execution through processes such as design reviews, critique sessions, and iterative delivery.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Engineering, and Marketing to deliver a cohesive and differentiated user experience.
- Develop and evolve scalable design systems and frameworks to support consistency, speed, and accessibility across all products.
- Act as a design ambassador externally, representing Agiloft’s design strategy in executive forums, customer meetings, and industry events.
- Manage headcount planning, hiring, and budget for the design function.
- Other duties as assigned
Requirements
- 10–15 years of experience in product and UX design, with 5+ years in senior design leadership roles at fast-scaling SaaS companies.
- Demonstrated success in scaling and mentoring design organizations in global, cross-functional environments.
- Proven ability to influence executive stakeholders and drive strategic initiatives across departments.
- Proven track record leading high-impact design teams and delivering successful enterprise-grade digital products.
- Deep understanding of user-centered design principles, design systems, and modern research and prototyping methodologies.
- Experience facilitating customer co-development and discovery workshops.
- Proficiency in UX/UI design tools such as Figma, Creative Cloud or other visual design, wireframing, and rapid prototyping tools.
- Deep understanding of front-end technologies and their impact on UX design (HTML, CSS, JavaScript frameworks).
- Excellent communication, presentation, and storytelling skills, with the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels.
- Experience working with distributed, multinational teams.
- Degree in HCI, Interaction Design, UX Design, or a related field.
Nice-to-haves
- Experience in legal tech, ERP, CRM, or complex enterprise software.
Benefits
- Support for healthy work/life balance, including floating holidays and a quarterly wellness day.
- Multiple Employee Resource Groups (ERGs).
