Air is a SaaS company building AI-native creative operations and digital asset management software. Its platform gives marketing, media, agency, retail, e-commerce, and product teams a central place to organize, search, edit, review, approve, and reuse creative assets. Air combines conversational search, automatic tagging, creative intelligence, AI-assisted design and bulk editing through Canvas, workflow and brand management tools, integrations, and enterprise security to help teams produce content more efficiently across channels.
Vice President of Design at Air (Remote, United States)
Lead UX, research, and design systems for Air’s AI-native enterprise readiness platform. Scale design teams and simplify complex operational workflows for government and industrial users.
Description
- Set the product design vision, UX strategy, and visual standards across Air’s enterprise product suite
- Develop design approaches for AI-native workflows, complex data visualizations, and decision-support systems in high-stakes operational environments
- Promote user-centered design practices and rigorous usability testing to simplify complex enterprise software workflows
- Collaborate with Product, Engineering, and Data leaders to align technical architecture and product roadmaps with user needs
- Build, mentor, and expand a design organization covering UI/UX, user research, design systems, and AI design
- Own the end-to-end design strategy for Air’s AI-native Enterprise Readiness platform
- Report to the CPTO
Requirements
- U.S. citizenship is required
- Bring 10–15 years of experience leading design teams in complex software environments, including at least 5 years in executive design leadership
- Demonstrate design leadership across AI-native platforms, complex analytics, or enterprise SaaS products
- Show a successful record of partnering with Product, Engineering, and Data Science executives
- Have deep expertise in human-computer interaction, user research methods, and complex workflow optimization
- Hold a bachelor’s or master’s degree in Design, Human-Computer Interaction, Computer Science, or equivalent practical experience
- Have experience working in a fast-growing startup environment
- Hold a current U.S. security clearance or be able to obtain one with sponsorship
- Have experience adapting design organizations to an AI-native software development lifecycle
- Bring experience designing solutions for defense, government, or public-sector agencies
- Have a background in complex supply chain, logistics, or industrial operations platforms
Benefits
- Up to 25% travel