Director of Product Design

About The Role

Here at LNRS Insurance, our business goals and our product experiences are deeply connected. As such, product research and design are fundamental disciplines for translating high level business objectives into impactful product systems and user experiences. This role, Director of Product Design, is responsible for shaping the environment, strategy, and organizational conditions that allow exceptional product design and research to thrive at scale. You will lead and grow a team of product designers and researchers while ensuring they are empowered with the autonomy, trust, and support needed to solve meaningful business and user problems.

Requirements

• Deep experience leading and growing Product Design or UX Research/Design teams within product-driven organizations
• Passionate about building environments where designers and researchers can thrive creatively, strategically, and collaboratively
• Excellent stakeholder management skills with experience influencing senior leadership across product, technology, analytics, and business organizations
• Ability to balance team autonomy with accountability to quality, consistency, delivery expectations, and business outcomes
• Comfortable navigating ambiguity and helping teams create clarity around priorities, opportunities, and decision-making
• Athorough understanding of the design process as framed through the double diamond process model
• Strong coaching and mentorship capabilities with a proven track record of helping designers and researchers grow in both craft and strategic influence
• Identifies organizational friction points (not just design-related friction) and proactively improves processes, communication patterns, and team operations
• Brings calm, thoughtful leadership during periods of change, growth, and organizational complexity
• Advocates for customer-centered thinking while maintaining a strong understanding of business goals and operational realities
• Keeps a steady pulse on how best-in-class product organizations evolve their design and research practices and translates those learnings into scalable improvements for the team
• Experienced working within agile product organizations and cross-functional product teams
• Empowers your team to think strategically – to have the problem to solve and the autonomy to craft the solution

Qualifications

• 8+ years experience in Product Design, UX Design, or UX Research with multiple years of people leadership experience

Skills

• Experience with AI within workflows
• Strategic thinking and visioning
• Collaboration and teamwork
• Communication and presentation skills
• Project management
• Leadership and management

Benefits

LexisNexis Risk Solutions offers competitive compensation and benefits including:

• U.S. National Base Pay Range: $136,100 - $252,800
• Geographic differentials may apply in some locations to better reflect local market rates
• Annual incentive bonus eligibility
• Country-specific benefits

Pay

$136,100 - $252,800

Schedule

Hybrid