Associate Director, AI Product Design

Job Description This role is focused on shaping, building, and scaling two very unique products, both leveraging emerging principles of AI Design and AI-ready design systems. In this role you'll define the core patterns, components, and interactions that ensure these tools are consistent, usable, accessible, and trustworthy at scale. Rather than designing one-off experiences, this role focuses on building durable systems that support ongoing evolution for our internal teams, and also for brands. This is an exciting and unique role that allows designers to span two different teams, to guide systems thinking, mentor other AI-forward designers, and further build out our AI Design capabilities. Location: New York office. Responsibilities Building and evolving two AI design systems: Define system-level patterns for AI interactions, states, and behaviors Create reusable components and standards that support multiple tools and audiences Ensure consistency across internal and client-facing AI products Establish governance for how AI capabilities are designed, extended, and maintained Designing platform-level AI experiences Design shared interaction models for generative, assistive, and automated capabilities Ensure AI features integrate cleanly into existing workflows and tools Design human-in-the-loop patterns as system defaults, not exceptions Account for scale, permissions, and role-based usage Embedding ethics, trust, and accessibility into the system Bake ethical safeguards, transparency, and explainability into system patterns Design guardrails that reduce bias, misuse, and over-automation across tools Ensure accessibility standards are built into components, flows, and defaults Reduce cognitive load and improve comprehension across AI-enabled experiences Partnering across teams to drive adoption Work closely with other disciplines, from product, content strategy, front and back-end development, as well as account and product management Align design decisions with technical constraints and business goals Communicate system intent and usage clearly to internal teams and clients Champion system consistency over one-off solutions Qualifications Systems and product design experience 7 to 9 years as an experience designer (hybrid UX/UI) with product experience and ownership of platforms or design systems Experience designing complex systems or enterprise products Proven ability to create systems that scale across teams and use cases AI and platform fluency Experience designing AI-powered tools or capabilities Comfort treating AI as an extensible system capability, not just a feature Strong understanding of human-centered AI principles Ethics and accessibility Practical experience embedding ethical considerations into product design Working knowledge of accessibility standards and inclusive design Ability to translate ethics and accessibility into reusable system patterns Judgment and collaboration Strong product judgment in ambiguous, fast-moving environments Clear communicator who can influence cross-functional partners Comfortable balancing long-term system health with near-term delivery Benefits Compensation Range: $106,780.00 - $170,937.00 annually. Benefit package includes: Medical coverage Dental coverage Vision coverage Disability coverage 401(k) plan Parental and family care leave Family formation assistance Tuition reimbursement Flexible time off All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines. #J-18808-Ljbffr