Head of Product Design

About Our Team The Washington Post is powered by the passion and talent of our people. It takes all of us to reinvent news. Beyond our award‑winning Newsroom and Opinions teams, we work across many departments, including Brand & Events, Communications, Customer Care, Engineering & Product, Finance, Human Resources, Legal, Marketing & Advertising, Print Operations, and Sales. Why This Role Matters We’re looking for a design leader with exceptional taste, product intuition, and a point of view about the future of interfaces. This isn’t just a role for someone who wants to manage a design team; it’s for someone who wants to shape how journalism is experienced globally. You will define how millions of people engage with news in a world reshaped by AI, platform disruption, and declining trust in high‑quality information and expertise. You will help transform The Post into a portfolio of products that is more adaptive, more human, and more essential to daily life than ever before. What Motivates You You like to redefine an important product category, shape experiences that inform, empower, and build trust at scale, build something enduring at the intersection of technology, media, and democracy, care deeply about craft, believe interfaces are changing, and want to work on something that actually matters. How You'll Support the Mission Define the experience of The Washington Post—how it looks, feels, behaves, and earns attention every day. Set a new bar for product quality and craft across interaction, visual design, motion, and storytelling. Operate as a player‑coach: lead a world‑class team while staying close to the work and shaping critical experiences. Co‑own product direction and work alongside Product, Engineering, and Editorial leadership, with design as a primary driver of what we build. Invent new ways to experience journalism by exploring AI‑native interfaces, personalization, immersive storytelling, and new interaction models. Unify the system by creating a cohesive experience across web, mobile, audio, video, newsletters, and emerging platforms. Build for trust by translating editorial rigor into experiences that are clear, intuitive, and worthy of users’ time and belief. Skills and Experience You Bring A portfolio of work that has set standards or redefined categories, not just followed them. Exceptional taste and a strong point of view on product, interaction, and form. A track record of building products people love, not just use. Experience leading and scaling high‑performing design teams while maintaining proximity to craft. Deep understanding of systems with equal strength in moments that make products feel alive. Comfort operating in ambiguity and shaping direction, not waiting for it. A perspective on how AI will change interfaces, not just features. Sensitivity to storytelling, pacing, typography, and the emotional arc of experiences. Compensation and Benefits Salary range: $159,100 – $265,100 Annual. The actual salary will depend on skills, experience, and qualifications. This position may be eligible for a bonus or incentive program, discussed with the Talent Acquisition team during the interview process. Benefits include: Competitive medical, dental, and vision coverage; company‑paid pension and 401(k) match; three weeks of vacation and up to three weeks of paid sick leave; nine paid holidays and two personal days; 20 weeks paid parental leave for any new parent; robust mental health resources; backup care and caregiver concierge services; gender‑affirming services; pet insurance; free Post digital subscription; leadership and career‑development programs. Benefits may vary based on the job, full‑time or part‑time schedule, location, and collectively bargained status. Work location: With certain exceptions for newsgathering and business travel, we work on‑site five days a week. #J-18808-Ljbffr The Washington Post