Senior Director, User Experience

Later

Senior UX design leader unifying Later’s AI-powered influencer marketing products across Later Social, Later Influence, and Mavely. Building design systems, AI-native workflows, and a high-performing UX team for scalable product experiences.

Posted 8/18/2026full-timeRemote • California, Illinois, Massachusetts, New York, Washington • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates extensive experience in product design and UX, with a strong focus on leading design teams and integrating AI-assisted design into workflows. Proven ability to translate business strategy into actionable design roadmaps while ensuring high standards of user experience and accessibility.

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10+ Years In Product Design5+ Years Leading Design TeamsStrong Technical FluencyAI-Assisted Design ProficiencyExperience In B2B SaaS

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Hard Skills

Product DesignUX DesignPrototypingDesign SystemsUI/UX PatternsUser ResearchAccessibility StandardsData ModelsFrontend FrameworksSystems Thinking

Soft Skills

Facilitation SkillsCommunication SkillsMentoring SkillsStrategic ThinkingCollaboration

Tools & Technologies

AI Prototyping ToolsDesign-to-Code PipelinesAPI-Aware ArchitectureGenerative AIUsability Analysis

Industry Keywords

B2B SaaSMarketplace ProductsInfluencer MarketingCreator EconomySocial Commerce

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead design across Later’s product portfolio, spanning Later Influence, Later Social, and Mavely
Build and lead a team of 5–6 UX designers
Partner with approximately 10 product managers and an engineering organization of 100+ developers
Serve as a hands-on principal contributor on critical zero-to-one product bets
Turn business requirements into functional browser-based prototypes and drive rapid experimentation
Safeguard user experience on flagship launches through direct co-creation
Translate business strategy and customer insight into a design roadmap
Identify and resolve structural gaps across the product experience
Pioneer agentic UX workflows and build functional AI prototypes
Define UI/UX patterns for human-in-the-loop interactions, AI trust mechanisms, and agentic failure states
Integrate generative AI and computational design into product workflows
Lead, mentor, recruit, and develop UX designers
Partner with the CPO, CTO, product managers, and engineering leadership on product and technology strategy
Implement design tokens and AI-assisted design-to-code pipelines
Co-author scalable, API-aware front-end architecture strategies
Represent design in company-wide planning and prioritization
Set design craft, accessibility, usability, and quality standards
Establish repeatable user research and translate insights into product priorities
Drive AI-assisted prototyping, research synthesis, usability analysis, and design-to-development workflows

Requirements

What you’ll need

10+ years of experience in product design or UX
5+ years leading and growing a design team
Systems-thinking experience across multiple products or teams
Strong technical fluency and experience partnering with engineering on platform architecture, APIs, data models, frontend frameworks, and implementation tradeoffs
Experience building or scaling a design system, pattern library, or shared UX standards
Strong facilitation and communication skills
Experience presenting design direction to senior leadership and cross-functional stakeholders
Experience mentoring and developing designers at varying levels of seniority
Ability to balance hands-on craft with strategic, portfolio-level thinking
Demonstrated proficiency with AI-assisted design, prototyping, and development tools
Experience in B2B SaaS, marketplace, or platform products is a plus
Experience in influencer marketing, creator economy, or social/commerce-adjacent spaces is a bonus

Benefits

Comp & perks

Travel required 1–2 times per quarter
Permanent team members are eligible to participate in various benefits plans
Inclusion-first workplace culture
Equal opportunity employer
Recruitment accommodations or support available