Director, Product Design - AI in Experience Design

Capital One Financial

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Work type
On-site
Location
McLean, VASan Francisco, CANew York, NY
Salary
$230,400–$263,000 / yr
Posted
21 days ago
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This role $247k
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This role pays more than 52% of similar roles. Most pay $205,000–$284,600 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $247k versus about $245k for comparable roles.

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About Capital One Financial

Capital One Financial is a bank holding company specializing in credit cards, auto loans, banking, and savings products, known for its data-driven approach to consumer and commercial finance. Industry: Financial Services & Banking

Capital One Financial currently has 998 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Director, Product Design - AI in Experience Design

Director, Product Design - AI in Experience Design joins the Experience Design team to lead the strategic integration of artificial intelligence into the design organization. This leader will own roadmaps for AI tooling, oversee the evolution of AI-enabled design processes, and drive talent upskilling across the department. Acting as both a strategist and a player-coach, the role involves partnering with executive leadership in product, engineering, and design to balance innovation with disciplined execution. Key responsibilities include architecting scalable workflows using tools like Claude, Gemini, and assistive IDEs such as Windsurf or Claude Code, while utilizing state machine visualizers like Stately and XState. The role addresses the challenge of integrating AI into a complex matrixed environment, ensuring that high-level innovation translates into tangible business value through human-centered design, vision stories, journey maps, and high-fidelity prototypes.

What you'll do

  • Build and own roadmaps for AI tooling, design process evolution, and talent upskilling across the organization.
  • Architect and scale AI-driven design processes using tools like Claude, Gemini, and assistive IDEs.
  • Define workforce transformation strategies to integrate new technical capabilities into the existing operating model.
  • Partner with executive leadership to bridge high-level innovation with disciplined execution for measurable business value.
  • Oversee and optimize the use of design systems, platforms, and frameworks to improve product quality.
  • Create infrastructure for design leaders to shape product direction using user insights and business data.
  • Act as a player-coach to model day-to-day implementation of AI integration across the design team.
  • Present complex design strategies and research findings to senior stakeholders to influence strategic direction.

What we're looking for

  • At least 8 years of experience in a product design role.
  • 10+ years of experience in a product design role (preferred).
  • Experience leading a portfolio of work implementing AI processes and tools at scale in a design organization (preferred).
  • Expertise with AI assistants, agentic development, state machine visualizers, and assistive tools (preferred).
  • Experience leading high-impact, complex projects from strategy through delivery to market (preferred).
  • Experience partnering with cross-functional leaders to shape strategy, OKRs, roadmaps, and operating models (preferred).
  • Proficiency in web and mobile technologies, design systems, and prototyping tools like Figma (preferred).
  • Exceptional skills in business case development, communication, and people management (preferred).

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