VP, Product Design
Core
Lead product design vision and strategy for Algolia's Application Layer, designing interfaces where humans direct, constrain, and supervise agentic AI systems while building an AI-native design organization.
Role type
VP of Product Design (AI-native, technical leadership)
Builds
Application layer surfaces for developers and business teams to configure search & AI experiences; Satellite design system evolved for conversational & agentic interfaces.
Domain
B2B Developer Platform / Search & Product Discovery / Agentic AI
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
Product design vision & strategy, AI-native design leadership (agentic/conversational/generative), technical depth (React, component architecture, APIs, LLM behavior), complex technical application experience, design system ownership, executive partnership, team scaling & leadership development
Preferred skills
Search domain experience (discovery, e-commerce), design engineering background, published thinking on AI design patterns
Technologies
React, design tokens, LLM-based systems, AI-assisted design workflows
Responsibilities
Define product design vision tied to customer outcomes (adoption, performance), establish AI design standards (trust, transparency, human-in-the-loop), run Satellite Design System as a product with roadmap and governance, build and lead a technical product design org, partner with Product/Engineering/GTM leadership
Seniority
Executive (VP), hands-on IC with management of managers
