Capital One

Financial Services

Director,ProductDesign-AIinExperienceDesign

$230–263k McLean, Virginia, United States FULL TIME
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The Brief

“Director, Product Design - AI in Experience Design at Capital One. Skills: Product Design, Strategic Leadership. Build and own roadmaps across AI tooling. Evolve AI-enabled design process”

What You'll Achieve.

Build the Capital One brand; Drive business advantage; Drive innovation; Deliver measurable business value; Deliver experience excellence at scale

Industry & Context.

Financial Services
Problems you'll solve

Problem-Solving; Complex decision-making; Creative thinking

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

8 years of experience in product design

Nice to Have

10+ years of experience in product design, Experience leading a portfolio of work implementing AI processes and tools at scale in a design organization, Experience in a design toolkit that spans product design, service design, and content design, Expertise with AI assistants tools like Claude or Gemini, agentic development like Claude Code, state machine visualizers like Stately, XState, and assistive tools like Windsurf, Experience leading high-impact, highly complex projects from strategy through delivery to market, Experience partnering with product managers, engineers, marketing, and analytics leaders across multiple business lines to shape strategy, OKRs, roadmaps, and operating models, Experience working w

What You'll Do.

Build and own roadmaps across AI tooling

Evolve AI-enabled design process

Upskill AI-centric talent across Design

Define the vision of how Design works with

Implement AI in a player-coach role

Partner directly with Senior Executives

Focus on building a roadmap

Establish a definitive future vision for AI integration

Accelerate AI adoption across Experience Design

Architect and scale AI-driven design processes

Scale AI-driven tooling

Define required workforce transformation

Integrate new technical capabilities into operating model

Bridge the gap between high-level innovation and disciplined

Deliver measurable business value

Deliver experience excellence at scale

Elevate the quality of the design practice

Elevate the maturity of the design practice

Oversee use of appropriate tools

Oversee use of platforms

Oversee use of frameworks

Oversee use of design systems

Develop vision stories

Develop high-fidelity designs

Shape product direction

Shape product outcomes

Drive alignment with cross functional executive leaders

Ensure user needs are central to strategy

Solve complex problems

Recognize opportunities where customer needs and business goals

Reinforce importance of collecting diverse customer perspectives

Consider diverse customer perspectives throughout design process

Demonstrate mastery of products

Demonstrate mastery of processes

Demonstrate mastery of customers

Demonstrate mastery of competitors

Demonstrate mastery of industry trends

Predict shifts in products

Shape how Design should engage

Shape how Design should uncover

Shape how Design should solve significant business challenges

Drive cross-functional groups in thinking creatively about potential

Illuminate potential pitfalls

Foster shared build frameworks for complex decision-making

Enable effective debate

Accelerate getting to the right solutions

Connect the dots across the organization

Proactively bring together executive partners

Drive more coherent experiences

Elevate the value of design

Present work to executive leaders

Present work to stakeholders

Model a strategic human-centered approach

Integrate design frameworks

Integrate research insights

Make the complex accessible

Drive strategic direction

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Cross-functional partners; Cross functional executive leaders; Cross-functional groups; Executive partners

Communication Scope

Executive presentations; Stakeholder presentations

Process & Methodology

Roadmap planning

Full Job Description

Director, Product Design - AI in Experience Design ## About the Job: The Experience Design (XD) team at Capital One is at the forefront of enriching our customers’ digital and physical experiences and we are passionate about creating memorable, meaningful product experiences that build the Capital One brand with humanity and drive business advantage and innovation. We champion a thriving environment of collaboration, authenticity and healthy critique, in which we honor diversity of thought, create a culture of belonging, and elevate one another. If you’re a creative innovator who embraces an environment where you can experiment, learn, and change banking for good, we’d love to hear from you. ## Role Expectations The role is a part of our XD top of house team working closely with the SVP, Chief Design Officer and their Senior Leadership Team. This Director will be responsible for building and owning the roadmaps across AI tooling, AI-enabled design process evolution, and AI-centric talent upskilling across Design at Capital One. With a destination-backed mindset, this leader will play both a strategic role in defining the vision of how Design works with AI and also be a player-coach role model for what it looks like to implement it, day-to-day. Operating at the intersection of high-level strategy and hands-on execution, you will partner directly with Senior Executives across the Product, Engineering, and Design landscape across the experimentation and adoption curve in AI, and focus on building a roadmap that balances bold, big-picture thinking with immediate, actionable milestones. The mission is twofold: to establish a definitive future vision for AI integration and to act as a catalyst for accelerating AI adoption across the Experience Design organization and beyond, balancing both risk and fast-paced innovation. We are looking for a seasoned design veteran who carries the gravitas to influence the C-suite, possesses the organizational rigor of a program lead, and

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