VP, Product Design at Algolia

The role

The VP of Product Design leads Algolia's Application Layer and the Satellite design component library to ensure consistency and velocity across all products. This leader oversees the surfaces where developers and business teams build, configure, and optimize search and AI experiences. The role focuses on bridging the gap between AI ease-of-use and deterministic control for customers.

What you'll do

• Define the product design vision and strategy for the entire application experience.
• Establish company-wide AI design standards for agentic user interfaces and interaction patterns.
• Manage the Satellite Design System as a product including roadmap and governance.
• Lead and scale a technical design organization comprising designers and engineers.
• Maintain a high quality bar for usability and performance across all product releases.
• Partner with executive leadership to translate design impact into business terms.

What you'll bring

• Over 15 years of product design experience with 6 years in leadership roles.
• Proven track record of shipping AI-powered product experiences and agentic interfaces.
• Strong technical depth in front-end fundamentals and LLM behavior constraints.
• Experience building or scaling design systems with significant cross-organizational adoption.
• Proficiency in using AI tools daily to modernize personal and team workflows.

Your impact

The VP of Product Design will transform Algolia's infrastructure into outcome-driven growth by owning the application layer strategy. This leader will enable thousands of companies to direct intelligent systems reaching billions of end users while evolving the design system to accelerate shipping speeds. Success is measured by improved developer adoption, system performance, and the seamless integration of AI-native capabilities into the platform.