VP, User Experience at Later

Role Overview

The Vice President of User Experience will lead design across Later's product portfolio, including Later Influence, Later Social, and Mavely. Reporting to the Chief Product Officer, this remote leadership role focuses on building a cohesive, AI-powered product experience while managing a team of five to six designers.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a high-performing team of UX designers toward an AI-native mindset
• Embed as a hands-on contributor for critical zero-to-one product initiatives and prototypes
• Architect UI/UX patterns for agentic workflows and human-in-the-loop AI interactions
• Partner with executive leadership to align design investment with company strategy and roadmaps
• Implement robust design tokens and AI-assisted pipelines to accelerate engineering delivery
• Establish a lightweight and repeatable approach to user research grounded in customer behavior

Requirements Snapshot

• At least 12 years of experience in product design with 8 years in leadership
• Proven expertise in systems thinking across multiple product lines or workstreams
• Strong technical fluency in platform architecture, APIs, and frontend frameworks
• Demonstrated proficiency with AI-assisted design and rapid prototyping tools
• Experience building and scaling design systems within a B2B SaaS environment

Expected Impact

Within the first year, the VP will unify Later's fragmented product experience into a cohesive portfolio supported by a shared design system. By integrating AI-assisted workflows, the role will materially shorten the path from customer problem to validated solution, establishing UX as a primary driver of business growth and product consistency.