Product Design Lead, Core Experiences

TL;DR

Product Design Lead, Core Experiences: Defining and scaling communication systems across Expedia's ecosystem, ensuring travelers receive the right message at the right moment. Focus on improving traveler and partner experiences through AI-driven systems and ensuring high-quality implementation of designs that align with technical, platform, and business constraints.

Location: Must be based in Seattle, Washington, United States

Salary: $173,000.00 to $242,500.00

Company

hirify.global brands power global travel for everyone, everywhere by designing cutting-edge tech to make travel smoother and more memorable.

What you will do

• Lead end-to-end experience design for traveler and partner journeys across core experiences.
• Translate business problems, data insights, and customer needs into clear design hypotheses and flows.
• Create and evolve interaction models, information architecture, and detailed UX deliverables.
• Partner with Product, Engineering, Research, Data, and Content teams to define requirements.
• Advocate for design standards, accessibility, and design systems usage.
• Apply familiarity with AI-driven systems to improve traveler and partner experiences.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Design, Human-Computer Interaction, or a related field.
• 7 - 10+ years designing digital product experiences, with experience in scaling complex systems.
• Experience delivering digital products as a UX or product designer.
• Proficiency in UX skills including user flows, interaction design, information architecture, and prototyping.
• Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams to ship designs.
• Familiarity with AI-driven systems and applying AI/ML concepts to real-world product problems.

Nice to have

• Experience owning end-to-end design for a domain area or journey.
• Demonstrated ability to use qualitative and quantitative data and A/B testing to refine designs.
• Experience working with or contributing to design systems.
• Experience designing for or alongside AI‑enabled features.
• Advanced proficiency in prototyping complex experiences.

Culture & Benefits

• Full benefits package, including travel perks and generous time off.
• Flexible work model.
• Career development resources.
• Wellness & travel reimbursement.
• Travel discounts.