Head of Product Design

The Washington Post•Washington, DC

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Washington Post is looking for a design leader with exceptional taste, product intuition, and a point of view about the future of interfaces. This isn’t only a role for someone who wants to manage a design team; it’s for someone who wants to shape how journalism is experienced globally. You will define how millions of people engage with news in a world being reshaped by AI, platform disruption, and declining trust in high-quality information and expertise. You will help transform The Post into a portfolio of products more adaptive, more human, and more essential to daily life than ever before. Few roles offer this level of influence over such an important product category that does so much for the public good at such a critical time for the industry and the world.

Requirements

A portfolio of work that has set standards or redefined categories, not just followed them.
Exceptional taste and a strong point of view on product, interaction, and form.
A track record of building products people love, not just use.
Experience leading and scaling high-performing design teams, without losing proximity to craft.
Deep understanding of systems, but equal strength in moments., the details that make products feel alive.
Comfort operating in ambiguity and shaping direction, not waiting for it.
A perspective on how AI will change interfaces, not just features.
Sensitivity to storytelling, pacing, typography, and the emotional arc of experiences.

Responsibilities

Define the experience of The Washington Post. Not just how it looks, but how it feels, behaves, and earns attention every day.
Set a new bar for product quality and craft. Raise the standard across interaction, visual design, motion, and storytelling.
Operate as a player–coach. Lead a world-class team, but stay close to the work—personally shaping critical experiences and setting the bar.
Co-own product direction. Work alongside Product, Engineering, and Editorial leadership, with design as a primary driver of what we build—not just how it looks.
Invent new ways to experience journalism. Go beyond articles and feeds by exploring AI-native interfaces, personalization, immersive storytelling, and new interaction models.
Unify the system. Create a cohesive experience across web, mobile, audio, video, newsletters, and emerging platforms, so The Post feels unmistakable everywhere.
Build for trust. Translate editorial rigor into experiences that are clear, intuitive, and worthy of users’ time and belief.