Product Design Director Our Design & Research org brings together world-class designers and researchers with a unified purpose: to connect people to the news and information that matters most. Our integrated approach ensures that research insights directly shape design decisions, while design explorations reveal new research opportunities. We're a globally distributed team spearheading a digital transformation at Dow Jones, newly staffed by industry leaders from Google, LinkedIn, The New York Times, and more. About the Role We’re seeking a Product Design Director to lead a mid-size organization spanning a major product or business unit, setting portfolio-level strategy while building management bench strength. This role is for a senior leader ready to transform organizational needs into concrete design initiatives with measurable impact.
As a Product Design Director, you’ll partner with senior stakeholders including VPs and other directors to establish your team as strategic partners to the business. You’ll lead design managers and their teams,



creating systematic approaches to product design quality and talent development while building the organizational capability to deliver at scale. The Product Design Director will report to a Senior Director, VP, or SVP within the Design & Research organization.
This is a hybrid position, based in Barcelona.
You’ll own program-level outcomes that impact business objectives, translating organizational needs into concrete product design initiatives with measurable impact.
Build strategic partnerships with senior stakeholders including peer Directors, Sr. Create strategic thinking capability across your portfolio area, enabling managers to see beyond individual projects. You’ll establish partnerships with Data & AI and Research that inform portfolio strategy, building forums where teams propose program direction based on data-informed understanding of user behavior.
Champion design quality and business impact by setting benchmark

📌 Senior Director Service Design (Barcelona)
🏢 News
📍 Barcelona