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 benchmarks that inspire teams while remaining achievable. You’ll show how excellent design work drives user adoption and business success, creating frameworks that connect design quality to metrics your teams can actually influence.
12+ years of product design experience with 5+ years in leadership, including experience managing managers or leading complex organizational initiatives.
~ Excellence in stakeholder management with ability to influence and align senior leaders including VPs and C-level executives across multiple functions.
~ Strong organizational development skills including talent planning, performance management, succession planning, and building high-performing management teams.
~ Experience with design operations at scale, establishing processes, governance,



and infrastructure that enable design quality and efficiency across multiple teams.
~ Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in Design, HCI, or related field (advanced degree strongly preferred).

External visibility through speaking, writing, or industry leadership
Experience managing distributed general teams
Comprehensive Healthcare Plans for you and your family (paid by Dow Jones)
Extra paid Time Off (30 days of holidays/year)
Possibility to work remotely for 3 months/year (desplazamiento program) and one week of remote work per quarter
Well-being Resources (185€ allowance per quarter, Classpass, Spring Health, etc.)
Hone and Linkedin learning courses for your further development
For benefits-eligible roles, we offer a comprehensive and competitive benefits package covering health, retirement, wellbeing, and more, along with optional benefits to meet the diverse needs of our employees.
Equal Opportunity Employer All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status or any other protected characteristic. We strongly encourage applications from all qualified individuals, including women, people with disabilities, and those from underrepresented groups.
Reasonable Accommodation We are committed to providing reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities in our job application and/or interview process.

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