# Head of Product Design

**Company:** [Suno](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/suno)
**Location:** Los Angeles, CA, New York, NY
**Role:** Product Design
**Salary:** $280k – $340k/yr
**Experience:** 10+ years
**Skills:** Figma, Sketch, Design Systems, Ux Research, Product Design, Design Engineering, Prototyping, User Testing, Qualitative Research, Quantitative Analysis
**Posted:** 2026-04-21

> Leads Product Design, Design Engineering, and UX Research teams to define vision, partner with Product/Engineering, build high-performing teams, and deliver intuitive user experiences for a consumer AI music platform. Requires 10+ years design experience with leadership in scaling teams and shipping products at scale.

## Job Description

## What You’ll Do

### Design Leadership and Vision
- Set and articulate a clear design vision that aligns with company strategy and product roadmap
- Ensure the design team is working on the most important company initiatives
- Champion a high bar for craft, usability, and emotional resonance across all product surfaces
- Balance speed, experimentation, and polish in a fast-moving environment
- Be a hands-on design leader who’s willing to use the tools to help push forward a vision

### Product Partnership
- Partner deeply with Product and Engineering leadership to shape product direction from early concept through launch
- Drive user-centered decision-making using qualitative and quantitative insights
- Influence prioritization and trade-offs with a strong product and business mindset

### Team Building and Management
- Build, scale, and mentor a high-performing product design and design engineering team
- Establish clear career paths, feedback loops, and growth frameworks for designers
- Foster a culture of ownership, collaboration, and continuous improvement
- Hire exceptional design talent

### Design Systems and Process
- Own and evolve the design system to support rapid iteration and consistency at scale
- Define lightweight design processes that integrate seamlessly with product and engineering workflows
- Ensure design quality stays high as the product and team grow

### Research and Insight
- Partner with research to deeply understand user needs, behaviors, and mental models
- Ensure research insights meaningfully inform product strategy and design decisions
- Advocate for testing, learning, and iteration throughout the product lifecycle

## What You’ll Need

### Experience
- 10+ years of product design experience, with several years leading and scaling design teams
- Experience building and shipping consumer technology products at scale
- Strong background working closely with product and engineering leaders
- Experience in AI-driven, creative tools, or complex technical products is a plus

### Skills and Attributes
- Exceptional taste and a strong point of view on design quality
- Systems thinker who can zoom out to strategy and in to details
- Comfortable operating in ambiguity and moving fast
- Strong communicator who can articulate design rationale to diverse audiences
- Empathetic leader who develops talent and builds trust
- Product-minded designer who cares deeply about outcomes, not just aesthetics

## Compensation
- $280,000 to $340,000 base salary (before equity)
- Company Equity Package
- 401(k) with 3% Employer Match & Roth 401(k)
- Medical, Dental, & Vision Insurance (PPO w/ HSA & FSA options)
- 11 Paid Holidays + Unlimited PTO & Sick Time
- 16 Weeks of Paid Parental Leave
- Creative Education Stipend
- Generous Commuter Allowance
- In-Office Lunch (5 days per week)

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