Director Design, Product Design & AI (m/f/d)

#### This is Edenspiekermann

We are Edenspiekermann, an independent design consultancy with 40+ years of experience helping world-leading organizations invent, build, and evolve their products.

Our interaction designers work in agile and interdisciplinary teams on websites and platforms for major brands as well as for startups. Our teams combine conceptual thinking, a sophisticated understanding of design and a deep knowledge of web and app development to develop a digital product or service with a user-centric approach. In doing so, we advise and coach our clients' teams to provide the best customer experience for their customers.

#### Description

We are looking for a hands-on Design Director to join our US team in a permanent, remote-first role based in Southern California. You will work primarily from home and be available to travel to client sites across the United States as engagements require. You will lead complex digital-product and design-system engagements across our portfolio, including work in regulated industries and global medical technology. AI will be a core part of how you explore, prototype, make decisions, and help teams deliver better work.

This is a senior client-facing role for someone who is excited by how AI is changing design and product development. You will set direction, stay close to the work, and help clients move from isolated experiments to useful AI-enabled products, workflows, and operating models. You will combine curiosity and speed with strong judgment about where human craft, review, and accountability matter.

#### Your Tasks

• Lead client engagements end-to-end, from initial framing and design direction through delivery, adoption, and continuous improvement.
• Translate user needs, business goals, brand intent, accessibility, engineering, content, and compliance requirements into clear product and system direction.
• Own the design quality of the work, balancing strategic clarity wi