Director of UX & AI-Driven Experiences

Levi Strauss & Co.; United States; Remote; USD 149,000 - 245,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Base pay equity

Incentive plans

401(k) matching

Paid leave

Health insurance

Product discounts

Job summary

Levi Strauss & Co. seeks a visionary User Experience Design leader to shape the future of technology across our global retail, e-commerce, and internal platforms.

You will set the UX strategy and champion end-user needs while partnering with product, engineering, merchandising, marketing, and brand creative teams. Leading a 12-person design team, you will drive design excellence, influence roadmaps, and align senior leaders around innovative ideas.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in UX or product design with global e-commerce/retail.
• 5 years of people management experience.
• Experience with AI prototyping and coding tools.
• Experience across web, app, and in-store channels.
• Collaborative across organizational boundaries, domains, and geographies.
• Portfolio showing leadership and business impact.

Responsibilities

• Set and transform UX strategy across Levi's products and services.
• Champion design thinking and UX best practices across the organization.
• Lead design quality standards and design system governance.
• Tie design work to business metrics like conversion and productivity.
• Lead AI-powered experiences and explain AI to users.
• Recruit and retain an exceptional UX team.

Skills

UX leadership

Product design

Design thinking

Cross-functional collaboration

Storytelling

Education

BA/BS in Design or related field

Tools

Lovable

GitHub Copilot

Claude Code

Job description

Levi Strauss & Co. seeks a visionary User Experience Design leader to shape the future of technology across our global retail, e-commerce, and internal platforms.

You will set the UX strategy and champion end-user needs while partnering with product, engineering, merchandising, marketing, and brand creative teams. Leading a 12-person design team, you will drive design excellence, influence roadmaps, and align senior leaders around innovative ideas.