VP, Experience Design

Velir

. Report to the Chief Creative & Innovation Officer and represent the full creative, strategy, and data remit on pursuits .

Posted 11/4/2026full-timeRemote • Massachusetts • United StatesLead💰 $225,000 - $245,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in leading experience design teams and delivering integrated solutions that combine design, content, data, and technology. Proven ability to embed AI use cases into design practices while maintaining high-quality standards and achieving measurable business outcomes.

Highest-signal resume keywords

Experience Design LeadershipAI-Enabled Client ExperiencesIntegrated Work SellingFinalist Presentation SuccessEnterprise-Scale Design Shipping

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Hard Skills

Experience DesignInteraction DesignVisual DesignData-Driven Decision MakingAI Use Case ImplementationResearch-Led DesignDesign Delivery EconomicsCreative Concept DevelopmentClient Business Metrics ConnectionFinalist Presentation Strategy

Soft Skills

Strong Written CommunicationRelationship BuildingTrusted Advisor CapabilityStrategic ThinkingClear Recommendations

Tools & Technologies

SitecoreOptimizelyAdobe Experience ManagerDrupalAI Tools

Industry Keywords

Governance StructuresNonprofitsHealthcare SystemsFinancial ServicesUniversities

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AEMDrupalSitecore

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Report to the Chief Creative & Innovation Officer and represent the full creative, strategy, and data remit on pursuits
Lead the largest pursuits as the CCIO’s stand-in, owning response strategy, win theme, creative and experience concept, and finalist presentation from RFP to decision
Present integrated offerings across experience strategy, content intelligence, data, and technology
Shape solutions with sales and land development leads, including scope, phasing, team, and estimate assumptions
Build go/no-go cases on new opportunities, covering fit, winnability, creative investment, and trade-offs
Build lasting relationships with client executives and serve as a trusted advisor
Package practice capabilities into offerings and maintain the pursuit toolkit with case studies, references, concept work, and published points of view
Represent the design point of view at industry events and with DXP platform partners
Run an AI use-case pipeline across UX and UI delivery, measure results, and establish guardrails and review standards
Bring AI-enabled experience concepts into pursuits and accounts and build design patterns for trust, uncertainty, failure states, and human handoff
Own design delivery economics, including utilization, margin, and staffing shape, and recommend tooling and hiring decisions
Maintain the practice quality bar, measure performance, and document standards and decisions

Requirements

What you’ll need

Proven track record as an idea-led, concept-driven creative with a supporting portfolio
10+ years of experience leading experience design teams, a practice, studio, or business unit with accountability for growth and operational metrics
Track record of leading and winning finalist presentations on $1M+ engagements as the senior person in the room
Experience selling integrated work spanning design, content, data, and technology
Experience shipping enterprise-scale experience design on a DXP such as Sitecore, Optimizely, Adobe Experience Manager, or Drupal
Experience with organizations with layered governance, such as associations, nonprofits, healthcare systems, financial services firms, or universities
Experience leading both UX and UI/visual design teams
Personal craft in research-led interaction design and high-quality visual and brand expression
Demonstrated success embedding AI use cases into a design team’s daily practice, with measurable before-and-after results
Experience designing or selling AI-enabled client experiences, including approaches to trust and failure states
Daily hands-on use of AI tools and ability to explain their strengths and limits to skeptical clients
Ability to connect recommendations to client business metrics such as revenue, membership, cost to serve, and risk
Strong written communication and clear recommendations backed by options, numbers, and risk
Client executive references from competitively won engagements
Ability to travel up to 25%
Must not require employer sponsorship; Velir cannot accept candidates on OPT or CPT

Benefits

Comp & perks

Remote-first company
Competitive pay
Excellent benefits
Equal opportunity employer committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion
Reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities
Travel required up to 25%