1Password is hiring a Senior Staff Product Designer – AI to define the vision and design excellence for how we harness artificial intelligence securely. In this cross-organizational leadership role, you will blend systems thinking with hands-on practice to deliver cohesive and responsible AI experiences at scale.
What You'll Do
- Define and lead the multi-product UX vision for AI, aligning teams around cohesive principles.
- Shape design strategy for both “AI for Security” and “Security for AI”.
- Influence company-wide AI strategy, partnering with executive and technical leaders to define frameworks.
- Connect and scale design work across multiple product areas, ensuring consistency and coherence.
- Mentor and guide Staff and Senior Designers, strengthening systems-level thinking and ethical AI design practices.
- Champion evidence-based design, fostering close partnerships with Research and Data Science.
- Evolve AI design principles and toolkits for 1Password’s design system.
- Represent the design org externally and internally, sharing thought leadership.
- Drive culture change, helping the EDR team adopt new AI-enhanced design workflows.
What We're Looking For
- 10+ years of product design experience, with deep expertise in end-to-end product strategy, systems thinking, and leading multi-track design initiatives.
- Proven success designing and shipping AI-powered experiences (e.g., generative AI, predictive UX, LLM-powered assistants, ML-driven automation).
- Strong understanding of intelligent system behavior — ability to design for non-deterministic outcomes, explainability, and human-AI collaboration.
- Demonstrated ability to operate at both strategic and tactical levels, translating company vision into actionable design roadmaps.
- Deep commitment to ethical and inclusive AI, ensuring privacy, transparency, and accessibility.
- Exceptional storytelling and facilitation skills; ability to drive alignment across senior stakeholders.
- A strong portfolio showcasing high-impact design work, demonstrating thought leadership, conceptual rigor, and system-level influence.
- Proven experience mentoring Staff and Senior Designers, nurturing design maturity and strategic impact across teams.
- Comfortable influencing executives and cross-org partners through a mix of design evidence, research insights, and customer empathy.
- A growth mindset and desire to pioneer responsible AI design practices in a fast-moving domain.
Nice to Have
- Experience shaping company-wide design systems or AI interaction patterns across multiple products.
- Familiarity with AI model lifecycle design — from data curation to user feedback loops and explainability.
- Prior experience in security, developer tools, or enterprise SaaS environments.
- Published thought leadership on AI UX, ethics, or product design strategy (talks, writing, or open-source work).
Team & Environment
You will be a cross-organizational design leader within the EDR organization.
Benefits & Compensation
- Health and dental benefits
- 401k (USA) / RRSP (Canada)
- Generous PTO policy
- Equity grant
- Incentive programs (where applicable)
- Maternity and parental leave top-up programs
- Paid volunteer days
- Peer-to-peer recognition through Bonusly
- Free 1Password account
- USA compensation: $204,000 USD - $276,000 USD annually + equity grant.
- Canada compensation: $175,000 CAD - $237,000 CAD annually + equity grant.
Work Mode
This is a local-country position open to candidates in Canada and the US. 1Password is a remote-first company.
1Password is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to fostering an inclusive, diverse and equitable workplace built on trust, support and respect. We welcome all individuals and do not discriminate on the basis of gender identity and expression, race, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, colour, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, marital status, pregnancy, sex, citizenship, education, languages spoken or veteran status.
