Head of Design

About Vogo Vogo is a global travel platform that brings all types of accommodations into one place, making it easy for travelers to find the perfect stay.

From downtown hotels and luxury resorts to private vacation rentals and remote cabins, Vogo offers the widest selection of accommodations worldwide. Vogo's proprietary technology then scans billions of data points to surface the best deals across millions of properties, streamlining discovery, and booking for every traveler.

Since launching out of Wilbur Labs in 2018, Vogo has rapidly become one of the most trusted travel platforms globally, surpassing $1 billion in gross bookings in just two years. Vogo is headquartered in Dallas and led by a team of travel industry veterans.

About this Role Vogo is seeking a Head of Design to lead and scale our product design organization across core traveler experiences. This role combines hands-on design leadership with people management, mentorship, and cross-functional partnership to help shape the future of Vogo’s consumer experience across web, iOS, and Android.

You will manage and mentor a team of designers while also driving high-impact strategic initiatives across discovery, booking, loyalty, post-booking, and traveler engagement experiences. You’ll play a critical role in elevating design quality, strengthening design systems, improving team processes, and helping build a strong user-centered culture across the company.

The ideal candidate is an experienced product design leader with exceptional craft, strong systems thinking, and a passion for mentoring designers and building high-performing teams. You are comfortable moving between strategic leadership and hands-on execution in a fast-paced environment.

This role reports directly to the Chief Product Officer. This is a full-time hybrid position, based in Dallas.

Role & Responsibilities: Design Leadership

Manage, mentor, and grow a team of product designers across multiple product areas Provide regular design critiques, coaching, and career development support to elevate overall team quality and effectiveness

Foster a strong culture of craft, collaboration, user empathy, and continuous improvement

Help establish scalable design processes, rituals, and operating frameworks across the organization

Product & Experience Design

Lead mobile-first design initiatives crafting intuitive, high-quality experiences across iOS, Android, and web platforms that feel native, performant, and cohesive

Drive end-to-end product design from concept through launch, influencing product strategy and business outcomes

Translate complex user needs and business requirements into elegant, intuitive user experiences

Ensure high-quality interaction design, visual design, motion, and UX consistency across the customer journey

Partner closely with Product, Engineering, Marketing and Operations teams to shape product direction and execution

Design Systems & UX Excellence

Help evolve and scale Vogo’s design system, component libraries, tokens, documentation, and UX standards

Establish consistent patterns and scalable frameworks across platforms and product surfaces

Champion accessibility, responsive design principles, usability, and design quality across all experiences

Drive alignment between brand expression, product usability, and business goals

User Research & Customer Understanding

Champion a user-centered design process and advocate for research-backed decision-making across the organization

Guide and support UX research efforts including interviews, usability testing, surveys, and behavioral analysis

Synthesize customer insights into actionable product and design opportunities

Partner with analytics and product teams to incorporate qualitative and quantitative insights into decision-making

Cross-Functional Leadership

Collaborate closely with PMs and Engineering leaders to define product strategy, priorities, and roadmap direction

Facilitate alignment across stakeholders while balancing customer needs, business goals, and technical constraints

Present design strategy, rationale, and outcomes clearly to executive leadership and cross-functional teams

Minimum Qualifications: 7+ years of product design experience with a strong portfolio demonstrating strategic thinking and exceptional execution

2+ years of experience managing or mentoring product designers

Proven experience leading complex, high-impact consumer product initiatives across mobile and web platforms

Strong portfolio showcasing UX, visual design, interaction design, systems thinking, and product strategy

Experience working on consumer-facing products with significant user impact

Deep proficiency in Figma and modern product design workflows

Strong understanding of design systems, accessibility, responsive design, and mobile UX best practices

Demonstrated ability to balance multiple priorities and lead effectively in fast-moving environments

Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and presentation skills

Strong collaboration skills with Product, Engineering, and cross-functional partners

Portfolio demonstrating strong design thinking and execution required

Preferred Qualifications & Prior Experience: Experience designing travel, marketplace, ecommerce, fintech, or subscription-based consumer products

Strong eye for brand cohesion and understanding of balancing creative expression with product usability and brand integrity

Prior startup experience working in high-growth, fast-paced environments

Experience building and scaling design systems across teams and platforms

Experience leading or contributing to user research programs and experimentation initiatives

Comfort experimenting with emerging AI capabilities while maintaining a high bar for quality and craft

Ability to move fluidly between ambiguity, strategy, and hands-on execution

In-house product experience strongly preferred

Benefits & Perks: Competitive salary + equity

Top-tier laptop provided

100% company-paid health benefits for base plan coverage, with the option to upgrade to higher-tier plans

401(k) with company match

Unlimited, guilt-free vacation days

Annual wellness stipend (gym + other wellness activities)

Monthly house cleaning stipend

Annual travel allowance

Monthly cell phone & internet usage stipend

Charity donation company match

Employee referral bonus

Team offsites/activities