Product Design Lead Jobs in Tennessee
Product Design Lead jobs in Tennessee are open across Nashville, Greeneville, and Sparta and other Tennessee metros, with employers like Genesco, Affirm, and Asurion hiring at every experience level. Find a role that fits below and apply directly.
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About the Role
We are looking for a Senior Product Designer to shape customer experiences across all our partners through a scalable platform. You will lead and own high-impact design strategy work that connects digital tools, associate workflows, services, and physical store moments into intuitive end-to-end experiences.
This is a hands-on design leadership role for someone who can move from strategy to execution, partner across Product, Engineering, Research, Retail Operations, Marketing, and Analytics, and use research, data, and AI-powered design approaches to deliver measurable customer and business outcomes. You will help define how AI enhances both the design process and the experiences we create, ensuring solutions remain intuitive, accessible, and human-centered.
- Lead experience outcomes across major partners. Own end-to-end design for partner customer journeys, and strategic initiatives from discovery and service selection through support, checkout, and engagement.
- Design cohesive experiences. Define cohesive experience strategy across digital, physical, and service touchpoints.
- Translate insight into actionable priorities. Use research, data, journey mapping, prototyping, and testing to identify customer and associate needs and turn them into actionable, scalable solutions.
- Drive cross-functional alignment. Work with product, engineering, research, analytics, marketing, training, and retail operations to align priorities and deliver high-quality, consumer-first experiences.
- Influence leaders and roadmap priorities. Define quarterly experience direction for customer domain and influence roadmap priorities through evidence-based storytelling, customer insights, and design rationale.
- Prototype, test, and iterate. Validate concepts early, measure outcomes, and refine designs to improve usability, satisfaction, conversion, retention, or operational efficiency.
- Raise the design bar. Set visual and interaction standards, contribute to design systems, and provide critique and coaching to elevate craft quality.
What You'll Bring
- Substantial experience in product design, UX, service design, or customer experience design, with a portfolio showing shipped work and measurable impact.
- Experience leading major, complex, cross-functional initiatives spanning multiple teams and product areas.
- Strong UX/UI craft, including information architecture, interaction design, visual design, accessibility, and responsive design.
- Strong user-centered design practice, including research synthesis, journey mapping, prototyping, usability testing, and iteration.
- Ability to balance customer needs, associate workflows, business outcomes, technical feasibility, and store operating realities.
- Experience with design systems, reusable patterns, component-based design, and design handoff in partnership with engineering.
- Demonstrated ability to influence leadership through clear design strategy, storytelling, and well-framed tradeoffs.
- Experience mentoring designers and elevating team capability through critique, coaching, and sponsorship.
Strategic Leadership
- Defines experience strategy for a customer domain.
- Identifies systemic opportunities across journeys and channels.
- Resolves competing priorities using customer, business, and operational data.
- Creates clarity and momentum in ambiguous problem spaces.
- Influences organizational decisions without formal authority.
- Drives measurable customer and business outcomes.
Preferred Experience
- Experience defining multi-quarter experience strategy.
- Experience influencing Leadership decisions.
- Track record driving strategic change across a product area.
- Experience sponsoring or developing emerging design leaders.
Preferred Experience
- Uses AI-assisted workflows to accelerate research, synthesis, ideation, and prototyping.
- Applies AI tools to improve design quality and team effectiveness.
- Evaluates opportunities for AI-enabled customer and associate experiences.
About the Role
We are looking for a Senior Product Designer to shape customer experiences across all our partners through a scalable platform. You will lead and own high-impact design strategy work that connects digital tools, associate workflows, services, and physical store moments into intuitive end-to-end experiences.
This is a hands-on design leadership role for someone who can move from strategy to execution, partner across Product, Engineering, Research, Retail Operations, Marketing, and Analytics, and use research, data, and AI-powered design approaches to deliver measurable customer and business outcomes. You will help define how AI enhances both the design process and the experiences we create, ensuring solutions remain intuitive, accessible, and human-centered.
- Lead experience outcomes across major partners. Own end-to-end design for partner customer journeys, and strategic initiatives from discovery and service selection through support, checkout, and engagement.
- Design cohesive experiences. Define cohesive experience strategy across digital, physical, and service touchpoints.
- Translate insight into actionable priorities. Use research, data, journey mapping, prototyping, and testing to identify customer and associate needs and turn them into actionable, scalable solutions.
- Drive cross-functional alignment. Work with product, engineering, research, analytics, marketing, training, and retail operations to align priorities and deliver high-quality, consumer-first experiences.
- Influence leaders and roadmap priorities. Define quarterly experience direction for customer domain and influence roadmap priorities through evidence-based storytelling, customer insights, and design rationale.
- Prototype, test, and iterate. Validate concepts early, measure outcomes, and refine designs to improve usability, satisfaction, conversion, retention, or operational efficiency.
- Raise the design bar. Set visual and interaction standards, contribute to design systems, and provide critique and coaching to elevate craft quality.
What You'll Bring
- Substantial experience in product design, UX, service design, or customer experience design, with a portfolio showing shipped work and measurable impact.
- Experience leading major, complex, cross-functional initiatives spanning multiple teams and product areas.
- Strong UX/UI craft, including information architecture, interaction design, visual design, accessibility, and responsive design.
- Strong user-centered design practice, including research synthesis, journey mapping, prototyping, usability testing, and iteration.
- Ability to balance customer needs, associate workflows, business outcomes, technical feasibility, and store operating realities.
- Experience with design systems, reusable patterns, component-based design, and design handoff in partnership with engineering.
- Demonstrated ability to influence leadership through clear design strategy, storytelling, and well-framed tradeoffs.
- Experience mentoring designers and elevating team capability through critique, coaching, and sponsorship.
Strategic Leadership
- Defines experience strategy for a customer domain.
- Identifies systemic opportunities across journeys and channels.
- Resolves competing priorities using customer, business, and operational data.
- Creates clarity and momentum in ambiguous problem spaces.
- Influences organizational decisions without formal authority.
- Drives measurable customer and business outcomes.
Preferred Experience
- Experience defining multi-quarter experience strategy.
- Experience influencing Leadership decisions.
- Track record driving strategic change across a product area.
- Experience sponsoring or developing emerging design leaders.
Preferred Experience
- Uses AI-assisted workflows to accelerate research, synthesis, ideation, and prototyping.
- Applies AI tools to improve design quality and team effectiveness.
- Evaluates opportunities for AI-enabled customer and associate experiences.
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Where Tennessee roles are concentrated, by current openings.
Product Design Lead Job Market in Tennessee
A snapshot from current Tennessee openings, updated as new roles post.
Who's Hiring
- Genesco9
- Affirm1
- Asurion1
- Barge Design Solutions1
- Dometic1
Top Industries Hiring
- Fashion & Apparel7
- Consumer Goods2
- Retail2
- Banking & Financial Services1
- Consulting & Professional Services1
What Tennessee Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in product design lead jobs across Tennessee.
- 5 or more years of product design experience with at least 2 in a senior or lead role
- Proficiency in Figma for design, prototyping, and design system management
- Experience leading or mentoring a team of product or UX designers
- Demonstrated ability to ship end-to-end product experiences in an agile environment
- Strong background in user research methods and translating insights into design decisions
- Bachelor's degree in interaction design, human-computer interaction, or a related field
Product Design Lead Jobs in Tennessee: Frequently Asked Questions
How many product design lead jobs are there in Tennessee?
There are 15+ product design lead openings in Tennessee on Migrate Mate as of June 2026, with the most roles in Nashville, Greeneville, and Sparta. New positions post regularly as employers across Tennessee hire.
How much do product design leads make in Tennessee?
Product design leads in Tennessee earn a median of about $71,230 a year, based on May 2025 Bureau of Labor Statistics wage data, ranging from around $45,330 for the lowest 10% to over $108,430 for the top 10%. Pay rises with experience, specialty, and employer.
Which Tennessee cities have the most product design lead jobs?
Nashville, Greeneville, and Sparta have the most product design lead openings in Tennessee right now, with additional roles spread across smaller metros statewide.
Which companies hire product design leads in Tennessee?
Employers hiring product design leads in Tennessee include Genesco, Affirm, and Asurion, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of June 2026.
Are there remote product design lead jobs in Tennessee?
Yes. About 20% of product design lead openings tied to Tennessee are remote or hybrid as of June 2026. The rest are on-site roles based in Tennessee metros.
How do I apply for product design lead jobs in Tennessee?
You can apply to product design lead jobs in Tennessee directly on Migrate Mate. Search the listings above, find roles that match your experience and preferred Tennessee location, then apply to each one that fits.
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