# VP, User Experience and Design Innovation (Remote Eligible) at Smartsheet

- Company: Smartsheet
- What the company does: Backed by Insight.
- Company website: http://www.smartsheet.com/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Principal and up
- Location: Bellevue, WA, USA
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-09-01
- Apply by: 2026-10-16
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/smartsheet/jobs/8172203
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/smartsheet-vp-user-experience-and-design-innovation-remote-eligible/

## About the role

As VP of User Experience and Design Innovation, you will lead a multi-disciplinary organization spanning product design, research, design systems, content and globalization, and AI-driven software delivery, alongside a team of UX leaders driving impactful product experiences across the platform. You have a track record of making the people around you better — you drive quality and efficiency by establishing process, developing talent, and coaching your team to accomplish more than they could without you.

## What they're looking for

- 15+ years of experience in a highly cross-functional role running strategic projects from idea through implementation
- 15+ years leading and building UX, design, research, or content organizations, including experience as a manager of managers with P&L responsibility, and sustained leadership tenure through organizational transformation
- A track record of building and scaling high-performing, multi-disciplinary teams (research, design, design systems, content, localization, engineering-adjacent functions)
- Experience building team culture and psychological safety across a remote, globally distributed organization
- Demonstrated experience driving AI adoption within a design, research, content, or software delivery organization not just using AI tools individually, but setting org-wide AI strategy
- Deep expertise in research methodologies, design strategy, content strategy, and localization best practices for global B2B SaaS platforms

Tags: User Experience (UX)