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CAD 170000–210000/yr

[Wattpad] Director of Product Design

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Wattpad’s vision is to entertain and connect the world through stories. A leading global webnovel platform,

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Wattpad’s vision is to entertain and connect the world through stories. A leading global webnovel platform, Wattpad has democratized storytelling for a new generation of diverse Gen Z writers and their fans. Wattpad is part of WEBTOON Entertainment’s IP & Creator Ecosystem, where approximately 155 million monthly active users discover incredible stories in multiple formats. Come build the future of entertainment and storytelling with our global team, and write your next chapter with us!

Wattpad is part of the WEBTOON Entertainment family of brands, home to some of the world's largest storytelling platforms. With approximately 155 million monthly active users, WEBTOON Entertainment’s IP & Creator Ecosystem of aligned brands and platforms include WEBTOON, Wattpad--the world’s leading webnovel platform--WEBTOON Productions, Studio N, Studio LICO, WEBTOON Unscrolled, LINE MANGA, and eBookJapan, among others. To read more about our family of Brands, check out our website here.

We are looking for a Director of Product Design to lead, grow, and elevate our design organization. This role is responsible for setting a clear design vision and strategy across our products while coaching and developing our team of designers and researchers.

You will shape how design influences product direction by blending strategic direction with hands-on involvement in our most critical design initiatives to deliver intuitive and emotionally resonant experiences for readers, writers, and advertisers.

Why this role matters

Product design plays a critical role in how users experience our platform and how quickly they reach enjoyment and stay in flow. This role will shape not only what we build, but how we think about building it. You will help ensure that design is a driving force behind clarity, cohesion, and joy in our products.

Lead, coach, and mentor a team of product designers and user researchers and provide active coaching, feedback, and skill development

Foster a culture of strong design thinking, craft excellence, and accountability to outcomes

Establish clear expectations for quality, clarity, and impact, while giving teams autonomy in how they get there

Define and evolve a clear design vision aligned to product strategy and user needs

Shape cohesive, intuitive experiences across the reader, writer, and ads ecosystems

Translate ambiguous problem spaces into clear experience direction teams can confidently execute against

Ensure design decisions ladder to user value, platform goals, and long-term strategy

Actively contribute to high-impact initiatives and critical product moments

Partner closely with product and engineering leaders during discovery, definition, and delivery

Provide strong critique and feedback that raises the bar without prescribing solutions

Govern and evolve the design system to ensure consistency, scalability, and accessibility

Balance speed and craft by enabling teams to move fast without compromising quality

Balance speed and craft, knowing when to push for exploration and when to drive toward execution

Set clear standards for usability, accessibility, and visual cohesion across surfaces

Champion the user perspective by ensuring user goals are never abstract or assumed

Partner with product and research to ensure insights meaningfully shape product direction

Manage and support the user research team, ensuring research is actionable and strategic

Use evidence, data, and research to influence decisions and challenge assumptions

Partner closely with Product, Engineering, Content, Trust and Safety, and Ads to align on experience outcomes and tradeoffs

Influence product direction through clear design narratives, not just artifacts

Facilitate design critiques, workshops, and working sessions that move teams toward clarity and alignment

Drive alignment on priorities, tradeoffs, and outcomes through strong design storytelling

Advocate for the role of design as a strategic partner, not a downstream function

Help the organization understand how great design drives engagement, trust, and growth

Proven experience leading and scaling design teams in a product driven organization

Strong design point of view with the ability to set direction and make hard tradeoffs

Deep experience shaping end-to-end product experiences across multiple surfaces

Ability to move fluidly between strategy and hands on execution

Track record of influencing product direction through design narrative and user insight

Strong cross functional collaborator who can partner effectively with senior leaders

Passion for designing for real human needs, delight, and emotional resonance

$170,000 - $210,000 / annually

Please note, the above range is listed in CAD.

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Posted: January 30, 2026
First seen: March 26, 2026
Last seen: April 22, 2026

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Wattpad is a global social storytelling platform and entertainment company where users can read and write original stories. It connects a community of millions of readers and writers and has seen many of its stories adapted into books, TV series, and films.

Employees

350

Founded

2006

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