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Principal Product Designer - Subscription Growth (Acquisition)

On-site in Barcelona·Added 4 days ago (last checked 2 Nov)

Dow Jones

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Our summary

Salary
€70,000 - €90,000 a year

About €3,950 - €4,870 a month after tax, or €4,110 - €5,380 under the Beckham regime.

Work mode
On-site, Barcelona
English
Required
Experience
10+ years
Benefits
Flexible pay plan, meal vouchers

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Skills

Requirements

What we're looking for

  • 10+ years of product design experience leading complex digital products

  • Portfolio demonstrating systems thinking, product vision, and measurable business impact

  • Experience leading highly ambiguous, cross-functional initiatives

  • Exceptional interaction, visual, systems, and service design skills

  • Demonstrated success influencing senior stakeholders and driving alignment across disciplines

  • Experience defining design systems, reusable frameworks, and scalable product patterns

  • Outstanding communication and storytelling skills

  • Expert proficiency in Figma and modern design workflows

  • Deep understanding of accessibility and inclusive design

  • Experience mentoring senior designers and raising design quality across organizations

Nice to have

  • Experience designing subscription acquisition, paywalls, registration, or checkout experiences

  • Experience partnering closely with Marketing or Growth organizations

  • Familiarity with pricing strategy, packaging, promotional offers, or experimentation platforms

  • Background in media, publishing, or consumer subscription businesses

  • Experience working across globally distributed organizations

Pay & benefits

What you'll get

  • Comprehensive Healthcare Plans for you and your family

  • Paid Time Off (30 days a year)

  • Meal Vouchers

  • Retirement Plans

  • Lifestyle programs & Wellness Resources

  • Education Benefits

  • Family Care Benefits & Caregiving Support

  • Subscription Discounts

  • Employee Referral Program

  • Financial Health Programs

  • Cybersecurity Protection

Learn more about us and our benefits click here .

Base Pay Range: EUR 70,000 - EUR 90,000

We're committed to offering competitive and flexible compensation to attract top talent. This pay range reflects our good faith estimate for the role and may vary based on a candidate's experience, skills, location, and other relevant factors.

For bonus-eligible roles, targets are determined based on multiple considerations, including market benchmarks and individual contributions.

For benefits-eligible roles, we offer a comprehensive and competitive benefits package covering health, retirement, wellbeing, and more, along with optional benefits to meet the diverse needs of our employees.

The role

As Principal Product Designer - Subscription Growth (Acquisition), you will define the future of subscriber growth across Dow Jones' portfolio of brands, including The Wall Street Journal, Barron's, MarketWatch, Investor's Business Daily, and future subscription products.

In this senior individual contributor role that operates at the intersection of design strategy, business strategy, and growth, you'll establish the long-term vision for how prospective customers discover, evaluate, and subscribe across our Commerce ecosystem - spanning registration, paywalls, shop experiences, pricing and packaging, checkout, identity, and experimentation.

You will partner closely with Product, Marketing, Brand, Engineering, Research, Analytics, and executive leadership to solve highly ambiguous challenges and shape investment priorities that accelerate subscriber growth. Your work will define scalable Commerce patterns, influence our acquisition platform strategy, and connect design decisions to measurable business outcomes across multiple brands.

Beyond delivering exceptional product experiences, you'll mentor senior designers, elevate design quality across Commerce, and establish standards that scale throughout the organization.You will report to the Director of Product Design, Commerce.

What you'll do

  • Define the long-term design strategy for subscriber growth across multiple Dow Jones brands

  • Lead highly ambiguous, business-critical initiatives spanning registration, identity, paywalls, shop experiences, pricing, packaging, checkout, and experimentation

  • Partner with senior leadership across Product, Marketing, Brand, Engineering, Research, and Analytics to shape roadmap priorities and strategic investments

  • Create scalable acquisition patterns, frameworks, and interaction models that extend our Index Design System and can be reused across brands

  • Drive experimentation strategy by identifying high-impact opportunities throughout the acquisition funnel and translating insights into long-term product improvements

  • Translate customer research, behavioral data, market trends, and business goals into experiences that improve acquisition performance while maintaining a high bar for user experience

  • Lead strategic design explorations, vision work, and cross-functional workshops that align teams around future Commerce investments

  • Mentor junior and mid-level designers through design reviews, coaching, and thoughtful feedback that elevates craft across the organization

  • Influence how Commerce measures success by defining experience quality metrics alongside conversion, acquisition, and revenue KPIs

  • Represent Commerce Design within the broader Design & Research organization while contributing to company-wide design strategy and thought leadership

Reasonable Accommodation

We are committed to providing reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities in our job application and/or interview process. If you need assistance or accommodation in completing your application or participating in an interview due to a disability, email us at talentresourceteam@dowjones.com. Please put "Reasonable Accommodation" in the subject line and provide a brief description of the type of assistance you need. This inbox will not be monitored for application status updates.

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Non-Union role

Dow Jones is a global provider of news and business information, delivering content to consumers and organizations around the world across multiple formats, including print, digital, mobile and live events. Dow Jones has produced unrivaled quality content for more than 130 years and today has one of the world's largest newsgathering operations globally.

It is home to leading publications and products including the flagship Wall Street Journal, America's largest newspaper by paid circulation; Barron's, MarketWatch, Mansion Global, Financial News, Dow Jones Risk & Compliance and Dow Jones Newswires. Dow Jones is a division of News Corp (Nasdaq: NWS, NWSA; ASX: NWS, NWSLV).

Req ID: 54917

About Dow Jones

Dow Jones is a global provider of news and business information, best known for The Wall Street Journal, Barron's, MarketWatch, and professional information services like Factiva and Dow Jones Risk & Compliance. Founded in 1882, the company serves financial, corporate, and media clients worldwide, with a strong focus on data-driven journalism, financial analytics, and risk management solutions. With a workforce of several thousand employees, Dow Jones operates across major financial hubs globally, delivering critical news and data to professionals and consumers.

In Spain, Dow Jones maintains a significant presence, particularly in Barcelona, where it operates a major office focused on editorial, data, and technology roles. The company's Spanish operations are integral to its global risk and compliance data services, as well as product and engineering teams. For international professionals, Dow Jones offers a multicultural work environment, opportunities to work on global products, and a strong emphasis on innovation and data accuracy. The Barcelona office is part of a global network, providing a dynamic setting for career growth in a leading media and information company.

Industry
News and Business Information
Founded
1882
Employees
5,000–10,000
Headquarters
New York, USA
In Spain
Barcelona

Good to know if you are moving

  • Dow Jones has a major office in Barcelona, which is a hub for risk and compliance data operations, offering roles in editorial, data, and technology.
  • The company provides a global work environment with opportunities to collaborate with teams across the US, Europe, and Asia.
  • International hires may benefit from Spain's growing tech ecosystem and Barcelona's attractive lifestyle, with a mix of local and expat communities.
  • Dow Jones offers professional development programs and a strong emphasis on data accuracy and innovation, which can be valuable for career growth.
  • The company supports a hybrid work model, allowing flexibility between office and remote work, which can ease the relocation process.

In their own words

About the company & team

Our Technology team drives the evolution of our Technology, Engineering, Data, Product and User Experience functions. With a keen focus on delivering cutting-edge solutions, we shape the digital landscape for our customers, readers and users. From revolutionizing visuals to optimizing tools and harnessing the power of data, mobile, video and social platforms, our team is committed to providing a seamless and immersive experience across all touchpoints. Collaborating closely with our newsrooms and strategic partners, we spearhead the development of groundbreaking products and technologies.

Our Design & Research org brings together world-class designers and researchers with a unified purpose: to connect people to the news and information that matters most. We're the strategic force that transforms deep user understanding into exceptional product experiences across our entire portfolio-from The Wall Street Journal to Factiva.

Our integrated approach ensures that research insights directly shape design decisions, while design explorations reveal new research opportunities. Together, we're building coherent, accessible experiences that honor our 135-year legacy while pushing us boldly into the future. We're a globally distributed team spearheading a digital transformation at Dow Jones, newly staffed by industry leaders from Google, LinkedIn, The New York Times, and more. Through our combined expertise in design craft and research rigor, we ensure that millions of users can depend on our platforms for truth in a world full of noise.

Additional information

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status or any other protected characteristic. We strongly encourage applications from all qualified individuals, including women, people with disabilities, and those from underrepresented groups.

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