Director, Principal Conversation Designer

TIAA

Principal Conversation Designer leading conversational design initiatives for TIAA’s retirement services. Collaborating cross-functionally to enhance AI-powered conversational interfaces and enrich client engagement.

Posted 7/2/2026full-timeDallas • Minnesota, Texas • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $167,000 - $247,000 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in conversation design and content strategy, with a strong focus on creating engaging conversational flows and dialogue patterns for mobile and web experiences. Proven ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams and leverage AI technologies to enhance user interactions.

Highest-signal resume keywords

Conversation DesignContent StrategyNatural Language Processing (NLP)GenAI and LLM-Powered ChatbotsCross-Functional Collaboration

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Hard Skills

Conversation DesignContent StrategyUX WritingDialogue PatternsPrompt LibrariesNatural Language Processing (NLP)Content AuditsContent Gap AnalysisUser Experience (UX)Conversational Flows

Soft Skills

CollaborationProblem SolvingStakeholder Relationship ManagementCommunicationAdvisory Skills

Tools & Technologies

FigmaDialogflowVoiceflowLexAI Assistants

Industry Keywords

Conversational ContentUser Experience (UX)Cross-Functional TeamsContent DesignConversational Experiences

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead and collaborate with design, product, development, and marketing teams to develop clear and concise conversational content
Conduct content audits and content gap analyses
Lead and collaborate with UX design and content strategy to build consistency and clarity across experiences
Work with research to analyze audience needs, preferences, objectives, and methods
Plan, write and present conversational flows, dialogue, intent-level prompts, and global prompts for existing and emerging mobile and web experiences
Identify and help solve problems in new and existing user experiences
Create consistent, on-brand messaging that clearly articulates the benefits of TIAA products and services
Establish trusted advisory stakeholder relationships, acting as SME for TIAA related products and services in specific verticals
Conduct SME interviews to identify and define user intents across conversational experiences
Test conversational interactions, monitor live performance, and iterate on intent recognition and response quality

Requirements

What you’ll need

5+ years of conversation design, content strategy, content design and/or UX writing experience
Extensive knowledge of how GenAI- and LLM-powered chatbots that use prompt stacking work
Experience with conversation design tools (e.g., Figma, Dialogflow, Voiceflow, Lex, or similar)
Demonstrated ability to create conversation flows, dialogue patterns, prompt libraries, and a demonstrable understanding of UX for conversationally driven experiences
Understanding of natural language processing (NLP) concepts and conversation design principles
Knowledge of AI assistant capabilities, limitations, and best practices
Experience collaborating and leading efforts with cross-functional teams including product, development, engineering, legal, and compliance

Benefits

Comp & perks

superior retirement program
highly competitive health offerings
wellness and work life offerings