Senior Product Designer

Senior Product Designer — Job Description

Summary
Lead product design efforts to create intuitive, user‑centered experiences; drive design strategy, mentor designers, and partner closely with product, engineering, and research to deliver high‑impact features.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead end‑to‑end product design: user research synthesis, interaction design, visual design, prototyping, and delivery to engineering.
• Define product design strategy and craft design roadmaps aligning with product goals and user needs.
• Run and synthesize qualitative and quantitative research (user interviews, usability testing, analytics) to validate concepts and inform decisions.
• Create user flows, wireframes, high‑fidelity mockups, prototypes, and design specs for web and mobile platforms.
• Establish and evolve design systems, component libraries, and UI patterns to ensure consistency and scalability.
• Advocate for accessibility, inclusive design, and performance in design solutions (WCAG standards).
• Collaborate with PMs and engineers to define scope, prioritize work, and ensure feasible implementations.
• Mentor and provide feedback to mid/junior designers; lead design critiques and hiring interviews.
• Present design work and rationale to stakeholders and leadership; incorporate feedback and drive consensus.
• Measure design impact through metrics (activation, conversion, retention, task success) and iterate based on outcomes.
• Drive cross‑functional initiatives to improve design processes, tooling, and collaboration.
• Contribute to product vision, participate in roadmap planning, and influence product decisions.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Design, HCI, Human Factors, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5+ years product design experience with a portfolio demonstrating end‑to‑end product work and measurable impact.
• Expertise in interaction design, visual design, prototyping, and information architecture for web and mobile.
• Proficiency with design and prototyping tools (Figma, Sketch, Adobe XD, Framer, Principle, or equivalent).
• Strong experience building or maintaining design systems and component libraries.
• Demonstrated ability to synthesize research into actionable designs and hypotheses.
• Solid understanding of accessibility standards and inclusive design practices.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience working in agile product teams and delivering to tight deadlines.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with user research methods and partnering with UX researchers.
• Familiarity with front‑end technologies (HTML/CSS, React) to improve design‑engineering handoffs.
• Experience in B2B or consumer product domains relevant to the company.
• Track record mentoring designers, hiring, and growing design teams.
• Contributions to design community (talks, articles, open source design systems).

Pay: $85.15 – $111.12 per hour

Benefits:

• Life insurance
• Salary packaging
• Unlimited annual leave

Work Location: In person