Lead Product Designer
This player-coach role leads product design across SDF products, manages and mentors another designer, maintains the design system, uses AI-assisted design and prototyping tools, partners with Product and Engineering, and validates decisions through research and usability testing.
Responsibilities
- Set and champion product design vision aligned with company goals and brand values
- Lead high-impact projects with exceptional visual and interaction design craft
- Manage, mentor, and grow another product designer
- Maintain and scale the design system
- Leverage AI design and prototyping tools to improve design quality and velocity
- Partner with Product and Engineering to ship pixel-perfect, user-centered experiences
- Conduct user research and usability testing
- Champion user-centered design across the organization
Requirements
- 7+ years of product design experience with a strong portfolio of shipped end-to-end work
- Exceptional visual and interaction design skills
- Experience managing or mentoring designers
- Demonstrated use of AI tools in design work
- Expert knowledge of modern design tools including Figma and Framer
- Experience building and scaling design systems
- Strong stakeholder communication, presentation, influence, and alignment skills
- Experience with user-centered design, research, and usability testing
Benefits
- Health, dental, and vision coverage
- Flexible time off and 15 company holidays
- Paid parental leave and pregnancy disability leave
- $80 monthly gym reimbursement
- Life and disability insurance
- 401K with 4% match
- FSA, commuter, and HSA benefits
- Family-building and wellbeing benefits
- Company retreats
- L&D budget of $1,500 per year
- Daily lunch and snacks in the office