Senior Product Designer

Job summary

The role involves leading a product design team while actively participating in design work. You will set the creative vision for your product area, ensuring high-quality execution and fostering a culture of critique and safety within the team.

Qualifications

• Over 10 years of product design experience, including at least 4 years in leadership roles within a technology company.
• A portfolio showcasing strategic thinking and high-quality design work, including system-level and pixel-level contributions.
• Experience in designing AI-powered or AI-adjacent product experiences, with a clear understanding of dynamic systems.
• Proficiency in modern design tools, especially Figma, and experience with mature design systems.

Responsibilities

• Define and uphold the creative vision for your product area, ensuring alignment with quality standards.
• Lead, mentor, and develop a diverse team of product designers, promoting a culture of constructive critique.
• Engage in hands-on design work during critical phases, shaping frameworks and interaction logic.
• Drive design strategy throughout the product lifecycle, ensuring the team addresses the right questions.
• Align stakeholders across various departments around a unified design direction, navigating ambiguity and trade-offs.
• Conduct focused design critiques aimed at improving work quality.
• Identify team capability gaps and advocate for necessary resources or structural changes.

Skills

• Strong leadership and mentoring abilities.
• Excellent communication skills for stakeholder alignment.
• Ability to navigate complex design challenges and provide strategic insights.

Education

• Relevant degree in design or a related field is preferred but not explicitly stated.

Tools

• Figma and other modern design tools.