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"The details are not the details. They make the design."
— Charles Eames
Lead Product Designer (United States)
Karat • United States of America 🇺🇸
As a Lead Product Designer, you will drive major design initiatives that shape product direction and user experience. You will lead cross-functional teams through complex design challenges and establish design processes that ensure consistency across all product touchpoints.
Responsibilities
- Drive major design initiatives that span multiple product areas and significantly impact business outcomes, leading cross-functional teams through complex design challenges
- Lead and scale our design system, establishing governance, documentation, and adoption processes
- Partner with Product and Engineering leadership to integrate design thinking into organizational strategy and roadmap planning
- Plan and execute strategic user research that informs product direction and business strategy
- Mentor and develop designers across all levels while leading design critiques and establishing feedback cultures
- Lead cross-functional ideation sessions for complex problems, creating solutions at the intersection of design, business objectives, and technology
Requirements
- 7+ years of professional experience as a Product Designer with demonstrated progression in scope and impact
- Proven track record of driving major design initiatives that significantly impacted business outcomes
- Familiarity/experience with leveraging AI, automation, and emerging technologies in design
- Demonstrated ability to influence product strategy and business decisions through design expertise
- Advanced experience in user research methodologies and strategic research planning
- Expert-level proficiency in design tools and systems with experience scaling design operations
- Proven experience mentoring and developing design talent across multiple levels
Key Skills
- Expert-level proficiency in design tools and systems
- Strong visual and written communication skills
- Experience with advanced modern-day UX/UI tools (e.g., Figma)
- Ability to communicate and translate technical concepts into intuitive and scalable designs
Benefits
- Competitive salary in local currency and Karat-granted stock options
- Employer-sponsored healthcare (100% premium coverage for employees and 75% premium coverage for eligible dependents)
- Dental and Vision (Guardian)
- 100% employer-paid Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, and Standard Life Insurance
- Optional Life Insurance available
- Flexible Savings Account (Healthcare)
- 401(k) match of 4%
- 100% employer-paid mental wellness support via Spring Health for employees and eligible dependents (10 therapy sessions per year at no cost to employee, 10 coaching sessions per year at no cost to employee)
- Flexible vacation policy for salaried employees and three (3) work weeks available for hourly employees per year
- Wellness (Sick & Mental Health): three (3) work weeks available per year
- Karat ‘No Questions Asked’ Leave: one (1) work week per calendar year
- U.S. Parental Leave: 24 weeks (16 weeks: full-out, full pay, 8 weeks: “Karat Phase-Back” 20 hours per week, full pay)
- U.S. Holidays: 10 days
- Karat Summer Break: 5 days - July
- Karat Winter Break: 5 days - December
About Karat
Karat created the world’s first Interviewing Cloud to solve the multi-decade global shortage of software engineers. The Interviewing Cloud is an always-on, scalable, and consistent human + technology solution for conducting predictive, fair, and enjoyable technical interviews 24/7. Karat’s global network of Interview Engineers, unparalleled market intelligence, and purpose-built interviewing infrastructure opens the pipeline for engineering talent, limits pedigree bias, and provides access for underrepresented candidates. The fastest growing and largest enterprises such as Roblox, American Express, Intuit, Compass, and Wayfair trust Karat to expand hiring capacity, unlock developer time, and raise engineering quality so they can innovate and grow.
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