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"Good design is obvious. Great design is transparent."
— Joe Sparano
As a Lead Product Designer, you'll drive major design initiatives that shape product direction and user experience. You'll 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 that ensure consistency and efficiency across all product touchpoints.
- Partner with Product and Engineering leadership to integrate design thinking into organizational strategy and roadmap planning, influencing product decisions at the leadership level.
- Plan and execute strategic user research that informs product direction and business strategy, using data and analytics to measure design impact on business metrics.
- Mentor and develop designers across all levels while leading design critiques and establishing feedback cultures that elevate the entire team.
- Lead cross-functional ideation sessions for complex problems, creating solutions at the intersection of design, business objectives, and technology that advance design-driven initiatives.
Requirements
- 7+ years of professional experience as a Product Designer, with demonstrated progression in scope and impact, including a portfolio showcasing strategic thinking and design leadership.
- Proven track record of driving major design initiatives that significantly impacted business outcomes, with experience establishing design processes or standards in growing organizations.
- Familiarity/experience with leveraging AI, automation, and emerging technologies in design, including creating AI-driven features with awareness of ethical considerations.
- Demonstrated ability to influence product strategy and business decisions through design expertise, including experience leading cross-functional teams and building consensus among diverse stakeholders.
- Advanced experience in user research methodologies and strategic research planning, with proven ability to balance competing priorities and make strategic trade-offs.
- Expert-level proficiency in design tools and systems with experience scaling design operations, plus a strong understanding of technical constraints and development processes.
- Proven experience mentoring and developing design talent across multiple levels, with strong communication and presentation skills for senior leadership and executive teams.
Key Skills
- Product Designer
- Strategic thinking
- Design leadership
- AI, automation, and emerging technologies in design
- Design processes or standards
- Design thinking
- User research methodologies
- Strategic research planning
- Design tools and systems
- Technical constraints and development processes
- Mentoring and developing design talent
- Communication and presentation skills
Benefits
- Employer-sponsored healthcare (100% premium coverage for employees and 75% premium coverage for eligible dependents)
- Medical (Regence PPO and HDHP available)
- HSA employer contribution for those enrolled in the HDHP medical plan
- 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)
- Vacation: flexible 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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