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Staff Product Designer

Motive Software • San Francisco, United States of America 🇺🇸

Onsite $181,000 - $311,000 Full-time Lead

Staff Product Designer at BetterUp to shape the next generation of the platform and design language, leading design strategy and execution for high-impact initiatives.

Responsibilities

  • Drive the design vision and strategy for cross-product experiences
  • Lead end-to-end design for complex systems and user journeys
  • Partner with senior product, research, and engineering leaders to shape product direction
  • Translate abstract problems into clear frameworks and design principles
  • Advance our design system to enable flexibility, consistency, and innovation
  • Mentor and elevate designers through feedback, critique, and hands-on guidance
  • Model thoughtful leadership by balancing business goals, user impact, and design craft

Requirements

  • 7+ years of product design experience with deep expertise in system-level design, platform thinking, and multi-surface experiences
  • Proven success leading design strategy and execution for high-impact, high-complexity initiatives
  • A portfolio showcasing visionary work that balances clarity, craft, and strategic insight
  • Demonstrated ability to influence product direction at a senior leadership level
  • Experience mentoring and leading other designers, fostering both autonomy and alignment
  • Mastery in information architecture, interaction design, and visual systems thinking
  • Exceptional communication skills and a track record of uniting stakeholders around a shared vision

Key Skills

  • System-level design
  • Platform thinking
  • Multi-surface experiences
  • Design strategy and execution
  • Visionary work
  • Influencing product direction
  • Mentoring and leading designers
  • Information architecture
  • Interaction design
  • Visual systems thinking
  • Communication skills
  • Uniting stakeholders

Benefits

  • Access to BetterUp coaching
  • Competitive compensation plan with opportunity for advancement
  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • Flexible paid time off
  • All federal/statutory holidays observed
  • BetterUp Inner Workdays
  • Volunteer Days
  • Learning and Development stipend
  • Company wide Summer & Winter breaks
  • Year-round charitable contribution of your choice on behalf of BetterUp
  • 401(k) self contribution

About Motive Software

BetterUp is pioneering human transformation at scale—and design plays a central role in that mission. We’re evolving from a suite of products to an intelligent, adaptive platform that powers transformative experiences for individuals and organizations worldwide.

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