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Lead Product Designer (P4)

Upwork 🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Full-time Lead

Lead end-to-end product design from discovery to launch, delivering high-quality wireframes and prototypes. Collaborate with cross-functional partners to shape product direction and improve workflows.

Responsibilities

  • Lead end-to-end product design from discovery to launch
  • Collaborate with cross-functional partners to frame problems and shape product direction
  • Leverage data, user insights, and emerging technologies to inform design decisions
  • Drive experimentation and continuous improvement
  • Build and share design artifacts
  • Mentor others and contribute to design culture

Requirements

  • Proven experience designing complex, multi-step workflows
  • Strong experimentation mindset
  • Compelling portfolio demonstrating end-to-end product design
  • Mastery of tools like Figma
  • Experience with user testing and AI prototyping tools
  • Familiarity with designing for AI-powered experiences

Key Skills

  • Product design
  • User experience design
  • Interaction design
  • Visual design
  • User research
  • Prototyping
  • Design systems
  • Figma
  • User testing
  • AI prototyping
  • Data-driven design
  • Experimentation
  • Collaboration
  • Communication
  • Leadership
  • Mentoring
  • Design critique
  • Stakeholder management

Benefits

  • Equal Opportunity Employer
  • Diverse and inclusive workforce
  • Global opportunities
  • Access to resources, culture, and growth opportunities

About Upwork

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