Lead Product Designer

We’re hiring a Lead Product Designer to lead end-to-end UX for a remote-first HRTech B2B SaaS product. This is a player/coach role: you’ll drive hands-on design for key initiatives while mentoring a small team and raising the bar on craft, research, and delivery. 

What you’ll do 

• Own the design lifecycle: discovery → concept → prototype → build → measure → iterate 

• Partner with Product Managers and Engineers in an Agile environment to ship high-quality experiences 

• Lead design thinking workshops, journey mapping, and problem framing 

• Conduct customer interviews and usability testing (moderated/unmoderated) to validate solutions 

• Create wireframes, flows, and prototypes (low-to-high fidelity) in Figma 

• Improve in-product guidance and clarity through UX writing (microcopy, onboarding, errors, empty states) 

• Use Pendo and product signals to identify friction, test hypotheses, and measure impact 

• Define and track outcomes via KPI construction (activation, adoption, time-to-value, task success, retention) 

• Apply AI prototyping to accelerate ideation and explore intelligent workflow concepts 

• Mentor a small team and run effective critiques; ensure strong design QA with engineering 

• Manage external support when needed  

What we’re looking for 

• 6+ years in product/UX design, with strong B2B SaaS experience (HRTech a plus) 

• Proven ability to design complex workflows (admin, permissions, data-heavy UX, integrations) 

• Experience designing AI-powered features or assistant-like experiences 

• Strong research and synthesis skills (interviews + usability testing) 

• Expert Figma proficiency (components, libraries, auto-layout, prototyping) 

• Experience with design systems and an eye for consistency and scalability 

• Data-informed design mindset (funnels, instrumentation collaboration, experimentation awareness) 

• Working knowledge of accessibility best practices (WCAG fundamentals) 

• Experience mentoring designers and influencing cross-functional partners 

Nice to have 

• HR personas/workflows (HR admin, manager, employee), compliance-heavy UX, HRIS/ATS/payroll ecosystem