Staff Product Designer

What you’ll do

• Lead design strategy for major product areas or cross-product initiatives
• Drive complex, ambiguous projects from discovery through launch across multiple teams
• Set design standards, patterns, and best practices that others follow
• Identify and solve systemic design problems across products
• Partner with senior product and engineering leadership on strategy
• Mentor and sponsor senior and mid-level designers (informally, no direct reports)
• Make critical design decisions that affect multiple teams
• Contribute significantly to design system strategy and evolution
• Represent design in organisational planning and cross-functional forums
• Identify strategic opportunities that weren't on the roadmap

What you bring

• Portfolio showing leadership and influence across multiple teams or products
• Proven track record of solving complex, ambiguous problems
• Deep expertise in visual design, interaction design, and systems thinking
• Strong research skills and ability to validate strategic decisions with evidence
• History of setting direction that others follow
• Experience mentoring and developing other designers
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication at senior leadership level
• Track record of identifying opportunities and driving them to completion

Requirements

• Mastery of design tools and advanced prototyping
• Ideally, 10+ years of product design experience with demonstrated strategic impact
• Strategic product thinking and strong business acumen
• Ability to influence without authority
• Comfortable operating with extreme ambiguity and creating clarity for others
• Strong facilitation skills for workshops and alignment sessions
• Can work autonomously for extended periods without guidance
• Makes high-stakes decisions