Principal Product Designer

EquipmentShare is Hiring a Principal Product Designer.

EquipmentShare is searching for a Principal Product Designer. You will be a fierce advocate for the people who use our products, as well as the members of the Design team. You are a thought partner and a generative systems-level design thinker - with strong instincts and outstanding intuition informed by user needs and insights. You'll be responsible for partnering with Product and elevating your craft by modeling best practices, this is best described as a player coach.

Your Opportunity to Grow With Us as Principal Product Designer

The EquipmentShare team is a close-knit group of professionals who all share an interest in providing a service and product that improves our customer’s experience. Above all, we care about building something people want, and the only way to do that is by assembling a skilled, passionate and talented team. 

The engineering teams that our Principal Product Designer will work with are fully remote and highly autonomous. However, you should be able to occasionally (once a quarter) work in common team hub locations.

Primary Responsibilities for Principal Product Designer

• Use your high judgment to lead end to end creative delivery for significantly complex design and technical problems across a portfolio of products and experiences; 
• Acts a role model within Design, actively develops work and mentors through doing.
• Partners with product, engineering and other designers to discover and deliver the best solution to the market including decoupling significantly complex engineering dependencies to enable delivery/innovation across teams or orgs. 
• Leads strategic alignment across orgs using significant expertise to shape core UX disciplines, methods, and/or processes.
• Sets the standard for design excellence creating scalable mechanisms and best practices.
• Synthesizes complex customer, market, and business data to inform CX and business strategy.
• Leads cross-org design reviews and participates in product and tech debates, directly influencing outcomes for customers.
• Manage escalations
• Define and Commit to measurable results and achieve them through direct ownership or influence working with others
• Work is strategic and tactical. Drives solutions for significantly complex design and technical problems. Effective force multiplier. 
• Makes trade-offs: long-term customer needs vs. immediate business needs.
• Has full understanding of org’s tech systems and the external systems their team is dependent upon. 
• Decouples significantly complex engineering dependencies to enable delivery/innovation across teams or orgs. 
• Proactively identifies tech investments/improvements that unlock innovation and/or unblock delivery. 
• Solutions address capabilities and constraints of the technology stack and may influence it.

Why We’re a Better Place to Work

• Remote First
• True Work/Life balance
• Competitive salary
• Health insurance and medical coverage benefits
• 401(k) and company match
• Unlimited paid time off 
• Paid primary and secondary parental leave 
• Management commitment to a diverse and inclusive work environment 
• Choice of MacBook Pro, Linux, or Windows machine
• Wellness benefits including a Gym stipend for remote employees
• Volunteering and local charity initiatives that help you nurture and grow the communities you call home
• Opportunities for career and professional development with conferences, events, seminars and continued education. 
• 2 free audio books a month centered around personal & professional development 

About You 

Our Principal Product Designer loves a challenge and wants the opportunity to grow with a fast-paced company. Industry competitors often have layers of tenured management that create barriers to career advancement. The opportunity for career growth is unparalleled at EquipmentShare, where you’ll find no shortage of challenging yet fulfilling work, chances to build new skills and supportive teammates who will push you to achieve your best. 

Our mission to change an entire industry is not easily achieved, so we only hire people who are inspired by the goal and up for the challenge. In turn, our employees have every opportunity to grow with us, achieve personal and professional success and enjoy making a tangible difference in an industry that’s long been resistant to change. 

Skills & Qualifications for Principal Product Designer 

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Design, Human-Computer Interaction, Computer Science, a related field or equivalent practical experience
• 10 years of experience in product design or UX
• 5 years of experience leading design projects, people or teams
• 3 years of work experience working with executive leaders

Preferred qualifications:

• Master's degree in Design, Human-Computer Interaction, Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent practical experience
• 7 years of experience working in a complex, cross-functional organization
• Working knowledge or experience working in the Construction or Fleet Management Industries
• Portfolio highlighting multiple projects and your direct contributions

Since our founding in 2014 and incorporation in 2015, we’ve had nationwide growth — and we’re not stopping anytime soon. Ready to support our mission, invest in yourself and discover your potential? Then we’d love to meet you. Apply today.

EquipmentShare is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. EquipmentShare is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.
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