About the company
Our client is a software company.
The role
Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Own the design direction of a major product area, leading complex work from early research and concept sketches through polished, shipped interfaces. Set craft standards for a team of designers, mentor others and align closely with engineers, researchers and product leaders.
What you'll do
- Set the long-term direction and near-term plans for a product area with cross-functional leadership.
- Lead design of complex, high-impact features from early research and wireframes through high-fidelity prototypes and quality review.
- Build reusable design frameworks and patterns that keep many products feeling like one coherent system.
- Work with user research to turn real user pain points into clear product decisions.
- Take part in design reviews, mentor designers and push for a high standard of craft.
Requirements
What we're looking for
- 8+ years of professional product design experience.
- Several years of experience launching intricate software in sectors where expectations are high.
- Samples of intricate, high-consequence browser-based work for business customers.
- Hands-on individual contributor design work within the last 2+ years.
- Time spent both at major technology employers and at companies in their scaling phase, working on products used at large volume.
- Ability to simplify messy, ambiguous problems into clear, buildable specifications.
- Solid understanding of technical constraints and a habit of working closely with engineers.
- Excellent communication and storytelling skills across teams and levels of an organization.
- Multiple promotions within a single company.
- Work samples that display excellent visual polish and interaction design that is attractive yet practical.
- A self-starter who moves quickly in a fast-paced environment.
Bonus points
- Prior work on intricate products in demanding business categories such as finance tools, software-as-a-service or enterprise platforms.
- Degree from a major design school.
Benefits
Compensation and benefits
- Base salary: $165K to $289K per year
- Equity
Location and work model
- Hybrid, in New York, San Francisco or Seattle
- Full-time
- New York, New York, United States
- San Francisco, California, United States
- South Bay Area, United States
- Los Angeles, California, United States
- Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Seattle, Washington, United States
- Texas, United States
- Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Washington, District of Columbia, United States
- Denver, Colorado, United States
- Florida, United States
- Minnesota, United States
- Sacramento, California, United States
Skills Required
- 8+ years of professional product design experience
- Several years of experience launching intricate software in high-expectation sectors
- Work samples demonstrating intricate, high-consequence browser-based products for business customers
- Hands-on individual contributor design experience within the last two or more years
- Experience at major technology employers and scaling companies with high-volume products
- Ability to simplify ambiguous problems into clear, buildable specifications
- Understanding of technical constraints and close collaboration with engineers
- Excellent communication and storytelling skills across teams and organizational levels
- Multiple promotions within a single company
- Work samples showing strong visual polish and practical interaction design
- Self-starter able to move quickly in a fast-paced environment
- Experience with finance tools, software-as-a-service, or enterprise platforms
- Degree from a major design school
What We Do
Raydar is a talent acquisition and business consulting firm that connects world-class and emerging talent with growing organizations. It supports companies through team development, strategic hiring, and customized growth solutions, helping clients recruit roles such as engineers, product managers, executives, legal counsel, and quantitative traders. Raydar focuses on understanding each organization’s needs, culture, and long-term goals to build high-impact teams.
