Senior Staff Product Designer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Develop in-depth knowledge of a designated product area, encompassing customer needs, workflow processes, business context, technical landscape, and evolving requirements.

• Collaborate with Product Management and Engineering teams throughout the stages of discovery, product definition, story mapping, prototyping, validation, design, implementation, and ongoing learning.

• Convert customer requirements, business objectives, technical limitations, research, and product insights into precise specifications.

• Shape product strategy and roadmap choices by leveraging customer insights, systems thinking, experimentation, and design proficiency.

• Oversee the complete product design process from problem identification to workflow design, prototyping, validation, detailed interaction design, and collaborative implementation.

• Create unified experiences across workflows, products, and user roles by utilizing design-system patterns and spotting areas for enhancement.

• Utilize qualitative research, product analytics, customer insights, business data, and technical feedback to guide and assess design choices.

• Advocate for usability, accessibility, and interaction quality in collaboration with the design-system owner.

• Manage specific Product Design capabilities or team practices, such as design critiques, onboarding, research methodologies, prototyping, design quality, or knowledge sharing.

• Recognize recurring challenges, capability deficiencies, or inefficient processes and lead initiatives for their resolution.

• Gather the necessary expertise, stakeholders, evidence, and cross-functional engagement to address issues.

• Navigate obstacles, uncertainty, and organizational intricacies by employing evidence, facilitation, diplomacy, and sound judgment.

• Create and sustain reusable practices, frameworks, tools, guidance, and operational mechanisms.

• Engage with design leadership as an advisor, sponsor, or escalation point when significantly needed, while maintaining ownership and follow-through.

• Facilitate team empowerment through design critiques, onboarding, workshops, research practices, prototyping, or knowledge sharing.

• Mentor designers through constructive feedback, coaching, collaborative problem-solving, and exemplifying effective product-design methodologies.

• Share techniques, insights, and domain or practice expertise to disseminate knowledge and decision-making.

• Cultivate expertise that complements team strengths and empowers others to take leadership roles.

• Leverage AI-assisted tools for research, synthesis, ideation, prototyping, evaluation, documentation, or team effectiveness while retaining human judgment.

• Contribute to or manage shared AI-enabled tools, agents, prompts, or workflows.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in design, human-computer interaction, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

• A minimum of 10 years of professional experience in product design, interaction design, or user experience, including complex enterprise or platform-level projects.

• A portfolio showcasing abilities in problem framing, interaction design, systems thinking, prototyping, product strategy, and end-to-end product impact, including examples of utilizing and contributing to design systems.

• Experience in developing extensive domain knowledge and collaborating with Product Management and Engineering throughout the product lifecycle.

• Capability to identify ambiguous or systemic challenges, articulate them clearly, establish a forward path, and guide others toward solutions without formal authority.

• Proven experience in establishing or enhancing reusable design practices, tools, frameworks, or methodologies that benefit practitioners beyond individual product initiatives.

• Experience in mentoring designers and facilitating critiques, workshops, or other collaborative design practices.

• Proficiency in influencing stakeholders and managing competing priorities with diplomacy and sound judgment.

• Strong understanding of accessibility standards, inclusive design practices, design systems, and the process of converting designs into functional software.

• Experience in using research, product analytics, customer feedback, and other data to assess product outcomes and inform design decisions.

• Familiarity with front-end technologies, including HTML and CSS.

• Ability to comprehend how interface designs translate into actual user experiences.

• Experience utilizing code-based or AI-assisted development environments to create, modify, or refine functional prototypes.

• Familiarity with using or maintaining AI-enabled tools or workflows that enhance Product Design effectiveness.

• Experience in optimizing Product Design operational practices within a complex enterprise setting.

• Legal authorization to work in the United States.

• Successful completion of a drug screening, if applicable.

🏝️ Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage.

• Access to a Health Coach with a 24/7 nurse-based resource.

• Employee Assistance Program offering 24/7 confidential assessment, counseling, and referral services.

• GE Vernova Retirement Savings Plan.

• Tax-advantaged 401(k) savings opportunity with company matching contributions.

• Company retirement contributions.

• Fidelity resources and financial planning consultants.

• Tuition assistance.

• Adoption assistance.

• Paid parental leave.

• Disability benefits.

• Life insurance.

• 12 paid holidays.

• Flexible time off.

• Discretionary annual bonus.

• Opportunities for professional development.

• Relocation assistance is not provided.