Staff Product Design Lead – Hosting

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

📋 Description

• Lead the design efforts for Wistia's Hosting product, which is the core video-hosting platform.

• Take ownership of complex, high-impact design challenges from initial discovery through to launch.

• Collaborate intimately with product and engineering leaders to establish strategy and determine what to build.

• Utilize design and AI tools, such as Claude Design and Wistia's internal Agent, to create prototypes.

• Develop high-fidelity design assets and contribute directly to coding by implementing frontend enhancements, quality improvements, and minor features.

• Spearhead design visions for the organization, publication, and analysis of video content.

• Contribute to shaping the Hosting strategy by leveraging design visions, research, customer insights, company themes, feedback, and market analysis.

• Convert priorities into a roadmap that delivers customer value promptly.

• Advocate for accessibility, performance, and consistency throughout customer-facing interfaces.

• Enhance collaboration between design and engineering teams and assist partners in advocating for Hosting resources.

• Report directly to the VP of Product Design.

• Operate as a principal individual contributor with substantial autonomy and strategic influence on a small, senior, AI-oriented team.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of 8 years of experience in product design.

• Experience with B2B or SaaS products is preferred.

• A portfolio that illustrates design leadership across a complete product area, including the evolution of established products.

• Experience serving as a design lead, collaborating with product and engineering teams to shape strategy and objectives, make trade-offs, and exert influence beyond individual projects.

• Strong systems thinking capability and the ability to deconstruct complex problems into clear, actionable steps.

• Practical experience using AI coding tools such as Claude Code, Cursor, or similar.

• Comfort or willingness to work within a codebase that involves branches, pull requests, and code reviews.

• Proficiency with data, including defining success metrics and employing them in decision-making.

• Exceptional skills in interaction and visual design.

• Strong written communication abilities.

• Experience with video hosting, media, or digital asset management products is advantageous.

• Contributions to design systems or frontend coding are beneficial.

• Familiarity with analytics or data visualization products is a plus.

• Experience managing multiple projects or product areas concurrently is a plus.

• Must currently reside in the contiguous United States.

• Must be eligible to work in the United States.

• Must not require visa sponsorship now or in the future to continue working in the United States.

🏝️ Benefits

• Employee stock options.

• 401(k) plan with a 3% company contribution, regardless of employee contributions.

• Availability of Roth 401(k).

• Full coverage of healthcare, dental, and vision insurance premiums, including family plans.

• Pre-tax FSA and Dependent Care Account options.

• 16 weeks of paid parental leave.

• Flexible Time Off policy.

• Annual professional development stipend for courses, conferences, and more.

• New hire bonus to enhance home office setup.

• Discount on pet insurance.

• Fully remote work opportunity from anywhere within the contiguous United States.