Product Designer

BLC BACKLOTCARS Inc; Toronto; Remote; CAD 120,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision benefits

RRSP match (Canada) / 401(k) (US)

Paid vacation, personal, and sick time

Tuition reimbursement

Volunteer day program

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

OPENLANE is seeking a Product Designer to drive end-to-end design from research to pixel-perfect execution, collaborating closely with Product Managers, Engineers, and Stakeholders. This remote-friendly role emphasizes user needs, business goals, and delivering elegant, user-centric solutions across devices.

You will shape design strategy, participate in critiques, and contribute to our design system. You will conduct user research, build artifacts, and communicate decisions with data, ensuring

Qualifications

• 2–5 years of experience as a Product Designer or similar role.
• A strong portfolio showcasing your product design process and solving user problems.
• Proficiency in modern design and prototyping tools.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• A strong bias for action, self-direction, and thriving in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of the user experience for assigned feature areas from concept to launch.
• Conduct user research, including interviews and usability testing, to inform designs.
• Create design artifacts such as wireframes, prototypes, user flows, and high-fidelity mockups.
• Collaborate with engineers to ensure designs are implemented to a high standard.
• Contribute to and utilize the design system to ensure consistency and efficiency.
• Champion a user-centric design culture within the organization.

Skills

Product design

Portfolio

Design tools

Communication

Action bias

Job description

Who We Are:

At OPENLANE we make wholesale easy so our customers can be more successful. We’re a technology company building the world’s most advanced—and uncomplicated—digital marketplace for used vehicles. We’re a data company helping customers buy and sell smarter with clear, actionable insights they can understand and use. And we’re an innovation company accelerating the future of wholesale remarketing through curiosity, collaboration, and an entrepreneurial spirit.

Our Values:

• Driven Waybuilders. We pursue challenges that inspire us to build, create, and innovate.
• Relentless Curiosity. We seek to understand and improve our customers’ experience.
• Smart Risk‑Taking. We transform risk into progress through data, experience, and intuition.
• Fearless Ownership. We deliver what we promise and learn along the way.

We’re Looking For:

We are seeking a Product Designer with experience in end‑to‑end product design, user‑centered research, and cross‑functional collaboration. As a Product Designer, you'll be a key player on our product team, tackling complex problems and crafting elegant, user‑friendly solutions. This role is about more than just making things look good. You'll drive the end‑to‑end design process, from initial research and discovery to final pixel‑perfect execution. You'll partner closely with product managers, engineers, and stakeholders to understand user needs and business goals. While we have physical locations, we work remote, giving you the flexibility to do your best work from wherever you are.

You Are:

• Collaborative & Self‑Directed: You can drive the design process from start to finish for core features or products while actively seeking input and alignment.
• Growth‑Oriented: You actively participate in design critiques, receiving and providing constructive feedback to help elevate the team’s work.
• Communicative: You can clearly articulate your design decisions, presenting your work and backing up your choices with insights and data. You can speak the language of product, engineering, and business.
• Simplify the Complex: You have a proven track record of breaking down complicated workflows into simple, intuitive user experiences.
• Thoughtful: You don't just solve the immediate problem; you consider user feedback and design consistency across the broader system.

You Will:

• Take ownership of the user experience for assigned feature areas from concept to launch.
• Conduct user research, including interviews and usability testing, to inform your designs.
• Create design artifacts that build consensus—wireframes, prototypes, user flows, and high‑fidelity mockups.
• Collaborate with engineers to ensure your designs are implemented to a high standard.
• Contribute to and utilize our design system to ensure consistency and efficiency.
• Champion a user‑centric design culture within the organization.

Who You Will Work With:

Reporting to the Director of Product Design, this role will collaborate regularly with Product Managers, Engineers, and Business Stakeholders to ensure user needs and business goals are met. Partner with cross‑functional teams on a daily basis. Participate in design sharing and knowledge‑exchange activities to contribute to team growth.

Must Haves:

• 2–5 years of experience as a Product Designer or similar role.
• A strong portfolio showcasing your product design process and demonstrating your ability to solve user problems on a variety of device types and surfaces.
• Proficiency in modern design and prototyping tools.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• A strong bias for action, self‑direction, and a knack for thriving in a fast‑paced environment.

Nice to Haves:

• Experience designing for B2B or complex enterprise applications.
• Prior experience utilizing or contributing to design systems.
• Familiarity with wholesale or automotive marketplaces.

What We Offer:

• Competitive pay
• Medical, dental, and vision benefits with employer HSA contributions (US) and FSA options (US)
• Immediately vested 401K (US) or RRSP (Canada) with company match
• Paid Vacation, Personal, and Sick Time
• Paid maternity and paternity leave (US)
• Employer‑paid short‑term disability, long‑term disability, life insurance, and AD&D (US)
• Robust Employee Assistance Program
• Employer paid Leap into Service Day to volunteer
• Tuition Reimbursement for eligible programs
• Opportunities to expand your skill set and share your knowledge across a publicly traded, global organization
• Company culture of internal promotions, diverse career paths, and meaningful advancement

Compensation Range of Annual Salary: $120,000.00 - $140,000.00 CAD (Depending on experience, skill set, qualifications, and other relevant factors.)

OPENLANE makes wholesale easy so our customers can be more successful. Our end‑to‑end platform serves the remarketing needs of the world’s largest OEMs, dealers, fleet operators, rental companies and financial institutions. We’re a technology company delivering next generation tools to accelerate and simplify remarketing. We’re an analytics company leveraging data to inform and empower our customers with clear, actionable insights. And we’re an auction company powering the world’s most advanced digital used vehicle marketplaces. In 2021, OPENLANE sold nearly 2.6 million vehicles valued at over $40 billion through our auctions and generated approximately $2.3 billion in revenue. Our integrated digital marketplaces and vehicle logistics centers reduce risk, improve transparency and streamline the experience for customers in about 75 countries. OPENLANE continues to make investments in innovation, strategic acquisitions and integrations to better serve our customers. Headquartered in Carmel, Indiana, OPENLANE has about 5,000 employees and maintains business units across North America, Europe, the Philippines and Uruguay. Together, the OPENLANE brands provide a complete remarketing solution for our customers.

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OPENLANE is an equal opportunity employer and a drug‑free workplace.