Staff Product Designer, Golf

Lightspeed Commerce; Toronto; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading tech company in Toronto is seeking a Staff Product Designer to revolutionize mobile booking experiences. You will drive design initiatives, ensuring a user-centric approach while collaborating with cross-functional teams. The ideal candidate will have extensive design experience and a proven track record in mobile interface design. Join us for an inclusive work environment and enjoy several benefits, including unlimited paid time off.

Benefits

Lightspeed share scheme

Unlimited paid time off

Health insurance

Wellness benefit of $500 per year

Paid parental leave

Mental health platform and counseling services

Qualifications

• 8+ years of design experience from product-driven tech companies.
• Hands-on experience designing for mobile and touch-based interfaces.
• Expert knowledge of design systems implementation with demonstrated results.

Responsibilities

• Lead product portfolio initiatives through hands-on design.
• Work with product teams to ensure designs meet user needs.
• Advocate for the user and build strong relationships across teams.

Skills

Design experience

User research

Design systems knowledge

Mobile interface design

Collaboration

Job description

Overview

Actively looking for a new opportunity to work on a team focusing on projects with real business impact? Do you thrive in environments where you can help raise the bar for quality, drive collaboration, and mentor others to reach their full potential? If so, you might be in the right place!

Lightspeed Golf is seeking a Staff Product Designer to lead the evolution of Chronogolf, our consumer-facing mobile product. This role will be pivotal in transforming the tee time booking experience and revolutionizing how golf courses communicate and engage with their golfers.

The ideal candidate has a proven track record of delivering user-friendly mobile experiences that delivered key business outcomes. You have an expert understanding of design systems and experience designing for React Native. You confidently identify strategic opportunities that create substantial value and excel in collaborative, multi-disciplinary environments.

What you’ll be doing

• Problem Solving
  • Lead high-level product portfolio initiatives through hands-on design, contributing significantly to product strategy and vision
  • Understands business objectives to solve highly abstract problems, applying strategic thinking. Shapes the organization to enable teams to solve problems efficiently
  • Knows how to break big problems into smaller experiments to validate assumptions, driving progress.
  • Proactively explores and integrates AI and emerging technologies to shape new approaches.
• Driving User-Centricity
  • Works with product teams to develop and use design strategies based on data. Ensures designs meet user needs and support business goals. Helps create user scenarios and assists in journey mapping and mental model exercises.
  • Independently drive in-squad UX research to generate actionable insights and influence the product roadmap through data-driven recommendations.
  • Advocate for the user while building strong, trusting relationships with cross-functional teams (product, engineering, marketing)
• Systems Thinking
  • Demonstrates masterful understanding of design system principles and the current state of design within the industry. Defines and evolves systems, including typography, colour, depth, iconography, illustration, and layout, that works within brand and technical constraints.
  • Understand and implement new design systems, ensuring consistency and efficiency across platforms, and contribute to the systems continual improvement
• Coaching and Collaboration
  • Provides mentorship to product designers and actively influences broader design strategies. Leads end-to-end work with minimal supervision. Manages own backlog independently.
  • An exceptional performer with established trust across teams. Independently leads projects end-to-end and begins to identify new areas of opportunity. Has a scope of influence beyond their own project-level work, with results that benefit the broader team, without directly managing individuals
  • Collaborate with designers across product teams to elevate consistency and quality while refining team processes
  • Have strong written and verbal communication skills to help you collaborate with global stakeholders

What you need to bring

• 8+ years of design experience from product-driven tech companies, demonstrating measurable impact
• Hands-on experience designing for mobile and touch-based interfaces.
• Proven ability to set and manage design priorities, guided by product and business needs
• Expert knowledge of design systems implementation with demonstrated results improving user experiences
• Strong aesthetic judgment informed by deep understanding of visual design principles and industry trends
• Successful track record consulting with engineering teams to develop effective, feasible technical solutions
• Experience using prototyping and research methodologies to validate decisions and drive product strategy

What’s in it for you?

Come live the Lightspeed experience...

• Ability to do your job in a truly flexible environment;
• Genuine career opportunities in a company that’s creating new jobs everyday;
• Work in a team big enough for growth but lean enough to make a real impact.

… and enjoy a range of benefits that’ll keep you happy, healthy and (not) hungry:

• Lightspeed share scheme (we are all owners)
• Unlimited paid time off policy
• Health insurance
• Health and wellness benefit of $500 per year
• Paid leave and assistance for new parents
• Mental health online platform and counselling & coaching services

Lightspeed is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to creating an inclusive and barrier-free workplace. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.

Where to from here?

Obviously, this has to be mutually beneficial: we want you to step into a role you love, and we want to offer you a place you’re proud to come to every day. For a glimpse into our world check out our career page here.

Lightspeed is building communities through commerce, and we need people from all backgrounds and lived experiences to do that. We were founded in 2005, in Montreal’s gay village and our original members were all part of the LGBTQ+ community. The ethos of our business has been about inclusion from the very beginning, and we strive to provide a workplace where everyone belongs.