Intermediate Product Designer

Platform45; India; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Platform45 is seeking an Intermediate Product Designer based in India with 4–7 years of experience to lead design across discovery to delivery within agile sprint cycles. You will work with product managers, engineers, and QA to translate complex regulatory and domain constraints into clear user experiences.

You should be proficient in Figma, have a strong visual design sense, and be comfortable conducting research, usability tests, and analytics to inform decisions.

Qualifications

• 4–7 years of professional product design experience (agency or in-house).
• Experience in fintech, banking, insurance, payments or medtech/health-tech platforms is a plus.
• Portfolio showing end-to-end case studies with clear problem framing and measurable outcomes.
• Experience designing for mobile and web; responsive design principles second nature.

Responsibilities

• Consult with clients independently and surface assumptions with stakeholders.
• Lead design end-to-end across discovery, definition, ideation, prototyping, testing, and delivery in agile sprints.
• Facilitate workshops, reviews, and client presentations with professionalism and confidence.
• Translate regulatory and domain constraints into usable product experiences.
• Collaborate daily with product managers, engineers, QA, and others to refine backlog and plan sprints.
• Ground design decisions in evidence via research, usability tests, and analytics.

Skills

Figma

Visual design

Accessibility

User research

Problem framing

Data literacy

User flows

Facilitation

Tools

Maze

Lyssna

Google Analytics

Job description

INTERMEDIATE PRODUCT DESIGNER

REPORTS TO: DESIGN LEAD

**Must be based in Johannesburg (On-site or Hybrid)

CORE RESPONSIBILITIES

• - Consult with clients independently - ask the right questions for unclear briefs, surface assumptions, and align with stakeholders without needing direction
• - Lead design end-to-end across discovery, definition, ideation, prototyping, testing, and delivery within agile sprint cycles
• - Facilitate working sessions, design reviews, and client presentations with professionalism and confidence
• - Translate complex regulatory, compliance, and domain constraints into clear, usable product experiences
• - Collaborate daily with product managers, engineers, QA, etc. - contributing meaningfully to backlog refinement and sprint planning
• - Champion the user: Conduct and synthesise research, usability tests, and analytics to ground design decisions in evidence
• - Produce high-fidelity prototypes, interaction specs, and developer-ready deliverables that reduce engineering ambiguity
• - Maintain and contribute to design systems, pattern libraries, and documentation
• - Manage your own time and deliverables across concurrent work streams without supervision
• - Informally mentor junior designers and model strong design craft and process standards

SKILLS & COMPETENCIES

Design Craft:

• - Mastery of Figma (Components, variables, auto-layout, prototyping, Figma Makes)
• - Strong visual design sensibility: Typography, colour, spacing, hierarchy, accessibility (WCAG 2.1 AA compliance embedded in workflow, not bolted on)

Product Thinking:

• - User-centred mindset with comfort across qualitative and quantitative research methods
• - Ability to clearly define and articulate problems before jumping to solutions
• - Experience mapping user flows, etc.
• - Data-literate: Can interpret analytics, define success metrics, and use data to prioritise decisions
• - Understanding of how design decisions affect business and technical constraints

Communication & Client Skills:

• - Excellent written and verbal communication - adapts tone for technical teams, executives, and end-users
• - Confident facilitator across workshops, sprint ceremonies, client showcases, and design crits
• - Active listener who asks precise, well-timed questions to clarify intent
• - Comfortable challenging assumptions and pushing back constructively on bad briefs or scope creep
• - Diplomatic but direct - can navigate differing opinions and land on decisions that move work forward

Agile & Delivery:

• - Experienced working embedded in cross-functional agile squads
• - Understands the sprint lifecycle and how to deliver design at the right fidelity for each stage
• - Comfortable with ambiguity - can progress work with incomplete information and course-correct efficiently
• - Proactively flags risks, dependencies, and blockers rather than waiting for them to elevate

EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS

• - 4–7 years of professional product design experience (agency or in-house)
• - Demonstrable experience in at least one of: Fintech, banking, insurance, payments - and/or medtech, health-tech, clinical platforms
• - Portfolio showing end-to-end case studies with clear problem framing, process, and measurable outcomes
• - Track record of working directly with clients or senior business stakeholders
• - Experience designing for mobile (iOS/Android) and web; responsive design principles second nature
• - Exposure to design system creation, governance, or significant contribution
• - Familiarity with research tooling: Maze, Lyssna, Google Analytics, etc