Lead Product Designer

Meesho; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 28,000,000 - 42,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Meesho is seeking a Lead Product Designer in Bengaluru to drive design across key charters, mentor a team of designers, and collaborate with Product, Data, and Engineering to craft impactful experiences. You will own design directions and mentor others while working in a fast-paced startup-like environment.

The role emphasizes user-centered thinking, AI-enabled design, and a strong portfolio. You will guide design decisions and contribute to the overall product vision in a dynamic team.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of design experience in a product company.
• Strong portfolio demonstrating product thinking and business acumen.
• Experience mentoring designers and leading projects or verticals.
• Ability to collaborate with product, data, business and engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Own multiple design charters and guide a team of designers.
• Lead design decisions using qualitative and quantitative data.
• Create and validate experiences via mockups, wireframes and UX artifacts.
• Conduct usability testing and iterate based on feedback.
• Mentor junior designers and ensure design quality across the board.
• Collaborate with research, product, business and engineering teams to scale solutions.

Skills

Charter ownership

Mentoring

Portfolio

Cross-functional collaboration

Research & usability testing

Data-informed design

AI & prototyping tools

Tools

Prototyping tools

UX research methods

Job description

About the team

Meesho is on a mission to enable 100 million businesses to succeed online. With your help, we can go beyond!As Lead Product Designer, you will be part of a team solving a unique problem, one that’s mostly untouched by other e-commerce players. We are making eCommerce accessible for Tier-2+ markets who are new to eCommerce and have almost never transacted online before. Our Design team is as diverse as our users. Today, the team comprises about 50 Designers -- including Product , Visual & Motion Designers. But wait, there’s more! We’re individuals who are obsessed with our users. We empathise. We solve at grassroot levels. We are breaking all the barriers -- be it language, literacy, culture, or technology.

About the role

If you love designing, keeping users first, getting deep into data and enhancing user experiences, you may be our next Lead Product Designer!As a Lead Product Designer, you will be responsible for driving design across key charters, and mentoring/managing juniors working on these charters. You’ll collaborate closely with Product, Business, Data, and Engineering teams to identify problems and craft experiences that are both impactful and delightful. Alongside taking ownership of complex individual contributor work, you will also mentor and manage a small team of designers—helping them grow while driving quality across the board.

• Be the primary owner of multiple charters
• Be able to lead design and mentor/guide peers in framework thinking and conducting deep research which leads to actionable outcomes
• Design and validate new experiences via mockups, wireframes, flow diagrams, sketches, and other UX artefacts
• Conduct quick rounds of usability testing
• Individually contribute to the design decisions and mentor senior and junior Designers for holistic growth
• Effectively use quantitative and qualitative data to drive decisions and measure success
• Collaborate with the research, product, business and engineering teams to build scalable and impactful solutions
• 6+ years of design experience in a product company
• Experience with startups and fast-paced environments is an added advantage
• A strong portfolio demonstrating product thinking, design skills, curiosity, empathy and business acumen
• Understanding business and applying customer feedback and research to the design process
• Experience working with cross-functional teams and stakeholder management
• Experience leading a project or a vertical and mentoring designers
• Strong understanding of AI, prototyping and other key differentiating tools that will give us an edge in user experiences
• Strong desire to see how designers can support the company’s goals, team initiatives, and the broader product vision