Lead Product Designer Bangalore, Karnataka

Meesho; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Meesho in Bengaluru is seeking a Lead Product Designer to drive design across key charters, mentor juniors, and collaborate with Product, Business, Data, and Engineering teams to identify problems and craft experiences that are impactful and delightful.

You will own multiple charters, guide peers through framework thinking, and lead research that results in actionable outcomes while shaping scalable, user-centric experiences across the platform.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of design experience in a product company.
• Startup/fast-paced environment experience is a plus.
• Strong portfolio showing product thinking, empathy and business acumen.
• Experience leading a project or vertical and mentoring designers.

Responsibilities

• Be the primary owner of multiple charters.
• Lead design and mentor/guide peers in framework thinking and deep research.
• Design and validate new experiences via mockups, wireframes, flow diagrams, sketches, and other UX artefacts.
• Conduct quick rounds of usability testing.
• Individually contribute to 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 research, product, business and engineering teams to build scalable solutions.

Skills

Product design

Mentoring designers

User research

Cross-functional collaboration

Data-driven decisions

AI for UX

Tools

Prototyping tools

AI in design

Job description

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.

What you will do

• 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

What you will need

• 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