Design Lead - AI-Powered Vertical Software

Beaconholdings; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Beacon Software is seeking a Design Lead to transform complex business problems into practical, scalable products that customers rely on. You will embed with portfolio companies, collaborate with operators, designers and engineers from discovery through adoption, and build features that matter across the portfolio.

Expect to own engagements end-to-end, guiding discovery, pilots and deployment. You will face hard problems, maintain direct customer contact, and hold ownership beyond launch,

Qualifications

• Evidence of taking ambiguous product or operational problems through delivery to sustained use and measurable improvement.
• Product judgment: challenge requests, uncover constraints and prioritize.
• Technical fluency in AI-enabled products, integrations, data and evaluations. Inspect behavior and traces, prototype ideas, and discuss reliability, cost and technical tradeoffs with engineers.
• Earn trust with operators and leaders, communicate clearly, and lead cross-functional work without formal authority.
• Sound judgment about risk, permissions, human review and when not to automate. Production AI workflow experience is valuable.

Responsibilities

• Find the right problem. Understand customer needs and product priorities with portfolio teams.
• Shape the product and the proof. Define bounded pilots, success criteria and stop conditions.
• Lead delivery with partners. Set requirements and priorities with portfolio product and engineering teams.
• Stay through adoption. Test with customers, ensure reliability, organize rollout and training.
• Prove the value. Measure improvements and total cost, with real-world impact.
• Leave the company stronger. Hand off ownership and capture reusable workflows and lessons.

Skills

Product delivery

Product judgment

AI-enabled products

Stakeholder leadership

Risk awareness

Job description

Beacon Software is seeking a Design Lead to transform complex business problems into practical, scalable products that customers rely on. You will embed with portfolio companies, collaborate with operators, designers and engineers from discovery through adoption, and build features that matter across the portfolio.

Expect to own engagements end-to-end, guiding discovery, pilots and deployment. You will face hard problems, maintain direct customer contact, and hold ownership beyond launch,