Lead Product Design

H1; New York (NY); Remote; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work hours

Commuter benefits

Stock options

Work from home opportunities

Health & life insurance

Retirement options

Unlimited PTO

Flex Give & Flex Spend

Impactful BRGs

Job summary

H1 is seeking a Lead Product Designer to own design end-to-end on high-impact initiatives across the H1 platform. You will drive projects from early discovery through shipped, polished solutions, working independently while keeping the Design Director informed on direction, risks, and priorities.

You’ll translate ambiguity into clear direction and work with product managers, engineers, and domain experts to deliver impactful experiences.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of product design experience for complex systems.
• Experience designing AI-powered features or workflows.
• Experience in healthcare, life sciences, medical technology, or another data-intensive, high-stakes domain.
• Experience at a startup or scale-up, or in another fast-moving environment.
• Prior experience managing or leading designers.
• Proficiency with design tools and collaboration platforms (Figma, Jira, Claude, Excel).
• Excellent written and verbal communication, including confident presentation to executives and non-design stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead design projects from problem definition through research, concept, prototyping, delivery, and post-launch iteration.
• Move quickly from ambiguity to a clear direction, making sound decisions with incomplete information and refining as you learn.
• Take complex, data-heavy workflows and make them clear, fast, and intuitive.
• Identify where AI can meaningfully improve a user's workflow, and design those experiences thoughtfully (including trust, transparency, and handling of errors).
• Present work, rationale, and tradeoffs to senior leadership and turn feedback into clear next steps.
• Partner closely with product managers, engineers, and domain experts to scope and ship.
• Run or guide user research and usability testing, and use the findings to shape decisions.
• Maintain and evolve our design system.
• Raise the design bar through critique, informal mentoring, and sharing best practices.
• Flag risks, dependencies, and timelines early, and manage multiple priorities as they shift.

Skills

Product design leadership

AI product design

Healthcare/data-intensive domain

Startup/fast-moving environment

Executive communication

Agile collaboration

Design critique/mentoring

Tools

Figma

Claude

Jira

Excel

Job description

• We're looking for a Lead Product Designer to own design end to end on high-impact initiatives across the H1 platform. H1 is a fast-moving company where priorities evolve quickly and design has a direct line to the business. You'll take projects from early discovery through to shipped, polished solutions, working independently while keeping the Design Director informed on direction, risks, and priorities. Your focus areas will be set based on company priorities, so you'll ramp up quickly on new problem spaces and deliver with momentum
• This is an individual contributor role with real leadership scope: you'll own the design solutions for your projects, work within the overall design direction, represent design with leadership, and contribute to how the team works. As the team grows, there's a natural path into people leadership for someone who wants it
• Lead design projects from problem definition through research, concept, prototyping, delivery, and post-launch iteration
• Move quickly from ambiguity to a clear direction, making sound decisions with incomplete information and refining as you learn
• Take complex, data-heavy workflows and make them clear, fast, and intuitive
• Identify where AI can meaningfully improve a user's workflow, and design those experiences thoughtfully (including trust, transparency, and handling of errors)
• Present work, rationale, and tradeoffs to senior leadership and turn feedback into clear next steps
• Partner closely with product managers, engineers, and domain experts to scope and ship
• Run or guide user research and usability testing, and use the findings to shape decisions
• Maintain and evolve our design system
• Raise the design bar through critique, informal mentoring, and sharing best practices
• Flag risks, dependencies, and timelines early, and manage multiple priorities as they shift

Benefits

• Flexible work hours
• Commuter benefits
• Stock options
• Computer setup
• Work from home opportunities
• Health & life insurance
• Retirement options
• Unlimited PTO
• Flex Give & Flex Spend
• Impactful BRGs

You are adaptable, collaborative, and open to feedback. You can work effectively with strong personalities and diverse perspectives while maintaining a focus on delivering meaningful outcomes for customers

You are naturally curious about how products work beneath the surface and enjoy understanding the systems, workflows, and data models that power great user experiences. You ask thoughtful questions, challenge assumptions, and seek to become an expert in the products you support

You thrive in ambiguity and are comfortable operating without perfectly defined requirements. You proactively identify opportunities, help clarify direction, and work cross-functionally to move initiatives forward

You understand that successful enterprise product design is not just about creating polished interfaces it's about solving complex problems, simplifying difficult workflows, and helping users make better decisions

Proven track record of simplifying complex user flows with heavy data elementsLeadership presence: you've informally mentored or guided other designers, and you're ready to grow into formal people management over time

Ability to work autonomously: you can scope an ambiguous problem, make decisions, and keep work moving without day-to-day direction

Experience working with engineers in an agile environment

Proficiency with Figma, Claude, Jira, Excel and more

Comfort in a fast-paced, high-ownership environment: you balance speed and quality well, and stay steady and constructive when timelines are tight or priorities change

Excellent written and verbal communication, including confident presentation to executives and non-design stakeholders

7+ years of product design experience, with a portfolio showing projects you led from start to finish

Experience designing AI-powered features or workflows

Experience in healthcare, life sciences, medical technology, or another data-intensive, high-stakes domain

Experience at a startup or scale-up, or in another fast-moving environment

Prior experience managing or leading designers