Lead Product Designer (B2B SaaS)

Human Capitalists; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Human Capitalists is seeking a Lead Product Designer to elevate product experiences with exceptional craft, judgment and systems thinking. You will partner deeply with product and engineering leaders, researchers, data partners and other designers to shape strategically important experiences across the platform.

With 7+ years designing complex digital products, you will mentor designers, raise quality, and drive design direction across high-impact areas, including AI-driven interfaces and

Qualifications

• 7+ years of product design leadership across complex digital products.
• Strong portfolio demonstrating product judgment, systems thinking, customer empathy and measurable impact.
• Experience leading full lifecycle: research, information architecture, interaction design, visual design, prototyping and usability testing.
• Experience designing AI-driven or intelligent interfaces and collaborating with data, automation or platform teams.

Responsibilities

• Partner with product, engineering, researchers and data partners to define and improve strategically important experiences across the platform.
• Mentor designers and raise quality across teams; drive design direction and critique.
• Lead critiques/workshops and persuade through rationale, evidence and craft.
• Influence design standards, tools and practices across high-impact product areas.

Skills

Leadership

Portfolio quality

Systems thinking

Interaction design

Visual design

Design systems

Accessibility

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication

Mentorship

AI-driven interfaces

Job description

Our client is seeking a Lead Product Designer who can elevate the company's product experiences through exceptional craft, product judgment, systems thinking and influence. You should have spent 7+ years designing complex digital products and are ready to shape strategically important work across one or more product areas.

As a lead individual contributor, you will partner deeply with product and engineering leaders, researchers, data partners and other designers to define and improve strategically important experiences across the company's platform. You will connect customer needs, business goals, technical constraints and long-term product strategy to clear, useful and highly polished product design while mentoring designers and raising quality across teams.

We expect candidates at this level to demonstrate exceptional visual and interaction design judgment, strong systems thinking and the ability to raise quality through direction, critique and mentorship. You should care deeply about the standards that make product experiences feel refined, trustworthy and coherent at scale.

Experience designing B2B SaaS, platform, CRM, workflow-heavy or SMB software experiences is highly valuable. Experience using AI-powered tools for exploration, prototyping, critique, synthesis or workflow acceleration is expected. Applications without a portfolio will not be considered.

• 7+ years of relevant product design experience, including sustained leadership, mentorship or design direction across complex digital product work;
• An exceptionally strong portfolio that demonstrates product judgment, systems thinking, customer empathy, high-quality execution, measurable product impact and leadership beyond individual execution;
• Proven experience leading product design across the full lifecycle, including research, information architecture, interaction design, visual design, prototyping, content design and usability testing;
• Exceptional visual and interaction design craft, with deep care for hierarchy, layout, typography, grids, spacing, motion, usability, accessibility and product quality;
• Deep fluency in design systems, accessibility standards, reusable patterns and scalable product experience decisions;
• Experience designing complex creation, commerce, communications, publishing or automation workflows where clarity, trust and error prevention matter;
• Experience designing AI-driven or intelligent interfaces and collaborating with data, automation or platform teams;
• Strong cross-functional leadership skills and the ability to work fluently with product managers, engineers, researchers, data partners, senior stakeholders and other designers;
• Excellent communication and facilitation skills, with the ability to simplify complex ideas, lead critiques and workshops and persuade through rationale, evidence and craft;
• Experience influencing design direction for high-impact product areas, systems or platforms and improving the standards, tools and practices teams use