Lead Product Designer: Systems thinker & Mentor

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

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