Principal Product Designer - Prototyping Focus - Remote Eastern or Central Time zones

The Hustle; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Principal Product Designer to join their Growth team, focusing on a critical 0-to-1 initiative. This role involves leading the design process, collaborating with product managers, and conducting user research to create innovative solutions. Ideal candidates will have significant experience in product design and a strong portfolio showcasing their work.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in product design with a strong portfolio.
• Experience designing for AI technologies.
• Proficiency with design and prototyping tools.

Responsibilities

• Lead design for a 0-1 initiative from concept to launch.
• Conduct user research and translate insights into design decisions.
• Mentor junior designers and contribute to the design system.

Skills

User-centered design principles

Prototyping

User research methodologies

Communication skills

Tools

Figma

Adobe Creative Suite

Job description

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We are seeking a highly skilled and visionary Principal Product Designer to join our Growth team and lead design for a critical 0-to-1 initiative. This is an exciting opportunity to shape the future of HubSpot by taking a nascent idea from concept to reality. You will define user experience, drive product vision, and collaborate closely with product managers and engineers to build innovative solutions for an important segment of our customer base.

What You'll Do

• Lead Design for a 0-1 Initiative: Drive the end-to-end design process for a new product experience, from initial concept to launch and beyond.
• Collaborate across product lines and initiatives to achieve results: This is a “glue” role where you’ll be a driving force to delivering value.
• Rapid Prototyping: Create interactive prototypes using tools like Figma to effectively communicate design concepts and test user interactions.
• User Research & Validation: Conduct user research, synthesize findings, and translate insights into actionable design decisions.
• Strategic Vision: Collaborate with product managers and engineers to define the product vision and strategy, ensuring alignment with user needs and business goals.
• Design System Contribution: Contribute to and evolve HubSpot’s design system, ensuring consistency and scalability across new products.
• Mentorship & Leadership: Provide mentorship and guidance to junior designers, fostering a culture of design excellence.
• Navigate Ambiguity: Effectively work within a 0-1 environment, defining processes, operating systems, and delivering results in the face of uncertainty.

What We're Looking For

• Significant experience and impact in product design, with a strong portfolio showcasing your craft work. You’ve worked in ambiguous environments and thrive when you can bring clarity via your designs.
• Experience designing for AI technologies and design paradigms.
• Experience and a passion for building high-fidelity prototypes and interaction design.
• Proven ability to lead design for 0-1 initiatives or early-stage products.
• Deep understanding of user-centered design principles and practices.
• Strong understanding of user research methodologies and the ability to translate research into design decisions.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to articulate complex design concepts and rationale.
• Experience working in a fast-paced ambiguous environment.
• Proficiency with design and prototyping tools (e.g., Figma, Framer, Adobe Creative Suite).
• Familiarity with front-end development concepts (HTML, CSS, JavaScript) to facilitate collaboration with engineers.
• Fluency in applying modern web and mobile design patterns to designs.
• Must be located in the Eastern or Central Time Zone of the United States.

About UX At HubSpot

Our UX team is a passionate and diverse group of ~300 product designers, content designers, researchers, and design ops folks globally who build consumer-grade experiences while solving enterprise-level problems. We’re set up to work as equal partners to our peers in product management and engineering. We design and deliver a crafted experience to our customers by setting a high bar on ease of use. We’re investing deeply in building whole and healthy UX teams across all of our disciplines so we can better solve problems for our customers.

We involve our customers in every step of our development process. We strive to deliver a B2B product that’s just as easy to use as the best B2C products on the market. When our customers grow, we grow, too.

Want to know more about product design at HubSpot?

• The possibilities of “and” — prioritizing usability alongside feature growth
• By the people, for the people: keeping your design system evergreen
• See all HubSpot UX blog posts

One more thing you should know…

There’s a lot of research showing how marginalized groups of people may not apply for jobs unless they meet 100% (or more!) of the qualifications. We also know that many UX folks come from backgrounds with different experiences that might not seem “standard”—and that’s okay! We really value people who bring unique perspectives and add new knowledge to our team.

You might not feel like you “check all the boxes” as you read this job post, but we hope you’ll apply anyway because we’ll take great care in working with you.