Product Designer

The Reserves Network; Carrollton (TX); On-site; USD 125,000 - 155,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus 20–22% annual

100% company paid medical, dental, and

Vision benefits

Retirement savings program

Life and disability insurance

Professional development

Growth opportunities

Help build new Product & Design org

Job summary

The Reserves Network in Carrollton, TX is seeking a Senior UI/UX Designer / Product Designer to lead end-to-end design of brand-new digital products, from discovery through prototyping, validation, and launch. You will help establish a design system from the ground up, collaborate closely with Product leadership, conduct user research, and advocate for AI-enabled efficiencies across design workflows.

This founding member role offers a startup-like environment within an established organization,

Qualifications

• 5+ years of UI/UX, Product Design, or digital product design experience.
• 0-to-1 product design experience taking a brand-new product from discovery to launch.
• Portfolio demonstrating complex web/mobile applications, not just marketing sites.
• Experience creating or establishing a design system from scratch.
• Significant hands-on customer research experience.
• Strong UX and UI capabilities across discovery, research, journeys, wireframes, prototypes, usability testing, and visual design.
• Experience using analytics or metrics to evaluate designs.
• Experience partnering with Product Managers throughout discovery and development.
• Executive presence with ability to present and defend design decisions.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end UI/UX design for brand-new digital products from discovery to launch and iteration.
• Partner with Product to identify problems, test hypotheses, and progress concepts.
• Conduct external user research including interviews and usability testing.
• Design sophisticated digital products across web and mobile.
• Create user journeys, IA, wireframes, interactive prototypes, visuals, and specs for Engineering.
• Establish and evolve a design system for multiple products.
• Use qualitative and quantitative data to validate design decisions and measure success.
• Present concepts to senior leadership and justify decisions with evidence.
• Incorporate AI-enabled design practices into rapid prototyping and workflows.
• Help establish design processes, tools, and standards as the team grows.

Skills

0-to-1 product design

Portfolio

Design system

User research

UX design

UI design

Analytics

Product collaboration

Presentation skills

AI in design

Job description

Senior UI/UX Designer \\ Product Designer | $125,000 - $155,000 + Bonus | Direct Hire | Carrollton, TX

What Matters Most:

• Full-time, Direct Hire
• Opportunity to become a founding member of a new digital Product and Design organization
• Must have true 0-to-1 digital product design experience, including taking a brand-new software product from discovery through design and launch
• Opportunity to create a design system from the ground up and influence the tools, processes, and standards used as the organization grows

Job Description:

Join a growing organization that is building a new digital product function from the ground up. As a Senior UI/UX Designer, \\ Product Designer you will partner closely with Product from the earliest stages of discovery to research customer problems, test hypotheses, prototype concepts, and ultimately bring entirely new web and mobile products to market.

This is not a traditional UX role focused on maintaining established products or redesigning websites. You will be one of the founding members of the Design organization, with significant influence over the products being created and how Design operates as the team scales. The environment combines the entrepreneurial nature of a startup with the resources and stability of an established organization.

Responsibilities:

• Own the end-to-end UI/UX design process for brand-new digital products, from customer discovery and ideation through prototyping, validation, launch, and iteration.
• Partner closely with Product to identify customer problems, challenge assumptions, test hypotheses, and determine which concepts should move forward.
• Conduct external user research, including customer interviews, usability testing, prototype testing, and other human-centered research methods.
• Design sophisticated, functional digital products across web and mobile platforms.
• Create user journeys, information architecture, wireframes, interactive prototypes, visual designs, and detailed specifications for Engineering.
• Establish and evolve a design system from the ground up, creating reusable components and standards that can scale across multiple products.
• Use qualitative research, quantitative metrics, customer behavior, and product data to validate design decisions and measure success.
• Present concepts and recommendations to senior leadership, clearly communicating the rationale and evidence behind design decisions.
• Incorporate AI-enabled design practices into areas such as rapid prototyping, research synthesis, concept development, and workflow acceleration.
• Help establish Design processes, tools, methodologies, and best practices as the Product and Design organization grows.

Qualifications and Requirements:

• 5+ years of professional UI/UX, Product Design, or digital product design experience.
• Proven 0-to-1 product design experience, personally helping take a brand-new digital/software product from initial discovery through design, validation, and launch.
• Portfolio demonstrating complex functional web and/or mobile applications, rather than primarily marketing websites, corporate websites, or website redesigns.
• Experience creating or establishing a design system from scratch.
• Significant hands-on customer research experience
• Strong capabilities across both UX and UI, including discovery, research, user journeys, interaction design, wireframing, prototyping, usability testing, and visual design.
• Experience using measurable outcomes, analytics, adoption data, or other numerical success metrics to evaluate and validate designs.
• Experience partnering directly with Product Managers throughout discovery and product development.
• Strong executive presence with experience presenting recommendations and defending design decisions with senior leadership.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Entrepreneurial mindset with the ability to thrive in ambiguity and operate effectively when processes and solutions are still being defined.
• Experience incorporating AI into product design, research, or prototyping workflows.

Preferred Qualifications:

• B2B, B2B2C, or small/mid-sized business product experience.
• Experience within fintech, financial services, retirement, wealth management, benefits, insurance, healthcare, or another regulated industry.
• Startup, innovation lab, or early-stage product development experience.
• Experience helping establish or scale a Product Design function.
• Leadership, mentorship, or people management experience.
• Experience influencing the selection of design tools, methodologies, and processes.
• Experience measuring product adoption and user experience following launch.

Benefits and Perks:

• 20–22% annual bonus opportunity
• 100% company paid Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits for employee and dependents
• Generous retirement savings program with company contributions up to the IRS limits
• Company-paid life and disability insurance
• Professional development and career advancement opportunities
• Potential growth through either an individual-contributor/principal path or future Design leadership
• Opportunity to help build a new Product and Design organization from the ground up

Your New Organization:

Join an established organization making a significant investment in building new digital products and experiences. Rather than stepping into a mature Design department with established processes and predetermined solutions, you'll have the opportunity to help define how customer discovery is conducted, establish design standards and systems, and influence entirely new products from their earliest stages.

The team is operating with a startup-style mentality inside a stable, established business. You'll work alongside Product and business leadership in an environment that values experimentation, customer feedback, collaboration, and thoughtful decision-making. As an early member of the Design organization, you'll have meaningful influence over both the products that reach customers and how the Design function evolves.

The base salary range for this position is $125,000 - $155,000, excluding benefits, bonuses, or other compensation. This position is also eligible for a 20–22% annual bonus. Final compensation will depend on skills, qualifications, experience, location, and internal pay equity.