Product Designer

Discover International; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Discover International is seeking an exceptional Product Designer to shape the visual identity and storytelling for a new nonprofit Research Institute. This founding role sits at the crossroads of design, user experience, and impact, built on the equity of an established consumer brand.

You will own end-to-end product experiences, partner with researchers and data teams, and help evolve the design system while collaborating with Engineering.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of product design experience with 2+ years in senior IC or design lead.
• Experience leading end-to-end digital products from discovery through launch.
• Strong interaction and visual design with IA, typography, and layout.
• Experience partnering with researchers and conducting usability testing.
• B2C design experience across web or mobile.
• Proficiency with Figma and prototyping; familiarity with design systems.
• Ability to collaborate with engineering and analytics teams.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end product experiences from discovery through iteration.
• Lead discovery, validation, and research to inform design decisions.
• Partner with product, data, and marketing to define success metrics.
• Contribute to and evolve the design system.
• Collaborate with engineering to ensure high usability and craft.

Skills

Product design

End-to-end ownership

Interaction design

Visual design

UX research

B2C experience

Collaboration with engineers

Tools

Figma

Prototyping tools

Design systems

Jira

Job description

My client is seeking an exceptional Product Designers to shape the visual identity and storytelling of a new nonprofit public benefit organization — its Research Institute. This is a founding creative role: the Institute is new, but it's built on the deep creative and visual equity of an established consumer brand. The Design team have always had the north star of putting user experience first as this is what they believe will help generate the largest ROI.

It's a B2C brand at heart: the end user is the everyday consumer. The strongest candidates will have genuine experience designing for consumer audiences.

Who They Are:

A well-known nonprofit medical research organization that enables people everywhere to access their genetic information, understand potential hereditary conditions and participate in a global research initiative — with the ambition to be the most significant contributor to scientific advancement, uniting people around improving health and understanding DNA.

What You'll Do:

• Own End-to-End Product Experiences — Lead the design of major customer journeys from discovery through implementation, launch, and iteration based on UX research / AB Testing / Qual & Quant research / understanding the user journey.
• Lead Discovery & Validation — Build a deep understanding of customer needs through research, behavioral data, experimentation, and competitive analysis. Prototype and test concepts early to reduce uncertainty and avoid costly rework.
• Use Data to Inform Decisions — Partner with Product, Research, and Data to define success metrics, understand behavior, evaluate performance, and improve experiences post-launch — you will be working closely with Marketing, UX Researchers and the Data / insights team.
• Contribute to the Design System — Evolve reusable patterns, components, and interaction standards in partnership with other designers and engineers. The company are doing a branding and UX alignment, so you will be implementing UX guidelines to contribute to their 'Digital center of excellence'.
• Partner Through Implementation — Work closely with Engineering throughout development, resolving design questions and ensuring the final product meets a high bar for usability and craft.

What You'll Bring:

• Experience — 6+ years of product design experience, including 2+ years as a senior IC or design lead within an in-house product organization.
• End-to-End Ownership — Experience leading complex digital products from early discovery through detailed interaction design, implementation, launch, and iteration.
• Exceptional Interaction & Visual Design — A portfolio demonstrating strong information architecture, user flows, interaction design, prototyping, typography, hierarchy, and layout across web or mobile products.
• Research & Validation — Experience partnering with researchers or running lightweight discovery and usability testing independently, knowing the right level of research for the decision.
• B2C Experience — Ability to see relationships across features, journeys, and platforms, improving both the immediate consumer experience and the broader ecosystem.
• Technical Proficiency — Advanced Figma and modern prototyping tools; experience with design systems and close engineering partnership. Jira familiarity a plus.
• Hybrid Availability — Able to work from the Palo Alto office 3 days per week, collaborating in person with Product, Design, and Engineering.