Product Designer — EdTech SaaS (0→1)

Timely; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Timely is hiring a Product Designer embedded in a small, cross-functional team to build the next generation of school scheduling products. You’ll partner with product managers, engineers, and leadership to shape new experiences and turn complex problems into thoughtful product solutions.

You will conduct user interviews, create wireframes and prototypes, and contribute to the design system while embracing AI tools to explore ideas and validate solutions.

Qualifications

• Experience in Product Design or Design Engineering in a B2B SaaS business or adjacent environment.
• Strong design thinking, facilitation, and user research skills, plus proficiency with design tools (Figma or similar).
• Experience contributing to design systems with engineering teams; understanding basic front-end development principles; comfortable using AI in design workflow.

Responsibilities

• Partner with product management to decompose problems, surface and weigh options, and define design solutions.
• Lead design product discovery through customer interviews, workshops, and collaborative ideation.
• Conceptualize and design intuitive user flows and information architecture for complex administrative workflows.
• Create wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity designs for web applications.
• Collaborate with engineering to design feasible solutions within technical constraints.
• Support and contribute to the growing design system for a cohesive platform experience.
• Conduct user interviews and usability testing to uncover hidden assumptions and drive innovative discoveries.
• Prototype and validate ideas quickly before committing to full development cycles.

Skills

Design thinking

User research

Facilitation

AI in design workflow

Design tools (Figma)

Design systems

Communication

Tools

Figma

Job description

Timely is hiring a Product Designer embedded in a small, cross-functional team to build the next generation of school scheduling products. You’ll partner with product managers, engineers, and leadership to shape new experiences and turn complex problems into thoughtful product solutions.

You will conduct user interviews, create wireframes and prototypes, and contribute to the design system while embracing AI tools to explore ideas and validate solutions.