Senior Product Designer

Garmin; Olathe (KS); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Garmin's U.S. headquarters in the Kansas City area is seeking a Senior Product Designer to drive user-centered design across multiple projects, guiding teams to deliver effective experiences.

You will mentor junior designers, define design direction, and collaborate with product, engineering, and marketing to translate vision into concrete interfaces and systems. The role demands strong communication, a solid design portfolio, and fluency with Figma/Sketch and prototyping tools, staying current

Qualifications

• Degree in interactive/visual design or equivalent with 5+ years of experience, or 9+ years combined education/experience.
• Proven ability to lead design direction across multiple projects.
• Proficiency with Figma and Sketch and interactive prototyping tools.

Responsibilities

• Lead design direction and project planning for multiple projects.
• Collaborate with partners to shape feature vision and UX.
• Create reusable design patterns and guidelines for the web design system.
• Mentor other designers and communicate design decisions.

Skills

Design leadership

UX design

Prototyping

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Interactive Design, Human Factors, Visual Design or related

Tools

Figma

Sketch

Job description

Overview

We are seeking a full-time

Overview

We are seeking a full-time Senior Product Designer at Garmin's U.S. headquarters in the Greater Kansas City area. In this role, you will be responsible for being a proven designer with expertise in all aspects of user centered design to produce and give direction to others for the best design solutions.

Essential Functions

• Perform as a design leader who guides design direction for multiple projects and takes responsibility for project planning to ensure timely project completion
• Make substantial contributions to determining feasibility of project goals/objectives
• Partner with team leads/management to determine feature vision, visualize and communicate it
• Serve as the subject matter expert for a key feature or technology and communicate best practices for user experience for that feature
• Research and provide solutions for problems that span multiple groups or disciplines
• Provide feedback on designs in areas of expertise to team members
• Lead conversations with partners and potential clients with respect to user experience design
• Serve as a mentor to less experienced Product Designers (Product Designer 1 & 2)
• Contribute to advanced design research for new products or markets by identifying research opportunities, creating effective protocols, and formulating solid solutions from research results
• Provide input to product design plans and concept documents
• Demonstrate understanding of business needs as they related to design
• Independently determine general approach and specific solutions to technical problems
• Stay up to date with the latest design trends, tools, and technologies and advocate for user-centric design principles and best practices
• Communicate status of work clearly and provide visibility to supervisor
• Exemplifies Garmin’s Mission Statement and Quality Policy and proactively works to improve Garmin’s image and culture

CREATIVE TEAM:

• Design and deliver user experiences for Garmin’s online properties efficiently and effectively
• Communicate research and design ideas through mockups, storyboards, presentations, and documentation
• Develop creative, user-friendly, and globally consistent design patterns and guidelines for the Web Design System
• Partner with design leadership, marketing, IT, global teams, and stakeholders to shape design direction
• Collaborate across product design, development, and management teams to create high-quality solutions

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Interactive Design, Human Factors, Visual Design or a degree with an equivalent curriculum that teaches user centered design principles AND a minimum of 5 years relevant work experience OR a minimum of 9 years equivalent combination of education and relevant experience
• Excellent academics (cumulative GPA greater than or equal to 3.0 as a general rule) with the ability to effectively apply learned knowledge
• Proficient in UX software tools such as Figma and Sketch, as well as interactive prototyping tools
• Proven track record with leading design direction for multiple projects, and ensuring effective project planning leads to timely completion of project goals/objectives
• Demonstrated strong and effective verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills

Desired Qualifications

• Outstanding academics (cumulative GPA greater than or equal to 3.5)
• Excellent knowledge and passion for Garmin Products

CREATIVE TEAM:

• Highly detail-oriented to document web components and ensure consistency across all web products

GARMIN LABS:

• Experience with Unity and/or other 2D/3D platforms for interactive design and production
• Experience designing interactive content and interfaces specifically for sports
• Experience working closely with Technical Artists and/or Developers
• Ability to provide examples of overcoming technical limitations and constraints in novel ways
• Proven lead designer for at least one shipped product

Garmin International is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran’s status, age or disability.

This position is eligible for Garmin's benefit program. Details can be found here: Garmin Benefits