Staff Product Designer

Kelly Services; San Jose (CA); Remote; USD 107,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Fully remote in Canada

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

Motion Recruitment Partners (MRP) is seeking a Staff Product Designer to lead end-to-end product design across multiple areas and to steward a scalable design system. This remote Canada role partners with Product, Engineering, and leadership to raise design standards and influence the product roadmap.

Ideal candidates have a strong systems mindset, great collaboration skills, and a track record of delivering high-quality, user-centered experiences in fast-moving environments.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of product design experience in software, SaaS, or digital products.
• Significant experience building, managing, or scaling design systems.
• Strong portfolio showing end-to-end product ownership and systems thinking.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end product design initiatives across multiple product areas.
• Provide design system leadership and establish scalable design patterns.
• Collaborate with Product and Engineering to influence roadmap and decisions.
• Mentor fellow designers and promote high-quality design standards.

Skills

Product design

Design systems

Cross-functional

Systems thinking

End-to-end design

Mentoring

Communication

Tools

Figma

Job description

$150000 - $190000

Staff Product Designer (Design Systems)

Remote - Canada | Competitive Compensation

We're hiring a Staff Product Designer to join a fast-growing software company building collaborative workflow tools for complex, team-based environments.

This is a strategic design leadership opportunity focused on shaping both the end-user experience and the design system that supports a scalable product platform. You'll operate across multiple product areas, helping define experiences, improve consistency, and establish design best practices that enable teams to move efficiently while maintaining a high-quality user experience.

We're looking for a designer who combines deep product thinking, systems expertise, and strong cross-functional influence. You'll partner closely with Product, Engineering, and company leadership to solve complex problems, drive alignment, and elevate design standards across the organization.

This role is ideal for someone who enjoys navigating ambiguity, leading large initiatives, and building the foundations that allow products and teams to scale effectively.

What You'll Be Doing Core Focus

• Own and drive end-to-end product design initiatives across multiple product areas

• Design System leadership is essential

• Shape scalable design patterns, frameworks, and user experiences

• Partner closely with Product and Engineering to influence roadmap and strategic decisions

• Establish and evolve design standards across the organization

• Help create a world-class design culture focused on quality, usability, and business impact

Day-to-Day Responsibilities

• Lead design efforts from discovery and research through delivery and iteration

• Maintain and expand a scalable design system used across multiple products and teams

• Create reusable components, interaction patterns, and documentation

• Collaborate with engineers to ensure high-quality implementation and consistency

• Simplify complex workflows into intuitive user experiences

• Facilitate stakeholder discussions and align teams around user and business needs

• Define best practices for design processes and team collaboration

• Mentor and support fellow designers through feedback, reviews, and coaching

• Influence product strategy through research, insights, and design leadership

Required Skills & Experience

• 10+ years of product design experience within software, SaaS, or digital product organizations

• Significant experience building, managing, or scaling design systems

• Strong portfolio demonstrating:

• End-to-end product ownership

• Systems thinking

• Complex problem solving

• Measurable business and customer impact

• Ability to lead cross-functional initiatives independently

• Strong collaboration skills with Product, Engineering, and executive stakeholders

• Experience working on complex workflows and multi-surface product experiences

• Excellent communication and presentation skills

• Comfortable operating in fast-moving and evolving environments

Nice to Have

• Experience designing collaboration, productivity, workflow, or project management platforms

• Strong background in B2B SaaS products

• Experience designing scheduling, coordination, resource planning, or calendar-based workflows

• Familiarity with enterprise software and complex operational platforms

• Experience working in fully remote or distributed organizations

• Experience helping establish design practices, standards, and scalable team processes

• Previous experience mentoring designers or influencing design organizations

• Exposure to data-rich applications, dashboards, or operational tools

The Offer

• Competitive compensation package

• Fully remote within Canada

• Comprehensive benefits package

• Flexible vacation policy

• Opportunity to help shape product direction and design foundations at scale

• High-impact role with significant ownership and visibility

Additional Information

• Current opening: Yes

• Remote-first team

• Modern product development environment

• Collaborative and design-driven culture

• Applicants must be authorized to work in Canada on a permanent full-time basis

Motion Recruitment Partners (MRP) is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All applicants must be currently authorized to work on a full-time basis in the country for which they are applying, and no sponsorship is currently available. Employment is subject to the successful completion of a pre-employment screening. Accommodation will be provided in all parts of the hiring process as required under MRP's Employment Accommodation policy. Applicants need to make their needs known in advance.