Key skills
Product design experienceFigmaUser research methodsB2B productsDesign systems contributionAnalytical skillsStakeholder managementCommunication skillsCross-functional collaborationAISaaSStakeholder ManagementPrototypingUser ResearchUsability TestingCommunicationDecision MakingCollaboration
About this role
Bestow is a leading vertical technology platform focused on modernizing life insurance. The Senior Product Designer will be responsible for owning the end-to-end design process for key initiatives, transforming complex insurance concepts into user-friendly experiences while collaborating with cross-functional teams.
Responsibilities:
- Own the end-to-end design for medium-sized initiatives within your product area
- Collaborate with product managers to define problems, outline solutions, and establish success criteria
- Conduct research through user interviews, usability testing, and data analysis to validate key design decisions, uncover insights, drive product strategy
- Create diagrams, prototypes, and high-fidelity designs that effectively communicate your vision to stakeholders
- Partner with engineering during implementation to ensure design integrity while balancing technical constraints
- Contribute to team design quality through peer feedback and collaboration; beginning to mentor junior designers
- Advocate for user-centered design within your product team and immediate stakeholders
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
- 5+ years of product design experience, with exposure to complex B2B or SaaS products
- Portfolio demonstrating complex problem-solving skills, systems thinking, and a keen attention to visual details
- Proficiency in design and prototyping tools like Figma or Framer, and exploring AI tooling in your design practice
- Comfortable operating within ambiguity on familiar problem types; learning to navigate ambiguity on novel challenges
- Demonstrated ability to influence and lead multiple projects simultaneously across a product area
- Developing proficiency in user research methods including interviews, usability testing, and synthesis
- Experience contributing to design systems and component libraries
- Strong analytical skills and experience using data tools to inform decision making
- Excellent communication skills with demonstrated success working in cross-functional teams
- Experience translating business requirements into design solutions with clear rationale
- Comfortable independently managing medium-complexity projects with some guidance on larger strategic initiatives
- Growing skills in stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration