Lead Product Designer

Scale to Win is a fully-remote, progressive political tech company founded in 2020. They are hiring a Lead Product Designer to lead end-to-end design for high-impact product initiatives, partnering closely with Product Management and Engineering to create intuitive experiences that solve customer problems.

Responsibilities:

• End-to-end product design (40%)
• Own discovery, User Experience design, visual design, prototyping, and delivery for product initiatives on our roadmap
• Translate ambiguous problem spaces into clear, elegant solutions
• Design workflows and systems that balance usability, scalability, and technical constraints
• Balance near-term delivery with long-term experience quality
• Customer research & focus (25%)
• Be a strong advocate for customer voice and experience, upholding a high standard for problem- and user-focused prioritization and design
• Lead and participate in user research, usability testing, and validation
• Use qualitative and quantitative insights to inform design decisions
• Champion simplicity, clarity, and accessibility
• Cross-functional partnerships (20%)
• Collaborate closely with Product and Engineering to define strategy, requirements, and tradeoffs
• Facilitate design discussions and workshops to drive alignment
• Work with Customer Success, Sales, and other stakeholders to incorporate user insights into product design work
• Product design craft (15%)
• Help define and elevate our standards for product design excellence
• Model strong design thinking and systems thinking for the broader team
• Give thoughtful critique and raise the quality bar across initiatives
• Other Duties as Needed Other Duties as Needed: This role description is intended to convey information essential to understanding the scope of the position and is not an exhaustive list of skills, efforts, duties, responsibilities, or working conditions associated with it. Other duties may be assigned as needed to support the success of the team and organization

Requirements:

• 7+ years of experience in product design
• Experience working on B2B SaaS products and on early-stage product design teams
• Passion for customer- and problem-driven product design, with experience teaching others how to take a problem-focused approach
• A developed portfolio demonstrating systems thinking, UX design depth, and shipped products
• Experience building and contributing to design systems
• Strong product thinking with an ability to leverage business, customer and technical context to inform product design tradeoffs and prioritization
• Experience designing data visualization, fundraising, organizing, political, or messaging products
• Experience in organizing or political work
• Experience leveraging AI-powered tools to accelerate product development workflows