Lead Product Designer, Platform

DraftKings Inc. is a publicly traded technology company headquartered in Boston, focusing on innovation and the integration of AI into their products. As a Lead Product Designer, you will drive the design vision and execution for impactful platform product areas, collaborating with cross-functional teams to shape product direction and elevate design quality.

Responsibilities:

• Lead design for complex product surfaces, platform capabilities, or strategic initiatives with broad business and cross-team impact, balancing multiple workstreams at once if needed
• Collaborate with cross-functional leaders across Product, Engineering, Research, Analytics, Operations, and partner product teams to shape vision and define strategy
• Bring clarity to ambiguous problem spaces by structuring actionable design approaches for complex workflows, shared systems, and scalable experiences
• Deliver high-quality design from concept through execution that balances user needs with business goals
• Guide teams in applying and evolving design system patterns, platform standards, and reusable interaction models for consistency and scalability
• Influence product and design direction through storytelling, framing, and strategic critique
• Partner closely with Engineering to understand technical constraints, dependencies, and implementation tradeoffs that shape scalable platform experiences
• Set quality standards, provide detailed design feedback, and elevate the work of peers and junior designers
• Mentor other designers and help grow the culture, craft, and impact of the broader design organization

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Design or any suitable combination of education, experience and training
• At least 6 years of experience designing digital products, with a proven track record leading large-scale, platform, or high-impact initiatives
• A portfolio that demonstrates end-to-end product design, systems thinking, scalable solutions, and measurable business outcomes
• Deep fluency in interaction design, product thinking, systems thinking, and the use of design systems
• Experience shaping product strategy and influencing roadmap planning in partnership with cross-functional teams
• Experience designing shared platforms, internal tools, enterprise workflows, or products that serve multiple user groups or downstream teams
• Ability to navigate ambiguity and create structure in complex or undefined problem spaces
• Exceptional communication, facilitation, and storytelling skills that align and inspire stakeholders
• Experience mentoring and coaching designers while contributing to team culture and craft excellence