Product Designer

16VC

Founding Product Designer at 16VC working with founders on AI and enterprise software products. Leading end-to-end design process from ideas to user interfaces.

Posted 7/7/2026contractRemote • 🇬🇧 United KingdomMid-LevelSenior💰 $70,000 - $180,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design world-class user experiences for AI, enterprise software, and technology products.
Translate founder ideas into intuitive user journeys, wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity interfaces.
Partner closely with Product Managers and Engineers throughout the product development lifecycle.
Conduct customer research, usability testing, and user interviews to validate product decisions.
Create and maintain scalable design systems and reusable UI components.
Shape product strategy by balancing user needs, business goals, and technical feasibility.
Design MVPs that enable founders to validate ideas quickly and reach product-market fit.
Help define product branding and visual identity for new ventures where appropriate.
Iterate rapidly based on customer feedback, analytics, and experimentation.
Support multiple ventures across the 16VC Studio portfolio.

Requirements

What you’ll need

3+ years of experience in Product Design, UX Design, or UI Design.
A strong portfolio demonstrating end-to-end product design for web or mobile applications.
Expertise with Figma, prototyping, and modern design workflows.
Strong understanding of interaction design, information architecture, accessibility, and user-centred design.
Experience collaborating closely with product and engineering teams.
Comfortable working in fast-moving startup environments with high ownership.
Excellent communication and problem-solving skills.
Passion for startups, AI, enterprise software, and building products from zero to one.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive compensation with equity opportunities where applicable

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Hard Skills & Tools

PrototypingInteraction DesignInformation ArchitectureAccessibilityDesign SystemsHigh-Fidelity InterfacesWireframingCustomer ResearchUsability TestingMVP Design

Soft Skills

Excellent CommunicationProblem-SolvingCollaborationAdaptabilityOwnership