Cortex by Palo Alto Networks

Lead Product Designer

Cortex by Palo Alto Networks

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: United States

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Salary

💰 $190,000 - $220,000 per year

Job Level

Senior

About the role

  • Drive the design vision: Lead and execute the design strategy for major product initiatives, setting a new standard for design and user experience at Cortex. You are relentless about crafting a delightful, industry-leading experience.
  • Elevate product quality and UX flow: Proactively identify and resolve complex user experience issues, focusing on streamlining core workflows and improving overall product usability and polish.
  • Design system ownership (Figma focus): Fully own the design system and component library within Figma, including specification, documentation, and governance, ensuring designers and engineers have scalable, reusable patterns. You’ll work closely with other designers consuming components and engineering teams implementing them.
  • Strategic Prototyping and Testing: Design, plan, and execute high-fidelity prototypes and user testing to validate concepts and inform design direction across the product management and engineering teams.
  • End-to-End Feature Delivery: Own the design process from concept development, through wireframing, high-fidelity mockups, and final handoff. Collaborate with Product Managers and Engineers to ensure features meet a high bar for user experience.
  • Maintain exceptional craft: Maintain an unwavering attention to detail to ensure product consistency, completeness, and a professional, polished user experience.

Requirements

  • 7+ years of experience as a Product Designer working on complex B2B or enterprise SaaS products. Experience with developer tools is a plus. Startup experience is highly desirable.
  • Proven experience leading end-to-end design projects with significant business impact.
  • Expert proficiency with Figma, prototyping tools, and user research methodologies.
  • Demonstrated experience owning and scaling a comprehensive design system and component library (in design tools like Figma).
  • You can point to a portfolio of work that clearly demonstrates your ability to solve challenging user problems and execute with exceptional craft and attention to detail.
  • Passionate about creating beautiful, useful, and usable interfaces guided by user feedback, while maintaining the ability to make strong decisions in ambiguous situations.
Benefits
  • National medical, dental & vision insurance (we cover 100% for employees!)
  • Unlimited PTO & flexible working hours
  • 401k plan
  • Gender-neutral parental leave
  • $1000 yearly Learning & Development stipend
  • $400 monthly perks stipend (use it on anything)
  • Pet Insurance
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
product designuser experiencedesign systemprototypinguser testingwireframinghigh-fidelity mockupsuser research methodologiesattention to detailB2B SaaS
Soft Skills
leadershipstrategic thinkingproblem-solvingcollaborationdecision-makingcreativityadaptabilitycommunicationattention to detailpassion for design