Mid-Level Visual Designer
Lean Tech
Senior Product Designer
Forerunner
full-time
Posted on:
Origin: • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $160,000 - $190,000 per year
Job Level
Senior
About the role
- Own complex, cross-functional product design work from discovery to delivery and launch
- Partner with PM and Engineering to clarify problems, define scope, and set measurable outcomes
- Lead discovery activities: interviews, task analyses, field/context research, and synthesize insights into strategy
- Anticipate edge cases, constraints, and operational realities early in the process
- Design end-to-end flows across web and mobile from low-fi to high-fi
- Prototype quickly in Figma (and lightweight code when helpful) and validate with users
- Drive implementation with engineering and run final design reviews before launch
- Contribute to and maintain the design system (Figma + component library) and document rationale
- Build trusted relationships across PM, Eng, and CS and facilitate alignment in ambiguity
- Communicate clearly to drive decisions, tell product stories, and raise quality across teams
Requirements
- Typically 5–8 years of experience in product design (impact weighted over exact years)
- Experience leading complex product design projects from discovery through launch
- Portfolio demonstrating systems thinking, crisp UX, and ability to simplify complex workflows
- Depth in user research and strong product judgment; ability to frame problems and validate solutions
- Fluency in Figma and experience building/evolving design systems and component libraries
- Prototyping skills at multiple fidelities (including lightweight code when helpful)
- Strong cross-functional communication and storytelling with PMs, Engineers, and CS
- Comfortable with ambiguity and proactive ownership of problem spaces and solutions
- Collaborative, humble, and able to give and receive feedback
- Bonus: experience in civic tech, climate tools, or other high-stakes, data-heavy domains
