Staff Product Designer
Gusto
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Denver • California • Colorado • United States
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Salary
💰 $172,000 - $215,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Drive end-to-end design strategy and execution across the contractors experience from discovery and visioning through iterative delivery and refinement.
- Partner with product, engineering, research, data, legal, compliance, operations, and support to define problem spaces, align on priorities, and deliver solutions that meet both customer and business needs.
- Translate insights from research and data into intuitive, scalable experiences that support a variety of customer workflows.
- Champion awareness, inclusive design by participating in design reviews, sharing feedback, and contributing to design standards and platform quality.
- Explore how technologies such as AI can improve customer workflows and enhance experiences.
- Mentor and support fellow designers by offering mindful critique, sharing knowledge, and contributing to design community initiatives across Gusto.
Requirements
- 8+ years of product design experience with demonstrated impact in complex domains.
- Proven ability to lead design direction at the product level and influence cross-functional partners.
- Robust collaboration experience with partners in product, engineering, research, and data.
- A portfolio that demonstrates high-quality interaction and visual design with thoughtful consideration for accessibility and end-to-end user experiences.
- Comfort translating ambiguity into clear design decisions and outcomes.
- Well-developed communication skills with the ability to align teams around shared goals.
- Experience or deep interest in exploring how emerging technologies such as AI can enhance customer experiences and design processes.
Benefits
- competitive compensation packages with a strong emphasis on equity based compensation (ownership in Gusto)
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
product designinteraction designvisual designaccessibilitydesign strategyiterative deliverycustomer workflowsAI technologiesdesign standardsdesign critique
Soft skills
collaborationcommunicationmentorshipproblem-solvinginfluencefeedbackmindful critiquetranslating ambiguityteam alignmentcommunity initiatives