Principal Product Designer
Istari
UX Design Lead
Liftoff Mobile
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • California, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Washington • 🇺🇸 United States
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Senior
About the role
- Partner with PMs, Engineers, Growth, Operations, and Creative teams to define requirements, scope solutions, documentation, and ship high-quality experiences.
- Lead UX design strategy and execution for external-facing, data-intensive platforms, simplifying complex workflows and ensuring experiences are intuitive, consistent, and aligned with business goals.
- Establish lightweight processes for design reviews, design QA, and documentation.
- Ensure design deliverables move smoothly through product roadmaps.
- Manage external design contractors, including onboarding, quality review, and workload allocation.
- Ensure the design system and component libraries scale with product growth.
- Keep design patterns aligned with accessibility, internationalization, and platform best practices.
- Report to the Workflow Group Product Manager and participate in periodic in-person team gatherings.
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience in UX, Product Design, or Interaction Design, with at least 5+ years in a lead or senior IC role.
- Proven track record designing for data-heavy, external-facing platforms
- Experience setting and enforcing design standards across teams
- Experience managing contractors, agencies, or external design partners.
- Strong portfolio demonstrating end-to-end design process: discovery, ideation, iteration, and delivery.
- Expertise with design tools (e.g., Figma, Sketch, Adobe Creative Suite, prototyping tools). Experience with Storybook/ CSS is a bonus.
- Strong understanding of UX principles, information architecture, and usability testing methods.
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate across functions.
- Comfortable in a fast-paced, evolving environment with shifting priorities.
Benefits
- Liftoff’s compensation strategy includes competitive salaries, equity, and benefits designed to support employee well-being and performance.
- Benefits may include medical coverage, wellness stipends, and additional perks based on your country of residence.
- Remote-first company with US hubs in Redwood City, Los Angeles, and New York City.
- Opportunities for in-person team gatherings, regional meetups, and company-wide events (attend at least once per quarter).
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
UX designProduct DesignInteraction Designdesign standardsusability testinginformation architectureend-to-end design processdesign strategydesign QAdesign patterns
Soft skills
communicationcollaborationinfluenceleadershiporganizationadaptabilityproblem-solvingteam managementprocess establishmentquality review
