Senior Product Designer

Sparrow

Senior Product Designer creating leave-management experiences for Sparrow, an employee leave management company. Owning complex workflows and partnering with Product and Engineering from discovery through launch.

Posted 8/4/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $139,018 - $171,820 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in end-to-end product design, focusing on creating cohesive user experiences across complex workflows while collaborating effectively with cross-functional teams. Proficient in conducting research and applying design patterns to enhance product quality and consistency.

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Product Design ExperienceInteraction DesignSystems ThinkingCollaboration with Product and EngineeringUI and Content Design Craft

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Hard Skills

Product DesignWorkflow MappingPrototypingDesign PatternsUser Experience DesignInteraction DesignSystems ThinkingResearch SynthesisAttention to DetailComplex Workflow Design

Soft Skills

Strong Communication SkillsCollaborationProblem DefinitionComfort with AmbiguityIterative Design

Industry Keywords

FintechHealthcareHRPaymentsInsuranceBenefitsAdmin Tools

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own end-to-end design for product features and workflows, from discovery through shipped outcomes
Design experiences handling edge cases, regulatory nuance, permissions, states, exceptions, and real-world processes
Design cohesive experiences across multiple personas and levels of expertise
Partner with Product and Engineering to clarify problems, explore solutions, define scope, and ship high-quality work quickly
Conduct pragmatic research including interviews, workflow mapping, and prototype tests; synthesize insights and iterate
Apply and help evolve design patterns and systems to improve quality, consistency, speed, and coherence
Communicate rationale, tradeoffs, and decisions to build alignment across the EPD team
Shape the product experience and contribute to how Sparrow builds and ships

Requirements

What you’ll need

4–6+ years of product design experience, including shipping meaningful product work
Experience designing complex, workflow-heavy products
Experience with operationally complex domains such as fintech, healthcare, HR, payments, insurance, benefits, or admin tools is a bonus
Strong interaction and systems thinking
Ability to design flows handling nuance, permissions, states, and exceptions
Comfort working with ambiguity, contributing to problem definition, proposing options, and iterating
Strong collaboration with Product and Engineering, including scope and tradeoff discussions
Excellent UI, content, and interaction design craft and attention to detail
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Passion for applying technology to difficult problems and building beautiful, useful products
Must be legally authorized to work in the United States
Must be physically working from within the United States if hired

Benefits

Comp & perks

Remote work arrangement
Mission-driven work supporting People teams and employees during leave
Diverse, highly talented, and supportive team
Collaborative, hardworking, smart, and humble team environment
Equal employment opportunities