Senior Product Designer

Job Description

We are looking for a Senior Product Designer who can own a product domain and deliver high-quality experiences with strong decision execution, solid judgment, and open collaboration. You will operate with a high degree of autonomy to drive design decisions that balance user needs and business goals. We expect you to deliver intuitive, scalable, and trustworthy workflows.

This role is ideal for someone who proactively shapes direction, guides others through their work, and will contribute to the evolution of how we design at SmartRecruiters.

In your first 3 months, you will:

• Own design work in a product group while partnering closer with Product and Engineering
• Lead design research including choosing methods and sharing insights with stakeholders
• Design end-to-end user experiences while considering scale, edge cases, and long-term impact
• Present your work clearly in design critiques and reviews with data and research included
• Actively collaborate with other designers by giving and receiving thoughtful feedback

In your first 6 months, you will:

• Lead design on complex initiatives from discovery through delivery with minimal supervision
• Create and maintain user journeys for your areas and connect them across the full experience
• Define and evolve interaction patterns within your domain to ensure platform coherence
• Bring a strong UX perspective to product strategy discussion with team leads 
• Ensure high-quality execution by partnering with engineers and fellow designers
• Share knowledge, mentor peers, and contribute to design initiatives across the organization

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience designing complex digital products
• A strong portfolio demonstrating end-to-end ownership, systems thinking, and product impact
• Proven experience driving user research and translating insights into product decisions
• Ability to define interaction patterns and contribute to scalable design solutions
• Strong product sense with experience collaborating on roadmap planning
• Excellent communication skills, especially with presenting design decision to stakeholders
• Experience designing in enterprise SaaS or similarly complex product environments

Nice to have:

• Experience contributing to or evolving a design system
• Strong accessibility and inclusive design experience
• Experience mentoring designers or leading design organization initiatives
• Familiarity with HR technology

Additional Information

SmartRecruiters is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.