Lead Product Designer

📍 Job Overview

Job Title: Lead Product Designer

Company: GetWhys

Location: Portland, OR | Bozeman, MT | Boise, ID | NYC, NY

Job Type: Full-Time

Category: Product Design / UX/UI

Date Posted: 2026-08-05T16:57:37

Experience Level: 5-10 Years

Remote Status: Hybrid

🚀 Role Summary

• Lead end-to-end product design initiatives, from initial concept exploration to final implementation, ensuring a cohesive user experience across integrated tools and the core platform.

• Drive the establishment and refinement of design practices, systems, and standards within a fast-paced, evolving startup environment.

• Enhance the usability and visual quality of existing products, focusing on complex software and workflow design.

• Collaborate closely with Product and Engineering to influence product strategy and development decisions, not solely focusing on visual aesthetics.

• Act as a key partner in proactively clarifying requirements for engineering and shaping the overall UX/UI approach for the company.

📝 Enhancement Note: The role is explicitly for a "Lead Product Designer" who is expected to be hands-on while also establishing foundational design processes. This implies a dual focus on individual contribution and strategic process improvement, common in early-stage startups. The hybrid nature with hubs suggests a need for strong remote collaboration skills alongside potential for in-person interaction.

📈 Primary Responsibilities

• Own the complete product design lifecycle, from ideation and user research through wireframing, prototyping, visual design, and final handoff to engineering.

• Conduct user research and usability testing to gather insights that inform design decisions and validate product direction.

• Design intuitive and engaging user interfaces for both the core GetWhys platform and integrations within third-party tools like Slack and Claude.

• Develop and maintain a practical, scalable design system to ensure consistency, efficiency, and faster iteration cycles across the product.

• Partner with Product Management to define product strategy, prioritize features, and translate ambiguous problems into clear, actionable user experiences.

• Provide constructive feedback to cross-functional teams and advocate for user-centered design principles to raise the overall quality bar.

• Translate complex B2B buyer intelligence concepts into accessible and user-friendly product features.

• Contribute to the strategic development of UX/UI best practices and standards for the organization.

• Lay the groundwork for a future design team, potentially mentoring junior designers as the company scales.

📝 Enhancement Note: The responsibilities emphasize a blend of hands-on design execution and strategic process establishment. The mention of "design systems," "complex software," and "workflow design" points towards a need for a designer who can handle intricate user journeys and data-driven products, not just simple consumer-facing interfaces.

🎓 Skills & Qualifications

Education: While no specific degree is mandated, a strong portfolio and relevant experience are paramount. Candidates are expected to demonstrate a deep understanding of design principles equivalent to formal education in Design, HCI, or related fields.

Experience: Approximately 5+ years of professional product design experience, with a significant portion spent in roles that involved end-to-end design ownership. Experience in a startup environment, particularly as an early designer, is highly advantageous.

Required Skills:

• Proven expertise in end-to-end product design, including user research, wireframing, prototyping, and visual design.

• Strong portfolio showcasing thoughtful product work, excellent visual craft, and experience with complex software, workflows, or systems.

• Proficiency in designing user experiences that span multiple platforms and integrations.

• Experience in building or significantly contributing to design systems.

• Ability to translate ambiguous problems into clear, user-centered solutions.

• Strong collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to give and receive constructive feedback.

• Demonstrated judgment and confidence to advocate for design decisions.

• Comfort working independently in a fast-moving, autonomous environment.

• Familiarity with AI tools and their application within design processes. Preferred Skills:

• Experience as an early designer at a startup.

• Experience designing for B2B SaaS products.

• Familiarity with tools like Slack and Claude from a user experience perspective.

• Understanding of go-to-market strategies and how product design supports them.

• Experience in shaping company-wide approaches to UX and UI.

📝 Enhancement Note: The requirement for a strong portfolio demonstrating "thoughtful end-to-end product work and excellent visual craft" is a key indicator. The emphasis on "complex software, workflows, or systems" over "isolated screens" suggests the