Staff Product Designer

📍 Job Overview

Job Title: Staff Product Designer

Company: PermitFlow

Location: New York City, New York, United States

Job Type: FULL_TIME

Category: Product Design / GTM Operations Enablement

Date Posted: 2026-07-28

Experience Level: 10+ Years

Remote Status: Hybrid (3 days in-office per week)

🚀 Role Summary

• Spearhead end-to-end product design initiatives for PermitFlow's innovative AI-driven construction technology platform, focusing on both internal tools and customer-facing applications.

• Drive strategic decision-making and execution for key product surfaces, ensuring a seamless and intuitive user experience within the complex construction permitting, licensing, and inspection workflows.

• Elevate the design function by establishing and strengthening critique culture, design rituals, and a company-wide design-centric approach.

• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including engineering, product management, sales, and marketing, to translate complex business needs into elegant and scalable design solutions.

• Become an expert in the construction permitting industry, leveraging curiosity and a deep understanding of user needs to inform design strategy and product development.

📝 Enhancement Note: This role transcends traditional product design by requiring a deep dive into the operational complexities of the construction industry. Success will hinge on the ability to translate intricate B2B workflows into user-friendly interfaces, directly impacting the operational efficiency of PermitFlow's customers. The "Staff" title suggests a senior individual contributor role with significant autonomy and influence over product strategy and design direction.

📈 Primary Responsibilities

• Lead the design strategy and execution for critical product areas within PermitFlow's SaaS platform, focusing on construction permitting, licensing, and inspection workflows.

• Conduct user research, identify pain points, and translate insights into actionable design solutions that enhance user experience and operational efficiency for construction companies.

• Design and prototype complex, information-dense B2B software interfaces, with a particular emphasis on workflow-heavy applications.

• Collaborate with engineering teams to ensure high-fidelity design implementation, acting as a bridge between design vision and technical feasibility.

• Contribute to the development and maintenance of design systems, ensuring consistency and scalability across the product suite.

• Partner with sales and marketing teams to create compelling sales collateral and branding materials that effectively communicate the value proposition of PermitFlow's solutions.

• Foster a culture of design excellence through active participation in design critiques, providing constructive feedback, and championing best practices.

• Advocate for the user by continuously assessing and improving UX and visual design elements within the PermitFlow application.

📝 Enhancement Note: The responsibility of "helping us design a really amazing permitting product" implies a significant role in shaping the product's core functionality and user experience, directly contributing to the company's Go-To-Market (GTM) success by making complex operational processes manageable for clients.

🎓 Skills & Qualifications

Education: While no specific degree is mandated, a strong portfolio demonstrating a deep understanding of UX principles, visual design, and complex B2B software design is paramount.

Experience: 10+ years of experience designing dense B2B software, with a strong preference for experience in workflow-heavy products and complex enterprise applications.

Required Skills:

• Proven ability to lead end-to-end design projects for B2B software products, from concept to launch.

• Expertise in Figma, or similar advanced design and prototyping tools (e.g., Sketch, Adobe XD).

• Proficiency with collaboration and documentation tools such as Notion and Linear, or comparable platforms.

• Strong understanding of user-centered design principles and methodologies.

• Demonstrated experience in designing for complexity