Lead Product Designer

About the role

Everything at Verkada begins with design. Every part of our product experience is carefully crafted to be simple, elegant, and powerful. As a Lead Product Designer, you will be responsible for delivering best-in-class web and mobile tools (user interface designs, interaction models, prototypes, etc.) in a fast-paced, collaborative environment. You’ll work with product managers, designers, and engineers to design our software, from defining a product vision to tweaking pixels before each release.

What You'll Do

• Collaborate closely with designers, engineers, and product managers in a highly agile development environment with quick ideation and prototyping.
• Build and foster a collaborative work environment.
• Run inspiring and formal brainstorming sessions with engineers, product, and other designers.
• Develop product strategies that deliver on customer needs and the company’s vision.
• Build clear, concise and intuitive UX/UI with everything from low-fidelity wireframes to pixel perfect final designs.
• Mentor junior designers, providing constructive feedback and elevating their work to the highest standards.
• Serve as a project lead, co-owning the final product with product and engineering leads.
• Manage multiple projects and stakeholder relationships.
• Manage and maintain a project’s scope and schedule.
• Initiate and participate in user research as needed on key projects.

What You Bring

• 7+ years of product design or mobile product design experience
• Portfolio that demonstrates polished visual and interaction design skills
• Bachelor's degree in design, art, human-computer interaction (HCI), or equivalent
• A drive to solve complex problems with simple and elegant solutions
• Proven experience in creative problem solving and partnering with product, engineering, and other designers to do so
• Experienced in creating and integrating animated visuals and interactive design
• Proficient in: Figma, Adobe Creative Suite

US Employee Benefits

• Healthcare programs that can be tailored to meet the personal health and financial well-being needs - Premiums are 100% covered for the employee under at least one plan and 80% for family premiums under all plans
• Nationwide medical, vision and dental coverage
• Health Savings Account (HSA) with annual employer contributions and Flexible Spending Account (FSA) with tax saving options
• Expanded mental health support
• Paid parental leave policy & fertility benefits
• Time off to relax and recharge through our paid holidays, firmwide extended holidays, flexible PTO and personal sick time
• Professional development stipend
• Fertility Stipend
• Wellness/fitness benefits
• Healthy lunches provided daily
• Commuter benefits

Additional Information

• We do sponsor and take over sponsorship of employment visas for this role. If we make you an offer, we will make every reasonable effort to get you a visa.
• Annual Pay Range: $150,000 - $230,000 USD
• Verkada Is An Equal Opportunity Employer