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Senior Product Designer

VTS · New York, NY · 2 wk ago
Art & Creative$143k–$190k/yrFull-time

About the role

VTS is seeking a Senior Product Designer to drive product design for high-impact initiatives within VTS Lease, the industry-leading platform transforming how commercial real estate teams manage leasing, make decisions, and drive asset performance.

Responsibilities

  • Own Product Design on Initiatives
  • Collaborate with Product Managers to frame problems, define opportunities, and align on product direction.
  • Partner closely with Engineering to understand technical constraints and opportunities.
  • Create intuitive experiences that embed AI-driven insights directly into the user workflows.
  • Translate complex data, including leases, documents, and market signals, into clear, actionable recommendations.
  • Balance automation with user control to ensure trust, transparency, and good usability.
  • Solve Complex, Real-World Problems
  • Design for multi-step, high-stakes workflows involving commercial real estate data.
  • Simplify non-linear user journeys across multiple roles, including lease admins, asset managers, and brokers.
  • Map legacy processes and systems to uncover inefficiencies and opportunities for transformation.
  • Drive Research & Insights
  • Help with discovery efforts to understand user needs, behaviors, pain points, and decision-making processes.
  • Engage customers directly and bring cross-functional partners into the research and synthesis process.
  • Use qualitative and quantitative insights to inform design decisions and prioritization.
  • Elevate UX and UI Craft
  • Bring a high bar for thorough, detailed, and elegant product design.
  • Create experiences that are not only functional, but also clear, intuitive, refined, and easy to use.
  • Sweat the details across interaction design, information hierarchy, visual design, edge cases, and overall usability.
  • Ensure workflows feel cohesive and thoughtfully designed from end to end, especially in complex enterprise environments.
  • Partner with Product Managers and Engineering partners to ensure that craft is preserved through delivery - not just in concept.
  • Practice Collaborative Design
  • Approach design as a team sport, not a solo activity.
  • Facilitate and participate in collaborative ideation sessions with Product Managers, Engineers, and stakeholders.
  • Use workshops (e.g., sketching sessions, QAR, journey mapping) to align teams and generate solutions.
  • Create transparency in process and decision-making, so teams stay aligned and engaged.

Qualifications

  • Proven experience designing and shipping complex SaaS products.
  • Experience designing data-rich or AI-powered experiences, or strong product design intuition in this space.
  • Strong UX and UI craft, with a demonstrated ability to create detailed, elegant, and easy-to-use experiences.
  • Deep experience collaborating with Product Managers and Engineering partners throughout the design process.
  • Strong facilitation skills, with experience leading collaborative ideation and cross-functional workshops.
  • Comfortable navigating ambiguity and making thoughtful tradeoffs.
  • Skilled in simplifying complex workflows into intuitive user experiences.
  • Strong communicator who can clearly articulate design decisions and influence cross-functional teams.

What Makes You a Great Fit

  • Proven experience designing and shipping complex SaaS products.
  • Experience designing data-rich or AI-powered experiences, or strong product design intuition in this space.
  • Strong UX and UI craft, with a demonstrated ability to create detailed, elegant, and easy-to-use experiences.
  • Deep experience collaborating with Product Managers and Engineering partners throughout the design process.
  • Strong facilitation skills, with experience leading collaborative ideation and cross-functional workshops.
  • Comfortable navigating ambiguity and making thoughtful tradeoffs.
  • Skilled in simplifying complex workflows into intuitive user experiences.
  • Strong communicator who can clearly articulate design decisions and influence cross-functional teams.

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