Kaizen LabsNew York, NYSenior Product Designer
Leads end-to-end product design for government SaaS, from research and prototyping to engineering collaboration and customer deployments. Requires 4-6 years experience, Figma proficiency, and AI tooling workflows, preferably in startups designing administrative tools.
$130k – $160k/yr
Hybrid4+ YOEProduct Design
About the job
What You’ll Do
- Lead design work end-to-end, including:
- Driving research and discovery sessions with our customers
- Writing clear, well-scoped product requirement documents
- Designing and iterating upon high-fidelity flows and prototypes
- Collaborating side-by-side with our wonderful engineering team to bring the work to life
- Contributing to Trailmix, our internal design system
- Partner with our implementation team on critical customer deployments by providing hands-on project management, product strategy, and customer communications
- Work with the business development team to define the future of the product with robust prototyping for RFP responses and demos
- Work with the leadership team to create marketing assets for socials, one-pagers for conferences, and other branded materials
What You’ll Bring
- 4-6 years of experience in product design, preferably in a high-growth startup or agency environment
- Experience designing administrative tooling
- Experience designing scalable solutions for SaaS products for desktop and mobile
- Experience in client services and excitement to work directly with customers
- Proficiency in Figma for both design and prototyping
- Workflows powered with AI tooling (ChatGPT, Figma Make, Lovable, etc.)
Strong Candidates May Also Bring
- Experience with AI coding tools like Cursor to make your own contributions to the codebase
What Kaizen Offers
- Comprehensive medical through Oxford/United - Gold and Platinum PPO plans, with 85% of premiums covered on the Platinum plan and a $0 employee premium option. Dental through Guardian PPO and vision through Beam, with 99% of employee premiums covered and 50% for dependents.
- $100,000 in fully paid life insurance. FSA and Dependent Care FSA. 401(k) access through Guideline.
- 16 weeks of fully paid parental leave for birthing parents. 10 weeks fully paid for non-birthing parents.
- Unlimited PTO & closed for all federal holidays.
- Company-wide winter break the week of Christmas.
- One-time home office or desk setup stipend up to $750.
- $50/month commuter benefit.
- $100/month for wellness or productivity - your call on how you use it!
- $500/year for professional development.
- $250/year for recreation.
- Company-provided laptop.
- Expensed lunch while in the office.
Skills
FigmaPrototypingAI ToolsChatGPTDesign SystemsSaas DesignProduct DesignResearchPrototypesCursor
