Forward Deployed Product Designer

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end design—from ambiguous, undefined requirements through wireframes, high-fidelity mockups, and interactive prototypes—for customer-facing government and defense product experiences.
• Partner directly with Product as a peer from the earliest stages of a project.
• Work forward-deployed and on-site with customers, building direct relationships and confidently socializing design decisions with stakeholders.
• Design complex, data-dense workflows, including dashboards, mapping interfaces, alerting systems, and analytical reporting tools.
• Work directly in code alongside engineers to help build and refine the shipped experience.
• Contribute design assets and interaction patterns to the broader platform.
• Help calibrate and grow the design team through portfolio reviews and interviews.
• Navigate high ambiguity and help define customer requirements.

Qualifications

• 10–15 years of experience across a range of design settings and problem types.
• Experience owning end-to-end B2B or enterprise product experiences at a senior or staff level.
• Comfort working with high ambiguity and evolving requirements in early-stage government and enterprise engagements.
• Experience designing complex workflow UIs, dashboards, or data-heavy and mapping interfaces.
• Strong client-facing presence, with confidence presenting to and winning over senior stakeholders in person.
• Working understanding of front-end development and implementable design handoffs; comfort collaborating directly with engineers on code.
• Willingness to travel regularly to customer sites.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience in a client-facing role presenting directly to senior stakeholders.
• Exposure to AI/ML tools and fluency using AI in a design workflow.
• Experience contributing to a design system or shared interaction patterns across products or teams.

Compensation and Benefits

• ATS salary range: $210,000–$270,000 USD.
• Benefits include comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage; retirement benefits; a learning and development stipend; generous PTO; and potentially a commuter stipend.
• Eligible roles may include equity compensation.