Product Designer (Boston, Ma), HqO
$154-169.4k
Includes base salary and bonus or on-target incentive compensation, if applicable.
Workplace experience technology
Posted today
Workplace experience technology
101-200 employees
Posted today
$154-169.4k
Includes base salary and bonus or on-target incentive compensation, if applicable.
101-200 employees
Company mission
To enable owners, operators, and employers to create meaningful physical and digital connections with the people in the workplace.
Role
Who you are
- 3+ years of experience in product, UX, or UI design, ideally in SaaS or complex digital products, with a portfolio that shows strong end-to-end product thinking and high-quality execution
- Mastery of modern design and prototyping tools and a strong grasp of interaction design, information architecture, and visual design fundamentals
- Technical fluency and curiosity: you’re comfortable collaborating closely with engineers, understand how designs get built, and are excited by tools like Cursor, v0.dev, and other tools that help you move faster from idea to prototype. Front-end experience (even light) is a plus
- Experience with user research and testing: you know how to frame hypotheses, run usability tests or interviews, and translate findings into clear design decisions and next steps
- A self-starter mindset: you take ownership, thrive in ambiguity, and move work forward without waiting to be told what to do. You have a bias for action and know when “good enough to test” is better than “perfect someday.”
- Strong collaboration and communication skills: you’re open, low-ego, and feedback-seeking. You can clearly explain your design rationale to designers, engineers, and non-design stakeholders, and you’re comfortable presenting your work
- High bar for quality and detail: you care deeply about craft – from the underlying UX flows to the microcopy, states, and visual polish that make an experience feel truly refined
- Alignment with our values and culture: you like working hard on meaningful problems, enjoy collaborating with smart, kind people, and believe that having fun and pushing for excellence are not mutually exclusive
What the job involves
- We’re hiring a Product Designer to join our Boston-based Product Design team, reporting to the Director of Product Design
- This position will enjoy a collaborative hybrid work model, with a minimum of three days per week (Tuesday–Thursday) in our Boston office
- Our Product Design team crafts the digital experiences that elevate how people interact with their workplaces
- These products serve both end-users (tenants and employees in buildings) and enterprise clients (property teams), each playing a critical role in our value proposition
- Achieving this vision requires exceptional execution, creative problem-solving, and a relentless focus on quality
- As a Product Designer at HqO, you will shape these experiences from concept to launch, turning complex workflows into intuitive, accessible solutions that just work and delight our users
- This role is pivotal to our mission of connecting real estate to people by making every interaction with our platform easy, engaging, and even fun
- Collaborate cross-functionally: Work in small, autonomous teams to brainstorm ideas, build prototypes, and iterate quickly from concept to shipped product. You’ll be involved end-to-end – from initial discovery and ideation through launch and iteration
- Design and iterate user experiences: Create wireframes, flow diagrams, and interactive prototypes that illustrate new features and improvements. Design intuitive interfaces and interactions for both web and mobile, and refine them through user feedback to ensure a polished, best-in-class experience
- Leverage modern tools and AI: Use the latest design tools and methodologies to accelerate our process. Experiment with generative design and AI-driven prototyping – including tools like Cursor and v0.dev – to quickly explore UI ideas, build prototypes, and validate concepts with users and stakeholders
- Champion user-centric design and testing; advocate for our end users at every step. Plan and run user tests, synthesize insights, and use both qualitative and quantitative feedback to shape the product. Work closely with solution managers to help define problems, clarify requirements, and ensure we’re solving the right user needs
- Aim for lovable products: We don’t stop at “viable” – we strive for “minimum lovable product.” Sweat the details and focus on craft and quality so that every feature we ship isn’t just functional, but something users genuinely enjoy and find delightful
- Contribute to and evolve our design system: Help build and evolve HqO’s design system to ensure consistency and scalability across all our applications. Create reusable components, establish style guidelines, and collaborate with other designers and engineers to implement them across the product
- Help shape how we work: Bring new ideas for process, tools, and collaboration. Share best practices in AI-assisted design, prototyping, and front-end experimentation, and help level up the broader team
Our take
HqO is a real estate tech company that helps commercial property teams and employers trim operating costs and boost employee satisfaction. Its suite of tools brings together digital, physical, and personal amenities and services in a single branded space - managing things like room bookings and door access, as well as events.
It’s a fairly unique proposition, which importantly enables businesses to know precisely what cuts to make, and where. The premise has taken off, with the company landing over half of the Fortune 100 as clients, including J.P.Morgan, Dell and JLL.
HqO has also executed a number of acquisitions that indicate it’s looking to make its tools more data-rich. This is a smart strategy, as more businesses invest in employee experience as a way of attracting and retaining top talent. So there should be plenty of demand for HqO’s data-rich, comprehensive toolset to get them there.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-25% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Oct 2023
$50m
SERIES D
Apr 2021
$60m
SERIES C
Total funding: $156.8m
Company benefits
- Unlimited PTO
- 401K
- Health PPO
- Flexible Workplace Policy
- Vision & Dental Coverage
- Commuter Benefits
- Free Library & Education Courses
Company HQ
Downtown Crossing, Boston, MA
Leadership
Chase Garbarino
(Co-founder & CEO)Previously co-founded online publication CampusWord, then media company American Inno where they were CEO for nearly 7 years. Is also a board member for Technology Underwriting Greater Good (TUGG).
Cregory Gomer
(Co-founder)Co-founded American Inno, and subsequently worked as an advisor at Flybridge Capital Partners. Is also an advisor at Techstars and Babson College.
Jared Stenquist
(Co-founder)Originally a firefighter, who pivoted to found CampusLIVE, Breaktime Media, and then VentureApp.
Kevin McCarthy
(Co-founder)Previously the co-founder and CTO of CampusWord, Streetwise Media, and then VentureApp.
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