Senior Product Designer, Vannevar Labs
Defense for the digital domain
Open for applications
Defense for the digital domain
101-200 employees
Open for applications
101-200 employees
Company mission
We build software for our nation's most pressing national security problems.
Role
Who you are
- Proven Experience: 5+ years of product design experience with a track record of shipping successful B2B or B2G software products
- Strong Portfolio: A portfolio that demonstrates excellence in interaction design, visual design, and systematic thinking
- Strategic Mindset: Ability to balance user needs, business goals, and technical constraints while maintaining focus on mission impact
- Research Expert: Experience planning and conducting user research to inform design decisions
- Systems Thinker: Proven ability to create scalable design systems and patterns
- Collaborative Leader: Outstanding communication skills with experience influencing stakeholders and mentoring others
- Autonomous Driver: Self-motivated with the ability to manage multiple projects while maintaining attention to detail
- Mission Focused: Passionate about creating impactful solutions for national security challenges
- Bonus Experience: Background in physical product design is a plus. We occasionally work on hardware interfaces and physical product experiences
- Security Clearance: Must be able to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI security clearance. Active clearance is a plus
What the job involves
- As a Senior Product Designer, you will be a key member of our Design team, leading the design vision for new and existing product initiatives from concept to launch
- You'll have the opportunity to define what great design means at Vannevar while working on products that directly support critical national security missions
- While primarily focused on software, this role occasionally involves exciting opportunities to contribute to physical product design initiatives
- In this role, you'll collaborate closely with engineering, product, and business development teams to create intuitive solutions that solve complex challenges
- Drive Product Vision: Own the end-to-end design process for new and existing products, from initial concept through successful launch
- Champion User-Centered Design: Deeply understand our users' needs and translate complex mission requirements into elegant, functional solutions
- Contribute to Design Systems: Contribute to and help scale the design system to ensure consistency across our entire product portfolio
- Lead User Research: Plan and conduct user research to inform design decisions and validate solutions
- Foster Design Excellence: Mentor team members and contribute to building a world-class design culture
- Collaborate Cross-functionally: Partner closely with engineering, product, and BD teams to ensure seamless execution of design vision
- Shape Product Strategy: Contribute to product strategy through design thinking and user insights
- Innovate and Iterate: Rapidly prototype and test new ideas while maintaining high standards of quality
Our take
As intelligence analysts work to solve rapidly evolving and increasingly challenging national security problems, modern technology is vital in achieving optimal results as there is no room for failure. Vannevar Labs’ innovative foreign text platform, delivers solutions to some of today’s most important national security problems.
The company’s workflow platform Decrypt, uses machine learning and automation to understand, target, and respond to foreign actors in ways not previously possible. The platform is a proven success, driving Vannevar’s growth and attracting a $40M OTA contract with the Department of Defense.
Yielding impressive traction so far, the company is using its latest Series B funding round to invest in new product development. Vannevar Labs is also aiming to win its first multi-year program from Decrypt. Should it be successful, the level of guaranteed sales and revenue would be a turning point in the company’s long-term trajectory.
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Meaningful work
"Vannevar is tackling some of the biggest defense and engineering problems out there, impacting users and teams at a global scale. The company has..."
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Jan 2023
$75m
SERIES B
Aug 2021
$12m
SERIES A
Total funding: $91.5m
Company benefits
- Health/Dental/Vision Insurance
- Equity + 401(k) Match
- Open PTO + all Federal Holidays and Dec 23-31
- Paid Parental Leave
- 100% Remote - Work From Anywhere in the US
- Flexible Work Environment - You Manage Your Work Day
- Quarterly Off-Site Travel for Team-Building
Company values
- Obsess Over Users
- Obsess over mission impact
- Operate with speed
- Own the outcome
- Leave your ego at the door
- Operate with integrity
- Be transparent
- Put your wellbeing first
- Team of Jedi
Company HQ
Palo Alto, CA
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Leadership
Nini Hamrick
(President)Former US Intelligence Officer working as a Political & Counterterrorism Programs Analyst. Previous Chief of Staff to the Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, and was a Counterterrorism Analyst for the United States Department of Defense.
Brett Granberg
(CEO)Current Advisor at Lilt. Former Investor at In-Q-Tel and previously worked as a Business Analyst at McKinsey & Company.
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