Senior Product Designer, Parabola

• 5+ years of experience in Product Design, ideally in a fast-growing and complex B2B startup
• Experience working independently and collaboratively to explore design solutions from concept to implementation
• Opinionated about what best-in-class Product Design looks like, with a light bias towards simplicity in design
• Proficiency in prototyping your ideas to help articulate nuanced design decisions
• Experience leading product direction and strategic thinking ie developing product goals, identifying product opportunities, and making product decisions based on their impact to your end users and the company
• Experience representing your work to a broader product team and other leaders clearly and succinctly articulating the goals and concepts
• You're excited to join a hybrid team and work out of our downtown SF office ~3 days a week

Desirable

• Parabola is looking for a Product Design Lead with exceptional design, communication and collaboration skills to join our growing EPD team as the most senior product design partner within our org
• As our Product Design Lead, you will ensure our products and features are valuable for people, easy to use, and of the highest level of craft and execution
• You will shape the design direction at Parabola, spanning building innovative new product experiences while also maintaining a consistent and approachable design system for Parabola’s audience
• In this role, you'll be a foundational member on the EPD team (Engineering, Product, Design), working closely with your counterparts in engineering, product, and other disciplines across GTM, as well as aiding in scaling the Product Design function
• Things to know about how we work:
• 📣 Exchanging feedback is our way of life. We value making good decisions together — as a team — and welcome input from everyone. Great ideas come from anywhere, feedback makes your designs better, and the designs are ours, not mine or yours
• 🪁 We want to ship quickly, but execute well. As a startup, we value speedy shipping. The Design team helps empower our partners to ship quickly, but while still maintaining a high quality bar. Balancing those things is at the core of our day to day designing and decision-making
• 🤖 The product is friendly (and it’s awesome), but it’s technical. We lean on and trust in our customer conversations, CX, Product, and Engineering partners to make informed decisions and design intuitive interactions
• 🖌️ We work in Figma. And it works really well for us. That includes our visual system and a lot of marketing surfaces as well
• 🪟 We use a lot of modals! Check out our blog post why
• Design high-quality experiences for our audience that are simple and elegant
• Lead and oversee the user experience of products from conception to launch in partnership with product managers, engineers, and customer facing cross-functional teams
• Collaborate with product management, engineering, and other teams to ensure consistent implementation of design components
• Be a key contributor to the companies product strategy, organizational needs, and aid in scaling the Product Design team
• Help deliver and refine clear storytelling around product needs and opportunities