Design Lead

Clarasight•Boston, MA

About The Position

Join us in building the leading AI-Powered Mission Control for Corporate Travel. Some of the world's most recognizable companies, representing over $4T in market value, rely on Clarasight's software to reduce risks, save costs, protect revenues, and manage emissions aligned with business objectives and sustainability goals. About You You think like a product owner while identifying as a designer. You're drawn to the high-impact, early innovation stage of product development — where direction isn't handed down and ambiguity is the norm. You'd rather decide on a direction than be given one. You use AI as leverage to move faster and learn sooner, and you're energized by designing data- and AI-driven experiences that surface the right insights at the right moment and turn them into clear, confident user actions. We care more about how you've operated than the titles you've held. About the Role Clarasight is early stage and founder-led. We are building our product in close partnership with customers, not through heavy processes or traditional product roles. Design at Clarasight is more focused on strategic thinking and product innovation than pixels on a page. Designers are deeply embedded with customers and go-to-market teams, use AI tools to rapidly prototype and test ideas, and act as full partners to engineering in turning validated concepts into real products. When signals conflict, you propose a direction, explain tradeoffs, and help the team move forward.

Requirements

Have operated in early-stage or founding-level environments.
Prefer the high-impact, early innovation stage of product development to the regimented processes of an established product.
Enjoy deciding on a direction more than being given direction.
Are comfortable with ambiguity, conflicting inputs, and fast iteration.
Work easily with engineers, founders, and customer-facing teams.
Use AI as leverage to move faster and learn sooner.
Think like a product owner while identifying as a designer.

Nice To Haves

Experience designing data- or AI-driven experiences where the product surfaces insights and drives user action.
Hands-on fluency with AI-native prototyping tools (e.g., v0, Cursor, Claude-based workflows).
Background in enterprise SaaS, fintech, or complex B2B workflows.
Prior experience partnering directly with founders or sitting in customer conversations regularly.

Responsibilities

Shape Product Direction
Translate raw ideas and diverse inputs from founders, customers, sales, customer success, and implementations into a clear product point of view.
Help decide what to build next — and what not to build.
Bring judgment, clarity, and customer insight into every conversation.
Design & Prototype
Design clear, intuitive workflows that make complex, AI-powered capabilities understandable and actionable for real users.
Use AI-native tools to rapidly prototype v0s and test ideas with real users.
Design data- and AI-driven experiences that surface the right insights at the right moment and turn them into clear, confident user actions.
Partner Across the Company
Partner closely with engineering from idea through launch.
Partner closely with go-to-market and customers to pressure test product bets with real feedback.