Principal Product Designer

Northbeam • San Francisco, CA

1d • $270,000 - $315,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

Northbeam is seeking a Principal Product Designer to own the end-to-end user experience for their marketing intelligence platform. This role involves shaping platform-level structure, including navigation and user experience paradigms, and designing individual features from concept to execution. The designer will work directly with customers and collaborate with product, data science, and engineering teams. This is a hands-on Individual Contributor role reporting to the Chief Product and Design Officer, requiring 2-3 days per week in the downtown San Francisco office.

Requirements

• 12+ years of product design experience.
• Deep B2B SaaS and enterprise work experience.
• Equal strength in interaction design and visual design.
• Rigorous UX thinking demonstrated in a portfolio (flows, wires, early exploration, reasoning behind decisions).
• Finished work that looks genuinely good.
• Real experience with complex, data-dense interfaces.
• Experience leading from vision to design execution.
• Expert command of Figma and adjacent design tools.
• Exceptional communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to give and receive critique.

Nice To Haves

• Marketing, advertising, or eCommerce domain experience.
• A background that brings craft and playfulness to utility software (e.g., game design, motion, entertainment, or formal art/design education).
• Experience with storyboarding, participatory design, or other methods for driving end-to-end vision.

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end user experience for Northbeam's marketing intelligence platform.
• Shape platform-level structure, including navigation and UX paradigms.
• Design individual features from concept to execution.
• Work directly with eCommerce customers.
• Collaborate with product, data science, and engineering teams.
• Develop and advocate for a UX/UI vision for Northbeam, understanding build costs.
• Engage directly with customers and translate learnings into requirements and designs.
• Move from early thinking to shipped work, including flows, wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity design.
• Validate assumptions and refine designs.
• Distill complex data models and workflows into understandable designs and presentations.
• Mentor other designers.
• Partner closely with the brand and marketing team.

Benefits

• Equity package
• Comprehensive healthcare benefits (medical, dental, and vision)
• 401(k) plan
• Flexible PTO policy
• 12 company-paid holidays
• 12 weeks of paid parental leave
• $500 work-from-home stipend

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Principal
• Education Level: No Education Listed