Product Design Lead

BambooHR

12d • Hybrid

About The Position

As a Product Design Lead at BambooHR, you’ll have the opportunity to turn complex HR processes into effortless, human-centered user journeys while guiding a team of designers toward excellence. You’ll collaborate on equal ground with engineers and product managers, mentor designers who put the customer first, and earn trust through positive, measurable impact as you oversee the design efforts for a specific area of our product.
This role also calls for thoughtful exploration of emerging technologies, including AI, to improve customer efficiency, clarity, and decision-making. You’ll help your team evaluate when intelligent or automated experiences add real value, ensuring they are transparent, trustworthy, and easy to use.
In this role, we want you to continue sharpening your own design skills while growing as a leader—coaching designers, setting direction, and raising the quality bar across your area. You’ll collaborate closely with the Director of Product Design to ensure all work meets our standards for usability, interaction design, and visual excellence. In short, we will look to you to guide your team in creating products that people love to use.

Requirements

• Has a proven track record of designing successful SaaS-based software products and features from scratch – starting at initial research and discovery, through concept design/iteration, to completed product launch and continued improvements
• 6+ years of product based UX design experience working on complex desktop, web, and/or mobile software apps
• 2+ years of managing or mentoring other designers
• Has experience mentoring and growing individual contributors
• Has a portfolio of work demonstrating a high level of expertise in user research, information architecture, interaction design, prototyping/testing, and visual UI design
• Has experience exploring or shipping AI-assisted features, or demonstrates strong curiosity and judgment in applying emerging technologies to real customer problems

Responsibilities

• Manage and mentor reports in a player/coach role as you create products that are easy and delightful to use
• Coordinate with Product Managers and Director of Product Design on staffing needs within your area of product responsibility
• Work with the Director of Product Design to align teams on quality, training, and professional development
• Participate in user research to guide product design decisions (contextual inquiry, usability testing, competitive analysis, etc.)
• Define, test, and iterate on interaction design for new and existing features (user flows, detailed wireframes, prototypes), including AI-assisted or AI-powered experiences where appropriate
• Experiment with AI tools and techniques within the design process to accelerate discovery, ideation, prototyping, and usability testing
• Collaborate with product manager and tech lead on planning and execution within your product area

Benefits

• A Great Company Culture that has been recognized by multiple organizations like Inc, and Salt Lake Tribune
• Comprehensive health, life, and disability insurance
• Generous leave policies that include 4 weeks of vacation, 12 company holidays, parental leave, and volunteer time off so you can enjoy quality of life
• 401k plans with up to 6% company match
• $2000 Paid-Paid Vacation bonus
• EAP through Headspace

What This Job Offers

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