Staff Designer

RBGlobal•Morris, IL

About The Position

Ritchie Bros. is building the world’s most trusted marketplace for buying and selling heavy equipment and trucks. We’re in a pivotal chapter — consolidating multiple platforms into a unified buying experience that spans live auction, buy now, and make offer, all under one roof. We call it One Marketplace. We’re looking for a Staff Product Designer to lead the top and mid-funnel buyer experience — the surfaces where buyers discover inventory, evaluate options, and decide what’s worth pursuing. This is a strategy-forward, craft-driven role. You’ll shape how millions of buyers find what they’re looking for, set the direction for your pod, and bring the kind of systems thinking that connects search and discovery to the broader marketplace. In this role, you’ll directly mentor and lead one mid-level designer, helping grow their craft while driving the work forward together.

Requirements

8+ years of product design experience, with at least 2 years operating at a staff or lead level
Portfolio demonstrating end-to-end ownership of search, discovery, or browse experiences at scale
Experience leading or mentoring other designers
Hands-on qualitative research experience — usability testing, generative research, survey design, or similar
Comfort operating in ambiguity at the problem-definition stage
Experience with design systems — contributing to, challenging, and knowing when to work within versus outside them
Proficiency in Figma; comfort prototyping at varying levels of fidelity

Nice To Haves

Background in marketplace, e-commerce, or catalog-heavy products strongly preferred

Responsibilities

Own design across top and mid-funnel buyer surfaces — homepage, search, browse, and bidding
Lead discovery work: define the problem space, identify opportunity, and shape product direction before solutions are formed
Drive research programs grounded in real buyer behavior — usability studies, generative research, survey design — and synthesize findings into product strategy
Produce work of exceptional clarity and craft: flows, prototypes, and specs that are precise enough to build from and compelling enough to align around
Partner with product, engineering, data, and customer insights as a co-owner of outcomes, not a downstream executor
Model and elevate craft standards across the team — in critique, in feedback, in the quality of your own output
Lead and mentor one mid-level designer: set direction, give feedback, and create space for them to grow
Contribute to the design system and advocate for discovery-pattern consistency across the platform