Staff Product Designer

Verse

2d•Remote

About The Position

Organizations today are under growing pressure to navigate the transition to clean energy — not just to meet sustainability goals, but to manage risk, control costs, and build long-term resilience. Yet the complexity of energy markets and a lack of accessible tools have made it difficult for most companies to take meaningful action. Verse was created to change that. Our mission is to make the case for clean energy irrefutable. Through our AI-powered platform, Aria, we help organizations plan, procure, and operate clean energy to achieve their financial and sustainability goals. Verse transforms clean energy ambition into action — giving businesses the clarity and confidence to lead in a rapidly evolving energy landscape. Verse is transitioning into a design-first company, and we’re seeking a Staff Product Designer to help lead that evolution. This is a highly visible, high-ownership role where design is a core pillar of how products are conceived, built, and shipped. As a Staff Product Designer at Verse, you’ll partner closely with Design, Product, Engineering and Data Science teams to shape experiences across multiple platforms while also contributing to brand, marketing, and physical/print design assets as needed. You’ll have meaningful autonomy, a seat at the table, and the opportunity to influence not just product outcomes, but how design operates at Verse. This role is ideal for a designer who thrives in ambiguity, brings strong creative instincts, and wants to help define the future of design at an early-stage, mission-driven company. You will be reporting to the Director of Design as part of Verse’s growing design team. While currently small, this position plays a critical role in helping build the foundations of a growing design organization - partnering closely with design leadership today and shaping how future designers will work tomorrow.

Requirements

5–8 years of experience in product design, ideally in complex or technical domains.
Strong experience leading end-to-end UX, including discovery, research, and validation.
Excellent UI and visual design skills with a sharp aesthetic eye.
Deep understanding of UX principles and processes (e.g., double diamond).
Expert proficiency in Figma.
Familiarity with user research tools and best practices, including research documentation.
Strong communication skills with the ability to collaborate cross-functionally.
Comfort navigating ambiguity, defining clarity, and exercising independent judgment.
A proactive, thoughtful approach to problem-solving with high ownership.
Kind, grounded, and collaborative — someone who doesn’t take themselves too seriously.
Appreciates diverse perspectives and backgrounds, and believes strong teams are built through inclusion, empathy, and mutual respect.

Nice To Haves

Experience with interaction and motion design.
Experience with Adobe Creative Suite, particularly for print and brand assets.
Experience contributing to or scaling design systems.
Background partnering closely with brand or marketing teams.
Experience working at early-stage startups building products from zero to one.

Responsibilities

End-to-end product design: Lead the full design lifecycle from discovery through execution — user research, synthesis, wireframes, high-fidelity UI, and final delivery.
User research & insights: Plan, conduct, and synthesize qualitative and quantitative research, translating insights into clear design decisions and product direction.
User experience excellence: Design intuitive, elegant user experiences with strong visual polish, interaction quality, and attention to detail.
Design systems: Contribute to and evolve Verse’s design system to improve consistency, scalability, and speed.
Cross-functional collaboration: Partner closely with Product Managers, Engineers, Data Scientists, and Marketing to shape problems, align on solutions, and deliver high-quality outcomes.
Design-first influence: Support Verse’s evolution into a design-first organization by modeling strong design practice and influencing cross-functional partners through clarity, craft, and thoughtful collaboration.
Documentation & communication: Create clear documentation for research findings, design rationale, and systems to support alignment and scale.
Strategic ownership: Proactively identify opportunities and surface UX issues, partnering with Design and cross-functional teams to prioritize, align, and move work forward effectively.
Design partnership: Collaborate closely with other Designers on strategy, critique, research synthesis, and execution — helping evolve design quality, workflows, and shared standards across the organization.

Benefits

Competitive compensation and equity grant at a high-growth start up
Comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental and vision insurance, and 401k
Flexible hours and unlimited PTO
Diverse and inclusive working environment

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