Staff Product Designer (Grant OS)

Instrumentl

155d • $210,000 - $245,000

About The Position

Instrumentl is hiring a Staff Product Designer to own GrantOS, the foundational platform layer supporting its other product areas. Reporting to the Head of Design, this role owns design end-to-end across Platform—including the data layer, MCP, and BI—and Core, including Tracker, Tasks, Reports, and Integrations. The designer will shape how grant professionals experience Instrumentl as an integrated system, drive zero-to-one product work, and establish standards for platform design across the design organization.

The role involves leading design from research and discovery through launch and iteration; defining interaction patterns and design-system foundations; and partnering strategically with product, engineering, and go-to-market teams. The designer will conduct and synthesize user research, help clarify ambiguous problems, influence product direction, and coach other designers.

Requirements

• At least 8 years of product design experience, including meaningful experience at senior or staff level.
• B2B SaaS experience, especially with complex or enterprise-adjacent systems.
• A track record of owning complex B2B product areas end-to-end, including multi-entity workflows involving data relationships, user roles, and cross-team collaboration.
• Experience owning zero-to-one product development, starting from a problem rather than a specification and making sound decisions under uncertainty.
• Experience with agentic or AI-powered product surfaces and current use of AI tools in design practice.
• Strong systems thinking and Figma and prototyping skills.
• Deep involvement in user research, from planning through synthesis.
• Ability to influence product vision, not just execute it.

Nice To Haves

• Experience defining design-system patterns.
• Exposure to compliance, data integrity, or workflow-heavy domains.
• Experience mentoring or coaching other designers.
• Familiarity with the nonprofit or social impact sector.

Responsibilities

• Own GrantOS design end-to-end across the Platform and Core product areas.
• Lead design across GrantOS Platform, from discovery and research through shipping and iteration.
• Shape how grant professionals use task management, reporting, integrations, and data relationships across the grant lifecycle.
• Drive zero-to-one product development in greenfield spaces and help define unclear problems.
• Define interaction patterns and design-system foundations for other product areas.
• Raise the quality bar across Instrumentl's design system and coach other designers.
• Help shape how the broader design organization operates.
• Conduct and synthesize user research independently, translating ambiguous needs into clear product direction.
• Partner strategically with product and engineering leads and drive alignment across product, engineering, and GTM.

Benefits

• 100% covered health, dental, and vision insurance for employees; 50% coverage for dependents.
• Generous paid time off, including parental leave.
• 401(k).
• Company laptop and home-office stipend.
• Bi-annual company retreats.
• Equity.

What This Job Offers

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