Staff Product Designer (Grant OS)

Instrumentl

7d • $210,000 - $245,000

About The Position

Instrumentl is a profitable, hypergrowth, YC-backed SaaS platform building the operating system for grant-funded organizations. More than 5,500 nonprofits use Instrumentl to discover, track, and win grant funding. We are hiring a Staff Product Designer to own GrantOS, the foundational platform layer every other product area at Instrumentl sits on top of. This role will own design end-to-end across Platform (the data layer, MCP, and BI) and Core (Tracker, Tasks, Reports, and Integrations), the two interdependent areas that define how grant professionals experience Instrumentl as a system. This is an opportunity to think in systems, drive genuinely zero-to-one work where the right answer isn't obvious yet, and set the standard for how the whole design org approaches platform design.

Requirements

• 8+ years of product design experience, with meaningful time at senior or staff level
• Proven track record owning complex B2B product areas end-to-end, including multi-entity workflows where data relationships, user roles, and cross-team collaboration intersect
• 0-to-1 product ownership: you've started from a problem rather than a spec, and made good calls under uncertainty
• Strong systems thinking and Figma/prototyping craft
• Deep involvement in user research from planning through synthesis
• Ability to influence product vision rather than just execute it

Nice To Haves

• B2B SaaS background, especially in complex or enterprise-adjacent systems
• Experience with agentic or AI-powered product surfaces, and already using AI tools in your design practice
• Design systems experience: defining patterns, not just using them
• 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 end-to-end
• Lead design across GrantOS Platform and Core, from discovery and research through shipping and iteration
• Shape how grant professionals interact with Instrumentl as a platform: task management, reporting, integrations, and the data relationships that span the full grant lifecycle
• Drive zero-to-one product development in greenfield spaces where the problem isn't fully defined, and help define it
• Set the platform design standard
• Define the interaction patterns and design system foundations that every other product area inherits
• Raise the quality bar across Instrumentl's design system and coach other designers
• Act as a force multiplier for the broader design team, shaping how the org operates
• Conduct and synthesize user research independently, translating ambiguous user needs into clear product direction
• Partner as a true strategic peer to your PM and engineering lead, bringing a point of view and driving alignment across product, engineering, and GTM

Benefits

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

What This Job Offers

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