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Staff Product Designer, Knowledge Graph

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  • Lead design on platform experience – Drive the end-to-end design process for cross-cutting features and workflows that impact users across the product. Define both tactical deliverables that solve immediate user problems and strategic outputs that connect to longer-term platform vision.
  • Partner cross-functionally – Coordinate across multiple groups to align on platform-level experiences. Work closely with Product Managers and Engineering Managers to shape priorities, scope MVCs, and ensure design intent is maintained through development.
  • Elevate craft and quality – Demonstrate excellence in interaction design, visual design, and systems thinking. Raise the quality bar through thoughtful feedback in design reviews and by modeling high standards in your own work.
  • Contribute to the design system – Actively contribute to Pajamas by identifying reusable patterns, proposing new components, and ensuring your group’s work extends and adheres to system standards.
  • Mentor and support others – Coach Product Designers and Senior Product Designers through pairing, design critiques, and knowledge sharing. Help onboard new team members and contribute to a collective team culture.
  • Ground work in research – Conduct usability studies, competitor evaluations, and formative research. Collaborate with UX Research on problem validation and incorporate insights to fulfill user and business needs.
  • Demonstrated ability to lead design on complex, ambiguous projects that require significant cross-functional collaboration
  • Strong portfolio showing end-to-end product design work, from problem framing through shipped solutions
  • Experience mentoring designers and elevating team craft
  • Proficiency with Figma and prototyping tools
  • Excellent communication skills–ability to present work, articulate rationale, and facilitate alignment
  • Experience collaborating closely with Product Management and Engineering
  • Systems thinking and experience contributing to or working with design systems
  • Familiarity with developer tools, DevSecOps, or technical B2B products is a plus
  • Experience working in remote, distributed teams

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  • Flexible Paid Time Off
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