Principal Product Designer (Automotive)

Location: Remote, Canada; other location: Remote, United States

Annual salary: $1,600,000.00–$190,000.00 CAD, depending on experience, skill set, qualifications, and other relevant factors.

Company

hirify.global is a technology, data, and innovation company building a digital marketplace for wholesale used vehicles and providing actionable insights for buying and selling.

What you will do

• Own the user experience for a specific product area from concept through launch.
• Conduct user research, including interviews and usability testing, when needed to inform designs.
• Create wireframes, prototypes, user flows, and high-fidelity mockups to build consensus.
• Collaborate with engineers to ensure high-quality implementation of designs.
• Contribute to and evolve the design system for consistency and efficiency.
• Champion a user-centric design culture, mentor junior designers, and support design team growth.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience as a Product Designer, including proven experience in senior or principal leadership roles.
• A strong portfolio demonstrating the product design process and the ability to solve complex problems across a variety of device types and surfaces.
• Expertise in design and prototyping tools.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, including the ability to articulate design decisions and work with product, engineering, and business stakeholders.
• A strong bias for action, self-direction, and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to independently lead high-impact design initiatives, define design strategy, and set standards across multiple product areas.
• Ability to simplify complex workflows into intuitive user experiences and think strategically about broader systems and long-term impact.

Nice to have

• Experience designing for B2B or complex enterprise applications.
• Prior experience contributing to or managing design systems.
• Familiarity with wholesale or automotive marketplaces.

Culture & Benefits

• Remote work with flexibility to work from the stated locations.
• Medical, dental, and vision benefits, including employer HSA contributions and FSA options in the US.
• Immediately vested 401K with company match in the US or RRSP with company match in Canada.
• Paid vacation, personal, sick, maternity, and paternity leave, with US-specific leave noted where applicable.
• Employer-paid disability, life insurance, AD&D, Employee Assistance Program, and volunteer service day.
• Tuition reimbursement, internal promotion opportunities, diverse career paths, and opportunities to expand skills and share knowledge.

Hiring process

• Applications are accepted online.
• The role reports to the Director of Product Design and involves regular collaboration with Product Managers, Engineers, and Business Stakeholders.