Senior Product Designer

Location: Remote in the United States; candidates near hirify.global offices may choose hybrid work with office attendance on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Occasional business travel is required, with a minimum of 3–5 trips per year.

Hiring range: $98,000–$134,000 annually, with the actual range determined by location, experience, market conditions, and internal pay equity.

Company

hirify.global is a self-sustaining nonprofit focused on expanding educational and career opportunities through digital products and assessments.

What you will do

• Lead product discovery and design strategy for onboarding, provisioning, setup, and activation experiences serving institutions, educators, and learners.
• Conduct generative, formative, and evaluative research, including interviews, usability testing, surveys, workshops, and co-creation sessions.
• Translate user research, activation funnels, drop-off points, support tickets, and operational metrics into design direction and prioritization.
• Create user flows, sitemaps, wireframes, prototypes, high-fidelity UI, content, specifications, and edge-case states for responsive web and native mobile experiences.
• Apply and contribute to design systems, accessibility standards, plain-language practices, usability testing, A/B testing, and accessibility audits.
• Collaborate with product, engineering, research, identity and platform partners, leadership, and design teams; mentor designers and contribute to design operations and hiring.

Requirements

• Portfolio included with the application showing experience leading design research initiatives; applications without a portfolio link cannot be considered.
• Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent years of work experience.
• 3–7 years of experience in product or service design.
• Experience designing complex, content-rich websites and applications, with strong skills in user flows, wireframes, prototypes, high-fidelity UI, and communicating design artifacts.
• Proficiency in design thinking and human-centered methodologies, including reframing challenges and translating insights into actionable design direction.
• Strong skills in information design, research facilitation, workshops, and co-creation sessions; fluency with Figma, Miro, and Dovetail.
• Understanding of design systems, responsive design, accessibility standards, and web and native mobile platforms.
• Ability to discuss technical constraints and collaborate with engineers to ensure design feasibility.
• Commitment to inclusive, ethical, and user-centered design, including writing and testing content using plain-language principles; strong collaboration, communication, data-informed decision-making, and influence without formal authority.
• Authorization to work in the United States and ability to travel at least 3–5 times per year to hirify.global offices or client/user sites.

Nice to have

• Experience designing onboarding, first-run, setup, account, or identity experiences, or bringing clarity to complex multi-step flows.
• Experience with front-end technologies.

Culture & Benefits

• Mission-driven work focused on expanding educational and career opportunities.
• Remote work is available, with hybrid work offered to employees living near hirify.global offices.
• Benefits include health, dental, and vision insurance, paid time off, paid parental leave, fertility benefits, pet insurance, tuition assistance, and retirement benefits.
• Annual bonuses, market-based salary growth, merit raises, and promotion opportunities are available.
• Employees are expected to communicate clearly, welcome diverse perspectives, collaborate empathetically, learn continuously, and experiment with emerging AI-driven solutions.

Hiring process

• Submit a resume, application, and portfolio link; application review begins immediately and continues until the position is filled.
• The process generally includes a recruiter screen, hiring manager interview, design portfolio review or design challenge, panel interview, leadership conversation, and reference checks.