[Remote] Lead Product Designer- Canada
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Very is a fully distributed technology firm known for creating efficient, scalable solutions for various clients. They are seeking a senior product designer to manage the entire product design process, from initial client engagement to product launch, while integrating AI into their workflows.
Responsibilities
- You will work directly with clients and their teams, from early discovery through launch, running the full arc of product design
- You will own design across the full engagement lifecycle, including UX and UI design, interactive prototyping, research, data visualization, and design systems work
- You will run discovery workshops and alignment sessions, facilitate feedback with clients and their users, and partner closely with engineering throughout
- You will also ensure design QA happens and that shipped products reflect the craft and intent behind them. This role requires someone who is adaptable to whatever the work demands: comfortable in ambiguity and invested in outcomes, not just artifacts
Skills
- At least 5-7 years of relevant design experience
- A track record of launching real products, not just polished concepts. Both zero-to-one and incremental work
- Communication above all. Writing matters, but what matters more is your ability to speak, articulate your thinking, and carry a room
- Self-direction and ownership. You scope your own work, manage its blast radius, and know when to push back or say no
- Comfort with ambiguity, at both the design and business layer
- Design systems thinking as a core competency
- Someone already integrating AI into their practice, and energized rather than threatened by it
- UX and UI design
- Interactive prototyping
- User research
- Data visualization
- Design systems
- Must be authorized to work in Canada without sponsorship
- Client Obsessed: Keeps the client's success front and center. Measures technical choices by their business impact
- Clear Communicator: Collaborates effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Quality-Driven: Holds themselves to high standards for code quality and reliability
- Ownership Mindset: Takes responsibility for delivering solutions that work in real-world conditions
- Problem Solver: Thrive in complexity and find solutions even when requirements are evolving
- IoT and connected-product experience
- React, HTML, and CSS (our team does this; we can teach it)
- Experience designing for data-heavy or analytical products, where the challenge is making complex information feel clear and actionable
- Experience designing agentic or AI-driven products, you understand how to design for systems that act, not just respond
Benefits
- Variable Compensation: Up to 15%.
- Group RRSP match (Employer contributes 4% of your annual income)
- Extended health, dental, and vision insurance
- $150 USD/mo cell/internet stipend
- $500 USD/yr home office equipment stipend
- Continuing education stipend ($2,500 USD/yr after one year)
- Loaned MacBook Pro and other necessary equipment
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