Lead Product Designer

Everything at Verkada begins with design. Every part of our product experience is carefully crafted to be simple, elegant, and powerful. As a Lead Product designer, you will be responsible for delivering best-in-class web/mobile tools (user interface designs, interaction models, prototypes, etc.) in a fast-paced, collaborative environment. You’ll work with product managers, designers, and engineers to design our software, from defining a product vision to tweaking pixels before each release.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate closely with designers, engineers, and product managers in a highly agile development environment with quick ideation and prototyping.
• Build and foster a collaborative work environment.
• Run inspiring and formal brainstorming sessions with engineers, product, and other designers.
• Developing product strategies that deliver on customer needs and the company’s vision
• Build clear, concise and intuitive UX/UI with everything from low-fidelity wireframes to pixel perfect final designs.
• Mentoring junior designers, providing constructive feedback and elevating their work to the highest standards.
• Serve as a project lead, co-owning the final product with engineering leads.
• Manage multiple projects and stakeholder relationships.
• Manage and maintain a project’s scope and schedule.
• Initiate and participate in user research as needed on key projects.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in design, human-computer interaction (HCI), or equivalent
• 6+ years of product design or mobile product design experience
• A drive to solve complex problems with simple and elegant solutions
• Proven experience in creative problem solving and partnering with product, engineering, and other designers to do so
• Experienced in creating and integrating animated visuals and interactive design
• Proficient in: Sketch, Figma, Zeplin, Adobe Creative Suite (PhotoShop, After Effects, and Illustrator)

Perks and Benefits

• Generous company paid medical, dental & vision insurance coverage 
• Unlimited paid time off & 11 companywide paid holidays 
• Wellness allowance 
• Commuter benefits 
• Healthy lunches and dinners provided daily
• Paid parental leave policy & fertility benefits