ConductorAI

ConductorAI

Product Design Lead

New York City

Sponsorship not specified$180k-$220kDetected 107 days ago
ReactCSSFigmaDesign SystemsLogistics

About the role

  • The base salary range for this role is $180,000-220,000, with the opportunity for significant equity commensurate with a Series A stage opportunity.
  • This range was established in good faith at the time of posting and represents the full band for this role.

Responsibilities

  • Build an AI-Native Design System: Build a scalable, React-based component-driven design system that engineers can and will use by default.
  • Ensure the design system is directly consumable by AI tools (like Claude Code and Codex) rather than being siloed in Figma.
  • Empower Engineering: Proactively educate the engineering team by showing them how to leverage the design system to make good, independent UI/UX choices.
  • Introduce and lead rapid prototyping techniques to quickly gather feedback on early feature ideas before heavy engineering begins.
  • Help review meaningful frontend changes for design concerns.
  • Own the Design Process: Establish a new, scalable design process that matches our fast pace and takes design out of the bottleneck.
  • Position product design as a proactive product owner that iterates on the platform without requiring direct hand-holding.
  • Spots design debt and fixes it systematically without waiting for permission; knows how to unblock others by creating scalable systems
  • The chance to use state-of-the-art tech to solve novel problems with mission partners

Requirements

  • 3-5+ years of experience designing complex digital products, with a portfolio showing real shipped work, clear problem framing, and strong visual craft
  • Design Tooling: Proficiency in Figma with comfort moving seamlessly between rapid exploration and high-fidelity, polished work
  • AI Tool Fluency: Experience with AI-enabled prototyping and using tools like Claude to multiply output (e.g. translating code to canvas or setting up AI-friendly UI components)
  • Proficiency in Figma with comfort moving seamlessly between rapid exploration and high-fidelity, polished work
  • Experience with AI-enabled prototyping and using tools like Claude to multiply output (e.g. translating code to canvas or setting up AI-friendly UI components)
  • Design & Technical Hybrid: Strong grasp of user experience principles and frontend skills in React
  • comfortable opening a PR, tweaking TSX/CSS, or collaborating at a technical level with engineers
  • Interaction Design & IA Skills: Ability to untangle dense, stateful workflows and make them feel obvious and intuitive
  • Visual & Systems Design Instincts: Keen eye for typography, spacing, hierarchy, and motion that make a product feel cohesive
  • Cross-Functional Partner: Operates as a true partner to engineering and product, not a downstream service
  • Bias for Action & Autonomy: Spots design debt and fixes it systematically without waiting for permission
  • knows how to unblock others by creating scalable systems
  • Clear Communicator: Able to articulate design decisions clearly across audiences including customers, engineers, and operational stakeholders

Skills

  • Ability to untangle dense, stateful workflows and make them feel obvious and intuitive
  • Desired Qualifications
  • Complex Domains: Experience designing tools for logistics, operations, defense, healthcare, or other dense operational sectors
  • Startup DNA: Experience working in fast-paced environments with evolving requirements and ambitious, mission-driven goals
  • Starting pay will be based on a number of factors including qualifications, experience, and location.
  • This range reflects base salary only and does not include equity or other compensation components.
  • ConductorAI is an equal opportunity employer.
  • Reasonable accommodations are available for qualified individuals with disabilities throughout the application and hiring process.
  • Experience designing tools for logistics, operations, defense, healthcare, or other dense operational sectors

Compensation

  • Competitive salary and equity upside with annual merit refreshes based on impact

Benefits

  • Competitive salary and equity upside with annual merit refreshes based on impact

Company info

  • Able to articulate design decisions clearly across audiences including customers, engineers, and operational stakeholders
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