Lead Product Designer
Lead Product Designer
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$ 180000 - 195000
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Job Description
Hi were CompanyCam.
Were a simple-to-use photo documentation and productivity app for contractors of all commercial and home services industries. Packed with intuitive functionality CompanyCam facilitates unparalleled communication and accountability across a contractors entire business. Were committed to providing a consumer-grade game-changing experience that helps our users build trust within their company and with their customers.
But dont let that corporate description fool youthe people behind our buttoned-up product are laid-back (but hardworking) genuine and kickass and you could be one of them!
The Role
The Lead Product Designer sets the vision and experience strategy for a designated product area at CompanyCam. This role blends strategy mentorship and execution. Youll guide design decisions from discovery to delivery support other designers through feedback and coaching and ensure the quality and cohesion of the final product report to the Director of Product Design and partner closely with product managers engineers and other designers. Youre responsible for raising the quality of the teams output and ensuring were solving the right problems in the right waywith a bias toward clarity utility and user impact.
Remote: Candidates must permanently and currently reside in the United States. Employees are not required to work in the office or relocate to Lincoln Nebraska for this opportunity. Employees are encouraged to come hang at headquarters for up to 10 days per calendar year on CompanyCams dime.
What We Care About
One Team: We dont believe in working in silos. Designers PMs and engineers work together in tightly aligned product trios. We frame problems together stress-test each others ideas and build toward shared goals. We know that the best product work happens when multiple disciplines collaborate on the solution.
Design is a Strategy Lever: Design isnt decoration. Its how we turn insights into action surface and validate assumptions and create simple powerful experiences that our customers love. As a Lead Product Designer youll own experience quality in your area and elevate design thinking across the company.
We Build for the Customer Journey: Our customers are busy contractors not app power users. Every decisionwhat we ship how we communicate it how it worksneeds to fit into their day not disrupt it. We strive to create delightful fast and frictionless experiences at every touchpoint.
We Challenge Ourselves to Deliver Better Work: We dont shy away from hard feedback or messy problems. Were coachable courageous and honestwith ourselves and each other. We run frequent critiques prioritize clarity and alignment and are constantly refining both our product and our craft.
We Own Outcomes Not Just Screens: Our goal isnt just to design something beautifulits to move the needle. Youll be responsible for ensuring your teams design work delivers real customer and business impact. That means guiding the work from problem framing through to polished execution iterating as you go.
About The Product Design Team
Were a small but mighty team of designers focused on bringing clarity to complexity. We care deeply about our craft but just as much about how our work fits into the big picture. Our team is collaborative kind fast-moving and allergic to ego.
We have 7 core principles.
- Customer obsessed: We keep user needs and experiences at the forefront of every design decision we make.
- Data-driven decision-makers: We validate our design choices with user research and usability data ensuring our solutions are grounded in evidence rather than assumptions.
- Courageous: We show up and advocate for users push for better design solutions and dont avoid uncomfortable conversations about scope feasibility or direction.
- Coachable: We know weve got blind spots so we actively seek design critique and feedback on how to grow our craft.
- Collaborative: We build context together and work seamlessly within product trios co-creating solutions with PMs and engineers rather than designing in isolation.
- Lead through Influence: We guide design strategy and advocate for design quality across our teams. We step up to influence through compelling design rationale and clear communication.
- Culture Setters: We establish design practices and standards that elevate our work. Through our craft and collaboration we model the design behaviors we want to see organization-wide.
What Youll Do
- Lead the end-to-end experience strategy for a core product area setting direction and ensuring cohesion across touchpoints
- Deliver exceptional UI design that meets consumer-grade standards creating polished interfaces that delight users and elevate our product experience
- Provide design mentorship and feedback to designers in your area raising the quality and clarity of their work
- Partner closely with PMs and engineers to frame customer problems run discovery and ship high-quality solutions quickly
- Contribute hands-on to the design work when needed especially during early-stage problem-solving or complex interaction design
How Youll Make an Impact
At CompanyCam your work makes a real impact. Whether youre writing code supporting customers or designing experiences your contributions directly shape the product we deliver and the people we serve. Were building something that helps real people solve real problemsand we believe that kind of work is best done by a team that reflects the world around us. In this role youll drive impact by:
- Guiding strategic design decisions ensuring we are solving the right problems in the right way
- Representing design in key strategic decisionsbalancing customer needs technical feasibility and business goals
- Driving cross-functional collaboration through great facilitation clear thinking and compelling storytelling
What Youll Bring (Were Excited About You Because)
- 6 years of product design experience including time spent in senior or lead-level roles
- A strong portfolio that demonstrates product thinking craft and impact across web and/or mobile experiences
- Experience guiding the work of other designers and elevating team output through critique mentorship and strategic direction
- Deep understanding of user-centered design principles with the ability to simplify complex workflows and make them intuitive
- Excellent communication and collaboration skillsyou can rally a team influence stakeholders and make the case for good design
- A bias toward actionyoure comfortable operating in ambiguity and pushing through to clarity
- A love of feedbackyou actively seek it give it generously and use it to grow
- Youve actively experimented with AI tools to improve discovery workflows or visual designand can speak to whats worked and what hasnt
Bonus Points
- Youve led design work in a SaaS product especially one with mobile-first use cases
- Youre familiar with the ideas in Continuous Discovery Habits and bring a discovery mindset to your work
- You have a solid grasp of HTML/CSS or front-end implementation trade-offs
- Youve designed for users in industries like construction field service or logistics
- Youve worked on AI-powered features and know how to design around model behavior and user expectations.
Benefits & Compensation
This is a salaried position at CompanyCam. Our starting salary range is $180000-$195000 per year and is based on experience. We also offer meaningful equity and other benefits.
CompanyCam is an equal-opportunity employer committed to respect inclusion and growth. We work hard take responsibility and support each other. Great ideas come from all backgrounds and we carefully consider every applicant without regard to personal characteristics or traits. Even if your work experience doesnt align perfectly we encourage you to apply. What really matters to us is your potential your passion and your commitment to learning innovation and contributing meaningfully to our team.
For any accommodations or adjustments to complete the online application or to participate in the interview process please email and well respond to your email promptly. Do not include any medical or health information in your email.
Employment Type
Full-Time
