Staff Product Designer

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We do. We cant cram it all in here but youll start noticing it from the first interview.

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This makes for a remarkably focused and fulfilling work experience. Frankly its not for everyone. But for people with fire in their belly its a game-changing career-defining soul-lifting move.

Join us and we promise you the most intense and fulfilling years of your career doing life-changing work in a fun inventive soulful culture.

If that sounds excitingand the job description below feels like a fitwe really should start talking.

About the Team & Your Impact

BetterUp is pioneering human transformation at scaleand design plays a central role in that mission. Were evolving from a suite of products to an intelligent adaptive platform that powers transformative experiences for individuals and organizations worldwide.

As a Staff Product Designer youll shape the next generation of BetterUps platform and design language. Youll set the vision for how our ecosystem of products tools and experiences come together seamlessly balancing deep user empathy with system-level thinking.

Youll work closely with product research engineering and cross-functional design leaders to define the north star for our experience architecture mentor senior designers and ensure our design system continues to evolve with elegance and rigor.

Youll also have the opportunity to lead and develop a small team of designers while influencing design quality and strategy across the broader organization.

What Youll Do

• Drive the design vision and strategy for cross-product experiences that serve diverse users and customers at scale.

• Lead end-to-end design for complex systems and user journeys that span multiple product surfaces.

• Partner with senior product research and engineering leaders to shape product direction and long-term roadmaps.

• Translate abstract problems into clear frameworks and design principles that guide teams toward cohesive outcomes.

• Advance our design system to enable flexibility consistency and innovation across BetterUps ecosystem.

• Mentor and elevate designers through feedback critique and hands-on guidancebuilding a culture of excellence and continuous learning.

• Model thoughtful leadership by balancing business goals user impact and design craft.

What Youll Bring

• 7 years of product design experience with deep expertise in system-level design platform thinking and multi-surface experiences.

• Proven success leading design strategy and execution for high-impact high-complexity initiatives.

• A portfolio showcasing visionary work that balances clarity craft and strategic insight.

• Demonstrated ability to influence product direction at a senior leadership level.

• Experience mentoring and leading other designers fostering both autonomy and alignment.

• Mastery in information architecture interaction design and visual systems thinking.

• Exceptional communication skills and a track record of uniting stakeholders around a shared vision.

Youll Thrive Here If You

• See design as a system of relationshipsbetween people products and purpose.

• Love simplifying complexity through structure empathy and storytelling.

• Bring both strategic depth and hands-on excellence to every problem.

• Navigate ambiguity with curiosity clarity and conviction.

• Care deeply about human growth and helping people live with more clarity purpose and passion.

While we ask for 10 years of experience what matters most is your vision craft and ability to lead through complexity and ambiguity. If youre passionate about helping people live with more clarity purpose and passion wed love to see examples of your work along with your approach to overcoming design challenges.

AI at BetterUp

Our team thrives at the intersection of human expertise and AI capability. As an AI-forward company adaptation and continuous learning are part of our daily work. Were looking for teammates who are excited to evolve alongside technology people who experiment boldly share their discoveries openly and help define best practices for AI-augmented work. These professionals thoughtfully integrate AI into their work to deliver exceptional results while maintaining the human judgment and creativity that drives real innovation. During our interview process youll have opportunities to showcase how you harness AI to learn iterate and amplify your impact.

Benefits:

At BetterUp we are committed to living out our mission every day and that starts with providing benefits that allow our employees to care for themselves support their families and give back to their community.

• Access to BetterUp coaching; one for you and one for a friend or family member

• A competitive compensation plan with opportunity for advancement

• Medical dental and vision insurance

• Flexible paid time off

• Per year:

  • All federal/statutory holidays observed

  • 4 BetterUp Inner Workdays ( Volunteer Days to give back

  • Learning and Development stipend

  • Company wide Summer & Winter breaks

• Year-round charitable contribution of your choice on behalf of BetterUp

• 401(k) self contribution

We are dedicated to building diverse teams that fuel an authentic workplace and sense of belonging for each and every employee. We know applying for a job can be intimidating please dont hesitate to reach out we encourage everyone interested in joining us to apply.

BetterUp Inc. provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race color religion sex national origin disability genetics gender sexual orientation age marital status veteran addition to federal law requirements BetterUp Inc. complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment including recruiting hiring placement promotion termination layoff recall transfer leaves of absence compensation and training.

At BetterUp we compensate our employees fairly for their work. Base salary is determined by job-related experience education/training residence location as well as market indicators. The range below is representative of base salary only and does not include equity sales bonus plans (when applicable) and benefits. This range may be modified in the future.

The base salary range for this role is as follows:

New York City and San Francisco: $220800 - $303600

Austin and Arlington: $198720 - 273240

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