As the worlds largest car sharing marketplace Turo is growing and were hiring in the San Francisco Bay Area. Were looking for a Lead Product Designer on our Guest Experience team who brings exceptional taste and a high craft bar to own initiatives across native mobile apps and desktop web creating simple premium and intuitive experiences.

About the team

At Turo design is a driving force behind the customer experience. We operate in a high-visibility environment where design quality is a shared priority for leadership at every level. Designers lead through the strength of their craft using thoughtful critique and iteration to reach a level of finish that commands confidence at the highest levels of the company. While strategic direction is guided by leadership many of our top priorities are sparked by design-led visions and research insights.

The Guest Design team is a close-knit group of around 10 end-to-end generalists ranging from mid-level to staff. We are relentless about raising the craft bar and as designers grow here they are expected to lead the full design process while developing standout strengths in one or two areas: product strategy experience design or visual craft. You will have a meaningful hand in how the experience looks and behaves for millions of guests in a team that values curiosity care and shared ownership. This role carries staff-level responsibility for modeling excellence and mentorship to help raise the bar across the entire team.

What you will do

As a Lead Product Designer on our Guest Experience team youll craft high-quality experiences that help guests move from browsing to booking with confidence. Youll be trusted to own key moments of the guest journey turning complex decisions into clear cohesive flows and interfaces that help guests understand what matters and choose with confidence. Work is organized around problems and designers are empowered to follow the problem across key moments of the guest journey over time.

This is an end-to-end product design role where outstanding UI interaction and motion craft are core leversworking alongside strong problem framing judgment and cross-functional partnershipto solve meaningful guest problems. Youll use modern tools including AI when they meaningfully improve exploration iteration and quality without replacing the human touch that great design requires.

Responsibilities

• Apply finely honed taste and a discerning eye to craft emotionally resonant experiences that define the aesthetic signature of our brand. Consistently push past standard solutions to reach a level of finish that defines excellence.

• Own designs end-to-end from problem framing and design strategy through north star visions and high-fidelity execution across native app mobile and desktop web.

• Mature interaction standards across the Guest experience by defining motion states transitions and micro-interactions. Use these to drive clarity communicate progress and make complex decisions feel effortless.

• Translate strategy into tangible elevated experiences through continuous prototyping. Use interactive models to test boundaries de-risk solutions and build collective confidence in a design direction.

• Communicate clearly and influence effectively aligning partners through strong rationale and practical tradeoffs across design product and engineering constraints.

• Navigate ambiguous territory by balancing evidence with intuition. Know when to go deep on exploration and when to ruthlessly distill a concept to its absolute core.

• Treat research and metrics as creative constraints. Use them to challenge assumptions and uncover hidden friction to ensure directions are backed by a clear rationale.

• Model Turos design principles process and company values: Grounded Driven Expressive and Bold.

Your profile

• Typically 12 years of product design experience with exceptional interaction and visual design skills evidenced by a portfolio of impactful consumer-facing work across native app mobile and desktop web.

• Strong product judgment including the ability to decide where craft investment matters most and where restraint or simplicity is the better path forward.

• A penchant for reducing complexity and maintaining a cohesive premium standard across end-to-end consumer experiences.

• Comfort navigating between broad problem framing and detailed execution bringing structure to ambiguous problems without sacrificing quality.

• Effective communication and influence skills with the ability to articulate clear rationale and make practical tradeoffs across experience quality technical constraints and business goals.

• Practice balancing evidence with intuition using research and data to inform direction while trusting design sense to build momentum.

• A low-ego collaborative approach and a persistent bias for action.

For this role the target base salary range in San Francisco is $178000-$222000 annually. This role is also eligible for equity and general our ranges reflect the market-based target for new hire salaries based on the level and location of the role. Within the range individual pay is determined by objective factors assessed during the application and interview process such as job-related skills experience and relevant education or training. We encourage you to talk with your recruiter to learn more about the total compensation and benefits available for this role.

Turo highly values having employees working in-office to foster a collaborative work environment and company culture. This role will be in-office on a hybrid schedule Turists will be expected to work in the office 3 days per week on Mondays Wednesdays and Thursday. Turo considers working in the office at least 3 days per week to be an essential function of this hybrid role. Your recruiter can share more information about the various in-office perks Turo offers.

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Benefits

• Competitive salary equity benefits and perks for all full-time employees

• Employer-paid medical dental and vision insurance (Country specific)

• Retirement employer match

• Learning & Development stipend to invest in your professional development

• Turo host matching program

• Turo travel credit

• Cell phone and internet stipend

• Paid time off to relax and recharge

• Paid holidays volunteer time off and parental leave

• For those who are in the office full-time or hybrid we have in-office lunch office snacks and fun activities

We are committed to building a diverse team. If you are from a background thats underrepresented in tech wed love to meet you.

Aside from an award winning work environment and the opportunity to be part of the worlds largest car sharing marketplace we are also growing the team quickly - join us! Even if you dont meet every qualification we are looking for people with enthusiasm for what we do and we will consider you for this and other possibilities.

About Turo

Turo is the worlds largest car sharing marketplace where you can book the perfect car for wherever youre going from a vibrant community of trusted hosts across the US UK Canada Australia and France. Whether youre flying in from afar or looking for a car down the street searching for a rugged truck or something smooth and swanky Turo puts you in the drivers seat of an extraordinary selection of cars shared by local hosts.

Discover Turo at the App Store and Google Play and check out our blog Field Notes.

Read more about the Turo culture according to Turo CEO Andre Haddad.

Turo is an Equal Opportunity Employer and a participant in the U.S. Federal E-Verify program. Women minorities individuals with disabilities and protected veterans are encouraged to apply. We welcome people of different backgrounds experiences abilities and perspectives.

Turo will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance as applicable.

We welcome candidates with physical mental and/or neurological disabilities. If you require assistance applying for an open position or need accommodation during the recruiting process due to a disability please submit a request to People Operations by emailing