Senior Product Designer, Cybersecurity

Clever is on a mission to connect every student to a world of learning. As the leading identity platform for education more than 111000 schools worldwide use Clever to power secure digital learning experiences. With Clevers layered security solutions schools can protect access and identities for all staff teachers and students. With a secure identity platform for schools and a network of leading application providers Clever is committed to advancing education with technology that works for students everywhere. Clever a Kahoot! company has an office in San Francisco CA but you can visit us at anytime.

Clever owns authentication for education every moment a student teacher or staff member proves who they are and the devices they do it on. That scope keeps growing: beyond SSO and MFA were now figuring out how AI agents authenticate and what they should be allowed to reach and how schools manage access across devices. This role brings design judgment across that whole space working horizontally with the teams involved to create a coherent login experience while also defining the next set of problems to solve. Its a chance to help shape what authentication means for the EdTech industry.

• The problem youll solve: Authentication in education spans several fast-moving areas human login AI agent access and device-level identity each raising its own design questions. This role brings one coherent design point of view across all of it so the experience holds together even as the underlying problems are still taking shape.
• Who youll partner with: Product and engineering leads across the teams working on authentication plus the broader design team.
• What success looks like: A consistent well-considered authentication experience even as new surfaces like agent access get added.

Key projects youll lead: Design direction for how authentication extends into new territory agent access device-level identity while keeping the core login experience coherent as it grows.

Required Skills & Experience (Must-Haves):

• Experience designing complex security products cybersecurity identity/authentication
• Experience operating horizontally across multiple teams or product areas setting consistent design direction without owning every team directly
• Direct experience mentoring or coaching other designers with a specific approach to helping them grow
• Strong cross-functional collaboration experience partnering closely with product and engineering across several teams at once
• Comfort using AI tools to prototype and accelerate design work
• Strong written and verbal communication

Preferred Qualifications (Nice-to-Haves):

• Background in K-12 EdTech
• Familiarity with identity protocols such as OAuth/OIDC or SSO/MFA standards
• Experience designing or shipping AI-driven product features

The range of our base salary cash compensation for this role for candidates living in the United States besides NYC and San Francisco CA is between $149000-$175000. For candidates living in NYC and San Francisco CA its between$165000-$192000. All final offers are determined using multiple factors including experience and level of expertise.

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