Sr. Product Designer

Tessell is redefining how the world interacts with data by delivering a highly differentiated Database as a Service (DBaaS) on leading cloud platforms like AWS and Azure, with support for preferred database engines such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle, and SQL Server. Our customers choose Tessell for our unrivaled user experience, which empowers everyone to harness the power of data. We believe design is at the heart of this empowerment, and our product designers craft impactful and elegant end-to-end solutions that democratize data access across organizations. Whether it's creating streamlined, user-friendly experiences or designing complex productivity tools for technical experts, we do it all.

We are looking for an experienced and visionary Lead Product Designer to join our dynamic design team. In this pivotal role, you will significantly shape our product's user experience, drive our design-first culture, and empower users with seamless data interaction. You'll lead by example, mentor junior designers, and champion user-centered design across the organization.

What You'll Do

As a Lead Product Designer at Tessell, you will:

• Strategic Independence: Drive complex design initiatives with a high degree of autonomy, setting strategic design direction and fostering innovation across multiple projects.

• Expert Problem-Solving: Proactively identify and resolve intricate design and user problems, applying advanced design principles, established patterns, and novel approaches to deliver highly effective and innovative solutions.

• Cross-Functional Leadership: Lead and orchestrate collaborations with cross-functional teams, including product management, engineering, and other stakeholders. You'll set the standard for planning, executing, and communicating design work, ensuring robust alignment with Tessell's vision and diverse user needs.

• Design Excellence & Mentorship: Champion and elevate design quality and consistency across all product areas, establishing and maintaining design systems and best practices. You'll provide significant mentorship and guidance to junior and senior designers, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and design excellence.

Your Focus Areas

• Problem Identification & Definition: Independently identify, define, and frame highly complex design and user problems, translating them into actionable design challenges and contributing significantly to strategic product roadmaps.

• Proactive Innovation & Strategy: Proactively identify significant design challenges and opportunities across the entire product ecosystem, leading the charge in proposing, validating, and implementing groundbreaking solutions that drive product success and user delight.

• User-Centered Design Advocacy: Expertly recognize and proactively address when proposed solutions deliver limited benefit to users or create/reinforce inequities. You'll lead and influence collaborative efforts with executive leadership and stakeholders to ensure truly user-centered, equitable, and impactful experiences are delivered consistently.

How You'll Execute Good Design

At Tessell, we expect you to execute good design by:

• Strategic Collaboration & Influence: Lead and facilitate critical cross-project collaborations with multiple teams, expertly navigating, executing, and communicating complex user needs, business constraints, and strategic opportunities at an organizational level.

• Mentorship & Thought Leadership: Provide strong mentorship to junior and senior UX designers, while also serving as a thought leader who not only identifies but actively challenges dominant design paradigms, inspiring innovation and pushing boundaries.

• Growth & Paradigm Evolution: Drive the evolution of team design principles, processes, and methods, leading the charge in challenging and evolving dominant paradigms with significant autonomy and strategic influence across the organization.

What We Expect From Your Expertise

• A deep understanding and expert application of UX design principles, design fundamentals, and advanced design methodologies.

• A demonstrated ability to continuously learn, adapt, and strategically apply new knowledge in user-centered product development and design.

• A proven eagerness to lead, mentor, and significantly contribute to the design team's overall success and strategic direction.

Your Profile Will Stand Out If You Have

• An exceptional passion for UX design, evidenced by a compelling portfolio showcasing significant leadership, impact, and innovation on complex product challenges.

• Outstanding attention to detail and the ability to articulate, advocate for, and persuade stakeholders on complex design decisions at all levels of the organization.

• A highly open, curious, and visionary mindset, with a strong desire to lead, innovate, and shape the future of design in a dynamic and fast-paced environment.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Design, Human-Computer Interaction, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

• 5+ years of experience in UX designing, demonstrating clear progression into leadership roles and significant impact on product outcomes.

• Proven experience working with early-stage efforts and startups, ideally having contributed to scaling design practices.