Hybrid Product Designer

at BenchSci

• Job title: Product Designer
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Junior, Mid level
• Salary: CA$100,000 - CA$115,000 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: Go
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Toronto, Canada

About the role

• Product Designer accountable for delivering design solutions improving life-saving research using AI-powered tools. Collaborate independently to shape experiences simplifying scientific complexity in a hybrid team environment.

Responsibilities

• Deliver design solutions for projects of medium-sized scope and complexity, working largely independently.
• Deliver designs for all stages of product development as needed (user flows, wireframes, mockups, AI-generated and interactive prototypes, handover specifications, journey maps) that meet or exceed user needs and have a sense of craftsmanship.
• Embrace and advance AI-first design practices, using generative AI and rapid prototyping tools to accelerate exploration, test assumptions early, and push the boundaries of what's possible in our product experience.
• Go beyond best practices in your design solutions, uncovering novel and unexpected yet viable solutions.
• Guide the UX direction in your product area by familiarizing yourself with user problems for your product area, business goals, and mapping the relevant user journeys.
• Collaborate with Product Managers, UX Researchers, Scientists, and Engineers to execute on tasks, align on problem spaces, and deliver impactful, feasible solutions.
• Apply data-informed design decisions using qualitative research, analytics, and experimentation to improve product outcomes.
• Elevate product quality by contributing to and upholding design systems, documentation, and pattern guidelines.
• Identify proactively instances where patterns, product consistency, and UX quality break down within the product, and engage additional senior design members to collaboratively determine scalable solutions for these issues.
• Present clear, compelling design narratives, leveraging AI tools to rapidly prototype concepts and communicate design intent to facilitate team and stakeholder alignment on design solutions.

Requirements

• 2+ years of experience in product design or equivalent, with a portfolio showing high-quality work on complex products.
• Undergraduate degree or equivalent combination of continued education and experience in a related field (i.e. design, human-computer interaction, UX design, software engineering, etc.)
• Demonstrated ability to contribute to UX within a product area and deliver user-centric solutions in collaboration with cross-functional peers.
• Strong visual, interaction, and systems thinking skills, with proficiency in low- to high-fidelity prototyping.
• Demonstrated experience using AI prototyping tools (e.g., Claude, Cursor, v0, or similar) to accelerate design exploration and validation.
• Comfort in navigating ambiguity and using experimentation to validate design direction.
• Experience contributing to design systems, patterns, and guidelines at a product or design org level would be an asset.
• Skilled communication, able to explain rationale, influence stakeholders, and mentor others.
• Adaptability in presenting information to various stakeholder levels, and can explain complex concepts with simplicity and accuracy.
• Proficiency in design and collaboration tools such as Figma and Miro.
• A background in life sciences (strong asset).

Benefits

• A great compensation package that includes BenchSci equity options
• A robust  vacation policy plus an additional vacation day every year
• Company closures for 14 more days throughout the year
• Flex time for sick days, personal days, and religious holidays
• Comprehensive health and dental benefits
• Annual learning & development budget
• A one-time home office set-up budget to use upon joining BenchSci
• An annual lifestyle spending account allowance
• Generous parental leave benefits with a top-up plan or paid time off options
• The ability to save for your retirement coupled with a company match!