Hybrid Principal Product Designer

at Quandri

• Job title: Principal Product Designer
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Lead
• Salary: CA$175,000 - CA$215,000 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Vancouver, Canada

About the role

• Principal Product Designer at Quandri focusing on creating AI-driven user experiences. Leading design strategy for a hybrid team in the insurance industry.

Responsibilities

• Define and communicate the overall design vision and strategy that aligns with Quandri's business goals and AI-first approach
• Lead the end-to-end design process from research to implementation, including user research, design system creation, and cross-functional collaboration
• Design groundbreaking AI-powered user experiences that feel intuitive, trustworthy, and transformative for insurance professionals
• Collaborate with product management and engineering leadership to ensure timely and high-quality design implementation
• Establish user research practices and customer feedback loops to inform strategic design decisions
• Define and track key design metrics to measure success and drive business outcomes
• Pioneer design patterns for cutting-edge AI/ML features including confidence indicators, explainability, and human-AI collaboration
• Provide guidance and actively develop the skills of fellow designers, fostering a culture of learning and collaboration as our team grows
• Serve as the senior design voice within the company, ensuring a user-first mindset across all product decisions
• Partner with leadership team on product strategy and company direction

Requirements

• 8+ years of product design experience, with significant leadership experience in B2B SaaS products at senior IC level
• Proven track record of building design systems from scratch and scaling design functions at high-growth, venture-backed companies
• Strong experience designing AI-powered products, with good understanding of machine learning workflows, conversational interfaces, and intelligent automation
• Demonstrated ability to design complex, enterprise-level interfaces and transform complicated workflows into intuitive experiences
• Advanced user research and analytical skills with experience driving strategic design decisions through data
• Excellent stakeholder management and influence skills, with ability to align executive teams and drive organizational change
• Experience building and leading high-performing design teams in fast-paced, ambiguous environments
• Portfolio demonstrating strategic systems thinking and ability to create consistency across multiple complex products
• Track record of driving measurable business impact through design

Benefits

• Enhanced employee stock options reflecting senior role
• Comprehensive health benefits, including Lifestyle Spending Account
• Four weeks of paid vacation per year
• Work anywhere in the world for 60 days of the year
• Parental leave top-ups: 6 months for birthing parents, 8 weeks for non-birthing parents (up to $100,000 annual salary)