Senior Product Designer

Named #4 startup in Canada for 2024, Hiive is a fintech/marketplace startup connecting buyers and sellers of stock in venture-backed pre-IPO companies🚀. Thanks to our industry-leading technology and best-in-class capital markets team, we are home to the fastest-growing marketplace for the stock of “unicorns” on the planet. As a profitable and rapidly growing business backed by tier-one venture capital investors, we are seeking to scale our high-performing team.

As a Senior Product Designer, you will help lead the design vision for one of our product teams. You'll collaborate closely with product managers, engineers, and cross-functional teams to create seamless and engaging user experiences. This is an exciting opportunity for a senior design who wants to have a direct impact on the product, its users, and the company’s growth.

In this role, your responsibilities would include:

• Leading the design of key product features and initiatives, from conceptualization to high-fidelity execution.

• Collaborating with cross-functional teams, including product managers, engineers, and other designers, to define product requirements and design solutions that meet both user needs and business goals.

• Creating and maintaining a cohesive, scalable design system to ensure consistency across products and platforms.

• Conducting user research, usability testing, and gathering feedback to iterate and improve design solutions.

• Designing for both web and mobile, with a focus on creating intuitive and delightful user experiences across devices.

• Owning and evolving the visual and interaction design of the product, ensuring high-quality, pixel-perfect designs.

• Mentoring and guiding junior designers, fostering a culture of learning and helping to elevate the design team’s skills.

• Staying up-to-date with industry trends and best practices and proactively bringing new insights, tools, and approaches to the team.

• Leading design reviews and presenting design concepts to stakeholders across the company.

Required Experience:

• 5+ years of experience in product design, with a strong portfolio showcasing your ability to solve complex design problems and create compelling user experiences.

• Experience designing for web platforms, with a focus on creating responsive, accessible, and intuitive interfaces.

• A deep understanding of user-centered design principles, interaction design, visual design, and information architecture.

• Expertise with design and prototyping tools such as Figma, Sketch, or Adobe XD.

• Strong experience in creating or contributing to design systems that scale across multiple products.

• A collaborative mindset with the ability to work closely with product managers, engineers, and other stakeholders to define and implement design solutions.

• Strong communication skills, with the ability to present and defend design decisions clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders alike.

• A keen eye for detail, with a strong visual design sense and understanding of typography, color theory, and layout.

Preferred Experience:

• Experience working in SaaS, B2B, or marketplace product environments.

• Experience with UX writing or designing with a strong focus on content strategy.

• Previous experience mentoring and providing design leadership for other designers.

Compensation, Benefits & Perks:

• Highly competitive salary commensurate with experience and contribution.

• Opportunity to participate in ownership of a rapidly growing early-stage startup through our employee stock option plan.

• Comprehensive 100% employer-paid health and dental premiums, a health and personal spending account.

• A dedicated desk in our Vancouver, BC HQ, in the heart of downtown, with a fridge stocked with healthy snacks and drinks, an onsite gym, and a gorgeous rooftop amenity.

• Enjoy a $20-per-day commuter benefit for every day you work in our Vancouver HQ.

• An engaging social calendar, including bi-weekly catered lunches, bi-weekly “Friday bar,” team workouts, annual summer party, and holiday party, two “onsite” all-team retreats each year, semi-annual team-building events, and Hiive Womens’ Network events.

• Significant opportunities for growth into team leadership and management roles.

• Entrepreneurial culture and a small and dynamic team.

• Sponsorship, immigration, and relocation for exceptional candidates.

Hiive is committed to fostering an inclusive workplace where all individuals have an opportunity to succeed.