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Senior Product Designer

NEW YORK, NYPosted 22 days ago

Job summary

  • Job post source

    This job is from a recruiting firm hiring for a separate company.

  • Job overview

    The Senior Product Designer role involves leading product design for a mission-driven startup focused on healthcare education, shaping transformative learning experiences and establishing design practices.

  • Responsibilities and impact

    The role includes end-to-end experience design for learners, educators, and partners, establishing design operations and processes, validating solutions with data-driven research and testing, and collaborating closely with PMs, engineers, and executives.

  • Experience and skills

    Candidates need 5+ years of experience shipping consumer-facing products, preferably in EdTech or healthtech, with a portfolio showing systems thinking, research-driven iteration, and technical collaboration skills, plus startup adaptability.

  • Career development

    Opportunities include building impactful products for thousands of learners, pioneering accessibility standards, and mentoring junior designers to shape the design culture.

  • Work environment and culture

    The company promotes an innovation-driven culture with transformative impact and growth recognition, thriving in fast-paced, 0→1 startup environments.

  • Company information

    Underdog.io is a large US marketplace connecting tech and product talent with startups, partnering with a Series B funded healthcare education startup for this role.

  • Unique job features

    This founding product design lead role uniquely combines design mastery with strategic influence, focusing on user outcomes over pixel perfection, using tools like Figma and Protopie in a collaborative startup setting.

Company overview

Underdog.io is a technology-driven recruiting platform that connects job seekers with top startups and tech companies by allowing candidates to create a profile and receive interview requests directly from employers, reversing the traditional job application process. The company generates revenue by charging employers for access to its curated candidate marketplace and premium hiring tools. Founded in 2014, Underdog.io has established itself as a trusted intermediary in the tech hiring space, emphasizing transparency and efficiency for both sides of the market. Candidates benefit from increased visibility and streamlined communication, while employers gain access to vetted, high-quality talent. The platform is especially popular among early-stage startups and growth companies seeking to hire engineers, designers, and product professionals.

How to land this job

  • Position your resume to highlight your 5+ years of experience shipping consumer-facing products, emphasizing any work in EdTech or healthtech to align with Underdog.io's mission-driven healthcare education partner.

  • Emphasize your portfolio's demonstration of systems thinking across iOS and web ecosystems, research-driven iteration with detailed case studies, and technical collaboration using tools like Figma and Storybook workflows.

  • Apply through multiple channels including Underdog.io's corporate site, LinkedIn, and relevant tech job boards to maximize your application visibility for this Senior Product Designer role.

  • Connect with members of the product design and hiring teams at Underdog.io on LinkedIn, using ice breakers such as commenting on their recent design initiatives, asking about the startup’s approach to design ops, or expressing enthusiasm for their impact on healthcare education.

  • Optimize your resume for ATS by incorporating keywords from the job description such as 'end-to-end experience design,' 'design ops,' 'user research cadence,' 'A/B testing,' and specific tools like 'Figma,' 'Amplitude,' and 'Mixpanel' to ensure your resume passes initial screenings.

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