Verkada Inc.

Lead Product Designer

Verkada Inc.$150K — $230K *
Consumer Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 7+ years of product design experience, particularly in mobile design
  • Strong portfolio demonstrating visual and interaction design skills
  • Bachelor's degree in design, art, HCI, or equivalent
  • Proven problem-solving skills with a focus on elegant solutions
  • Experience collaborating across teams (product, engineering, design)
  • Skilled in creating animated visuals and interactive designs
  • Proficient in Figma and Adobe Creative Suite

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with design, engineering, and product teams in an agile environment
  • Foster a collaborative work culture
  • Lead brainstorming sessions with cross-functional teams
  • Develop product strategies aligning with customer needs and company vision
  • Create intuitive UX/UI from wireframes to final designs
  • Mentor junior designers and provide constructive feedback
  • Serve as project lead, co-owning product outcomes

Benefits

  • 100% premium coverage for employee healthcare plans
  • Nationwide medical, vision, and dental coverage
  • Health Saving Account (HSA) with employer contributions
  • Expanded mental health support
  • Paid parental leave and fertility benefits
  • Generous paid time off, including holidays and flexible PTO
  • Professional development stipend
  • Daily healthy lunches provided
  • Commuter benefits
Full Job Description
About the Role

Everything at Verkada begins with design. Every part of our product experience is carefully crafted to be simple, elegant, and powerful. As a Lead Product Designer, you will be responsible for delivering best-in-class web and mobile tools (user interface designs, interaction models, prototypes, etc.) in a fast-paced, collaborative environment. You'll work with product managers, designers, and engineers to design our software, from defining a product vision to tweaking pixels before each release.
What You'll Do
  • Collaborate closely with designers, engineers, and product managers in a highly agile development environment with quick ideation and prototyping.
  • Build and foster a collaborative work environment.
  • Run inspiring and formal brainstorming sessions with engineers, product, and other designers.
  • Developing product strategies that deliver on customer needs and the company's vision
  • Build clear, concise and intuitive UX/UI with everything from low-fidelity wireframes to pixel perfect final designs.
  • Mentoring junior designers, providing constructive feedback and elevating their work to the highest standards.
  • Serve as a project lead, co-owning the final product with product and engineering leads.
  • Manage multiple projects and stakeholder relationships.
  • Manage and maintain a project's scope and schedule.
  • Initiate and participate in user research as needed on key projects.
What You Bring
  • 7+ years of product design or mobile product design experience
  • Portfolio hat demonstrates polished visual and interaction design skills
  • Bachelor's degree in design, art, human-computer interaction (HCI), or equivalent
  • A drive to solve complex problems with simple and elegant solutions
  • Proven experience in creative problem solving and partnering with product, engineering, and other designers to do so
  • Experienced in creating and integrating animated visuals and interactive design
  • Proficient in: Figma, Adobe Creative Suite
US Employee Benefits

Verkada is committed to fostering a workplace environment that prioritizes the holistic health and wellbeing of our employees and their families by offering comprehensive wellness perks, benefits, and resources. Our benefits and perks programs include, but are not limited to:
  • Healthcare programs that can be tailored to meet the personal health and financial well-being needs - Premiums are 100% covered for the employee under at least one plan and 80% for family premiums under all plans
  • Nationwide medical, vision and dental coverage
  • Health Saving Account (HSA) with annual employer contributions and Flexible Spending Account (FSA) with tax saving options
  • Expanded mental health support
  • Paid parental leave policy & fertility benefits
  • Time off to relax and recharge through our paid holidays, firmwide extended holidays, flexible PTO and personal sick time
  • Professional development stipend
  • Fertility Stipend
  • Wellness/fitness benefits
  • Healthy lunches provided daily
  • Commuter benefits
Additional Information
  • We do sponsor and take over sponsorship of employment visas for this role. If we make you an offer, we will make every reasonable effort to get you a visa.


Annual Pay Range

At Verkada, we want to attract and retain the best employees, and compensate them in a way that appropriately and fairly values their individual contribution to the company. With that in mind, we carefully consider a number of factors to determine the appropriate starting pay for an employee, including their primary work location and an assessment of a candidate's skills and experience, as well as market demands and internal parity. A Verkada employee may be eligible for additional forms of compensation, depending on their role, including sales incentives, discretionary bonuses, and/or equity in the company in the form of restricted stock units (RSUs)

Below is the annual on-target earnings (OTE) range for full-time employees for this position, comprised of base compensation and commissions (if applicable).

Estimated Annual Pay Range

$150,000-$230,000 USD

About Verkada Inc.

Verkada Inc. is a technology company that specializes in security cameras and video surveillance systems. The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Mountain View, California. Verkada's cameras are designed to be easy to install and use, and they offer features such as facial recognition and license plate recognition. The company's customers include schools, hospitals, and businesses. Verkada has raised over $140 million in funding to date and is backed by several venture capital firms.
Learn more about Verkada Inc.
Size
500 employees
Industry
Founded
2016

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