Product Designer

WorkBoard

Work with purpose.  

WorkBoard’s mission is to help companies and the people in them achieve their best results. We pioneered the Strategy Execution category so leaders can communicate strategy and align efforts well in a faster changing world, and so team members are energized by the purpose and impact of their work. Our customers drive faster growth and competitive advantage because they have higher alignment, real-time transparency, and sharper focus on the results that matter.  Companies like Intel, Walmart, Ford, AstraZeneca, Workday and many others use WorkBoard’s platform, expert services, and professional certification programs to achieve their ambitious vision.  

WorkBoard has built a clear lead in the space – it is the size of all the other OKR app providers combined, in large part because its founders and team members are experienced company builders focused on true, differentiated value for our customers. WorkBoard is backed by top-tier venture investors including Andreessen Horowitz, GGV Capital, Intel Capital, SoftBank Investment Advisers, and Workday Ventures.

THE OPPORTUNITY

As a Product Designer at WorkBoard you will work through all phases of the design process to deliver inspired industry-leading experiences to our enterprise users.  You’ll help transform complex tasks into intuitive, accessible and easy-to-use designs for users ranging from Fortune 500 CEOs to thousands of individual contributors.  

You will be part of a broader vibrant and passionate product & engineering team and will collaborate with our end-users and cross-functional team members in customer success & services as we build solutions and deliver delightful experiences for our customers.  

WHAT YOU WILL DO

• Approach problems with curiosity, humility, and excitement to learn and grow.
• Work through all phases of the design process.
• Partner with the product and engineering teams to explore, define, and deliver market-leading solutions to complex problems.
• Work closely with enterprise users and stakeholders to truly understand user pain points in order to advocate on their behalf.
• Hands-on rapid prototyping and iteration. Driven by product requirements and regular engagements with stakeholders and enterprise users.
• Proactively seek out opportunities for design-centered changes and improvements to existing functionality.

COMING IN

• 4+ years as UI/UX designer, product designer, interaction or experience designer, or similar experience on apps used by business professionals 
• Strong skills in user experience and visual design best practices for web and mobile
• A portfolio showcasing stellar customer-centered design solutions
• Proficiency with design tools like Figma, Balsamiq, etc.
• Curiosity to always get to the “why” before jumping into the “what”
• Bonus: B2B SaaS experience and agile development expertise

YOU’LL BE SUPER SKILLED AND EFFECTIVE AT

• Working through product problems from definition and opportunity to build the right solutions that delight our customers
• Rapid prototyping and low fidelity iterations that help drive discovery, fact-finding and early feedback
• Approaching internal SMEs and external customers for input and feedback; we are a small, lean team who know when to be scrappy and hands-on.
• Ideating and collaborating with our team on the best solutions and paths to test ideas and drive product success!

WITHIN ONE MONTH YOU’LL

• Attend a new-hire immersion training to build a deep understanding of our buyers, their pain points, our solution offering, and learn what it means to build an elegant Enterprise Strategy Execution platform.
• Learn the personas we cater to and our product strategy for their success.
• Become a daily user of WorkBoard yourself on the path to superuser comfort
• Learn our Brand guidelines, and read key user and market messaging and framework
• Hit the ground running and contribute to the design and solutions for planned features

WITHIN THREE MONTHS YOU’LL

• Have a deep understanding of the problem space and how our various offerings are interconnected to provide a comprehensive business solution.
• Research and drive design for your first set of features in the full development cycle with product management and engineering teams
• Ramp up your WorkBoard product knowledge by building expertise and becoming a product Guru for our primary use cases of the product areas you’ll be driving

WITHIN SIX MONTHS YOU’LL

• Create superb product experiences and work closely with product management and engineering teams to deliver them to customers
• Maintain knowledge of the WorkBoard product offering and contribute to our design system
• Conduct user feedback sessions & evaluate requirements and prototypes with key customers and stakeholders

WITHIN TWELVE MONTHS, YOU’LL: 

• Meet regularly with key users, get feedback, and test your designs and solutions
• Continue driving the design of major release cycles for brand-new experiences as well as existing experience enhancement.

OUR VALUES - WE LIVE BY THE 4 Hs

Humble experts

Hungry for the opportunity

Intellectually honest

Operating as one happy team

A FEW OF OUR AWESOME BENEFITS

• Flexible PTO & sick days
• Paid holidays
• Health insurance
• 401K with employer matching
• Quarterly All-Hands Meetings
• And much more!

THE WORKBOARD STORY

WorkBoard provides a powerful, modern strategy execution platform to help companies achieve their growth plans. Unlike most enterprise software, our solution is important to every employee, so we strive to set the high bar for capabilities that delight and enable everyone to be more successful at work. WorkBoard is strategic to companies and personally relevant to the people that work in them.    

We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace committed to building a team culture that celebrates learning, diversity and inclusion. If you’re hungry to grow your skills while growing a company, your sense of urgency matches the size of our market opportunity, and you value and enable team mates’ contributions, then come join us!