Staff Product Designer

Vantor is forging the new frontier of spatial intelligence helping decision makers and operators navigate what’s happening now and shape what’s coming next.  Vantor is a place for problem solvers changemakers and go-getters—where people are working together to help our customers see the world differently and in doing so be seen differently. Come be part of a mission not just a job where you can: Shape your own future build the next big thing and change the world.

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Please review the job details below.

What we need this person to do:

• Own ambiguous high-impact problem spaces across Vantor’s product ecosystem
• Define cross-product design frameworks patterns and experiences for spatial data-heavy and operational workflows
• Shape interaction models for maps imagery layers tasking monitoring analytics and platform experiences
• Partner deeply with Product and Engineering to define product direction not just execute against requirements
• Lead alignment across multiple teams and resolve ambiguity through structured design thinking
• Establish reusable patterns and standards that improve clarity consistency and correctness across products
• Raise the quality bar for design outputs critique documentation and implementation readiness
• Mentor senior designers and help them move from execution to system-level ownership
• Use AI-enabled design practices to accelerate exploration synthesis prototyping and decision-making while maintaining strong design judgment

What we should look for:

• Deep experience designing complex enterprise technical operational or mission-critical products
• Proven ability to define systems not just deliver screens or workflows
• Strong product thinking and ability to influence roadmap strategy and prioritization
• Comfortable working in ambiguity and creating structure where none exists
• Strong facilitation skills including leading workshops and aligning senior stakeholders
• Experience working closely with engineering teams on complex technical systems
• Strong portfolio evidence of cross-product impact reusable frameworks and system-level design thinking
• Ability to communicate design rationale clearly to executive product engineering and design audiences
• Strong judgment around output quality tradeoffs risks and decision-making under complexity
• 5+ years of experience in product design UX or HCI
• Deep expertise in visual design preferred

Nice-to-have experience:

• Geospatial platforms mapping tools satellite imagery defense tech autonomy operational systems or intelligence products
• Data visualization analytics AI-supported workflows 3D/spatial interfaces or command-and-control systems
• Experience at companies building complex technical platforms such as Anduril Palantir UP42 or similar
• Experience building or scaling design systems and cross-product interaction patterns
• Experience mentoring senior designers or acting as a design lead across multiple teams

Benefits: Vantor offers a competitive total rewards package that goes beyond the standard including a robust 401(k) with company match mental health resources and unique perks like student loan repayment assistance adoption reimbursement and pet insurance to support all aspects of your life. You can find more information on our benefits at: https://www.Vantor.com/careers

The application window is three days from the date the job is posted and will remain posted until a qualified candidate has been identified for hire.  If the job is reposted regardless of reason it will remain posted three days from the date the job is reposted and will remain reposted until a qualified candidate has been identified for hire. 

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EEO Policy: Vantor is an equal opportunity employer committed to an inclusive workplace. We believe in fostering an environment where all team members feel respected valued and encouraged to share their ideas. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion national origin sex gender identity sexual orientation disability protected veteran status age or any other characteristic protected by law.

What We Do

Vantor is forging the new frontier of spatial intelligence to unlock a more autonomous interoperable world. We empower decision makers and operators with the clarity they need to navigate what’s happening now and shape what’s coming next. Our AI-powered spatial intelligence platform fuses data from the world’s highest-resolution satellites with real-time sensor feeds from space air and ground to create the most accurate living digital replica of Earth.

Why Work With Us

Vantor is a place for problem solvers changemakers and go-getters—where people are working together to help our customers see the world differently and in doing so be seen differently. Come be part of a mission not just a job where you can: Shape your own future build the next big thing and change the world.

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