Staff/Lead Product Designer

About Us

Diligent is the global leader in modern governance, providing SaaS solutions across governance, risk, compliance, audit and ESG. Empowering more than 1 million users and 700,000 board members and leaders with a holistic view of their organization’s GRC practices so they can make better decisions, faster. No matter the challenge.

At Diligent, you are an agent of positive change. You are joining a team of passionate, smart, creative people who not only want to help build the software company of the future, but who want to make the world a more sustainable, equitable and better place. Be a part of a global community on a mission to make a real impact.

Learn more at diligent.com.

Position Overview

Diligent is looking for a Staff Product Designer to oversee the UX and visual design for our Diligent brands. This role will be responsible for defining and leading an experience strategy for our products and own the complete design process from concept development to hand off.

Key Responsibilities

• Assist your team to define an experience strategy for one or more of Diligent's products
• Ownership of the complete design process, from concept development to visual design to developer handoff
• Close collaboration with other designers, Product Management and Engineering to support quality and timely delivery of the product roadmap
• Execution of research (discovery, exploratory and validation) as needed
• Succinct communication of design to stakeholders demonstrating a strong understanding of business objectives, design and your users
• Contribute to a culture of continuous improvement and learning
• Partnering with your team to see products to release and beyond
• Mentoring of junior designers

Required Experience/Skills:

• 7+ years of relevant experience
• Portfolio demonstrating design of products, supported by a rigorous process
• Degree in design, technology or psychology (or equivalent work experience)
• A varied skill profile within User Experience Design, with core expertise in Interaction (UX) Design, UI Design or Design Research
• Experience designing SaaS products for the B2B market in a distributed Agile environment
• Experience designing products with a high-level of complexity, helping to guide them from inception (or redesign) to release to continued enhancement or sunset
• Proficiency with current design tools
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Experience designing mobile and web-based applications
• A portfolio of work demonstrating your design process and passion for design – online or pdf is required for consideration

What Diligent Offers You 

• Creativity is ingrained in our culture. We are innovative collaborators by nature. We thrive in exploring how things can be differently both in our internal processes and to help our clients
• We care about our people. Diligent offers a flexible work environment, global days of service, comprehensive health benefits, meeting free days, generous time off policy and wellness programs to name a few
• We have teams all over the world. We may be headquartered in New York City, but we have office hubs in Washington D.C., Vancouver, London, Galway, Budapest, Munich, Bengaluru, Singapore, and Sydney.
• Diversity is important to us. Growing, maintaining and promoting a diverse team is a top priority for us. We foster and encourage diversity through our Employee Resource Groups and provide access to resources and education to support the education of our team, facilitate dialogue, and foster understanding.

Diligent created the modern governance movement. Our world-changing idea is to empower leaders with the technology, insights and connections they need to drive greater impact and accountability – to lead with purpose. Our employees are passionate, smart, and creative people who not only want to help build the software company of the future, but who want to make the world a more sustainable, equitable and better place. 

Headquartered in New York, Diligent has offices in Washington D.C., Baltimore, London, Galway, Budapest, Vancouver, Bengaluru, Munich, and Sydney. 

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