Product Designer III

RESPONSIBILITIES:
A client with Kforce is seeking a Product Designer III to join their team in Mountain View, CA. Come join a world-class growth team to design experiences that power prosperity for small businesses.

Summary:
As a Staff Product Designer, you'll play a critical role in shaping the future of our growth experiences within QuickBooks. You'll use your expertise in interaction and visual design to simplify complex financial concepts, helping small and medium business owners feel confident and empowered to grow their businesses. The client's design isn't an afterthought. It's how we deliver trust and delight. We're seeking a designer who thrives on solving meaningful problems with bold, human-centered design. If you're ready to transform the future of growth experiences and make a lasting impact on millions of small and medium businesses, we'd love to have you on our team.

Responsibilities:
* Lead design for growth initiatives across the customer lifecycle (onboarding, activation, monetization, retention)
* Translate business and growth goals into user-centered design solutions that drive measurable outcomes
* Collaborate and spark ideas with product managers, engineers, researchers, and data experts who are just as passionate about customers as you are
* Turn complexity into clarity, giving business owners confidence every step of the lending journey
* Contribute to input goals that impact the function
* Assist in planning and developing short-term team goals
* Facilitate cooperation and agreement among peers and team members for operational decisions
* Solve complex problems using data and expertise
* Identify process, tool, and system improvements that may impact other functions

REQUIREMENTS:
* Design Craft: Participate in design planning, understand visual presentation and comprehension, and possess expertise in industry-standard design software
* Design Systems: Create guidance for and apply editorial feedback on designs, demonstrate comprehensive understanding and application of IDS components, and partner with the product design system team for improvements
* End-to-End Thinking: View work across product suites/experiences, demonstrate a platform mindset, proactively identify consistency opportunities, recognize project overlaps/dependencies, and execute with reuse goals
* Customer & Market Insights: Contextualize work with market/industry insights, explain design strategy based on industry trends, leverage data/analytical tools for predictions/solutions, lead customer interviews, partner with researchers/designers, and identify/address missing data
* Data Fluency: Regularly access dashboards, define clear success criteria, leverage quantitative/qualitative data for hypotheses/trends, collaborate with data partners for behavioral insights, partner with Product Development (PD) for clean data, use data for tests/innovations, and communicate data-driven insights to senior leaders
* Technical Acumen: Understand and partner with PD for common language and existing capabilities, advocate for product quality from concept to code, and understand machine learning models and rule-based technology
* Business Knowledge: Drive roadmapping/planning conversations and make informed, timely decisions
* Strategic Impact: Possess a clear POV on craft impact amidst conflicting priorities and develop innovative solutions for business challenges
* Communication & Partnership: Leverage industry knowledge and strategic insights, present work with polish and confidence, lead effective meetings, represent craft in various situations, grow conflict resolution skills, generate/maintain momentum, and manage stakeholder expectations

The pay range is the lowest to highest compensation we reasonably in good faith believe we would pay at posting for this role. We may ultimately pay more or less than this range. Employee pay is based on factors like relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, location, performance, union contract and business needs. This range may be modified in the future.

We offer comprehensive benefits including medical/dental/vision insurance, HSA, FSA, 401(k), and life, disability & ADD insurance to eligible employees. Salaried personnel receive paid time off. Hourly employees are not eligible for paid time off unless required by law. Hourly employees on a Service Contract Act project are eligible for paid sick leave.

Note: Pay is not considered compensation until it is earned, vested and determinable. The amount and availability of any compensation remains in Kforce's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified in its discretion consistent with the law.

This job is not eligible for bonuses, incentives or commissions.

Kforce is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.

By clicking ?Apply Today? you agree to receive calls, AI-generated calls, text messages or emails from Kforce and its affiliates, and service providers. Note that if you choose to communicate with Kforce via text messaging the frequency may vary, and message and data rates may apply. Carriers are not liable for delayed or undelivered messages. You will always have the right to cease communicating via text by using key words such as STOP.