Senior UX/UI Lead

Job Description This is a remote position. Lead, mentor, and guide a team of 2 UI/UX designers, reviewing their work to ensure consistency, quality, and alignment with product goals. Own the UX/UI design process for user-facing features, working closely with Product Managers through implementation and iteration. Drive design excellence as we evolve our interface to accommodate growing feature sets and optimize experiences across all screen sizes and devices. Collaborate closely with the VP of Product and Product Managers to translate user needs and business requirements into elegant design solutions. Develop and maintain design systems that support consistency, accessibility (including WCAG compliance), and scalability across the platform. Design for complex, data-heavy workflows while balancing speed, accuracy, and user confidence considerations. Create handoff-ready designs with clear documentation of states, edge cases, and interactive behaviors. Champion user-centered design practices across the organization and advocate for design excellence. Support product-led growth initiatives by designing self-serve, freemium experiences that drive user engagement and conversion. Work cross-functionally with engineering, QA, and product teams to ensure timely and high-quality implementation of designs. Design AI-assisted features with consideration for system transparency, confidence communication, and handling of bulk actions and large datasets. Help scale our design capacity and accelerate our release velocity while maintaining our high user satisfaction and retention rates. Requirements At least 5 years of UX/UI design experience, with a minimum of 2 years in a leadership or senior design role. Strong experience designing for SaaS products with self-serve, freemium models and product-led growth strategies. Proven track record of leading design teams and mentoring designers to produce high-quality work. Deep understanding of upgrade triggers, user onboarding flows, and conversion optimization in self-serve products. Experience designing within existing design systems and evolving products with established user bases. Strong portfolio demonstrating work on complex, data-heavy products with multiple user segments. Experience with responsive design and creating solutions that work seamlessly across various screen sizes and devices. Familiarity with accessibility standards (WCAG) and designing inclusive experiences. Excellent communication and collaboration skills with ability to work cross-functionally. Strong cultural fit with demonstrated commitment to teamwork, collaboration, and building positive team dynamics. Experience designing for AI-assisted or intelligent features is a plus. Familiarity with systematic review processes or academic research workflows is a plus but not required.