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Brightwheel is hiring a Staff Product Designer to lead design strategy and execution across key education product areas. The role involves creating clear vision in ambiguous spaces, driving AI-focused product innovation, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and elevating design quality through mentorship and leadership.

Highlights

Lead design strategy and execution for critical Education product areas, ensuring cohesion across multiple teams.
Develop clarity in ambiguous problems by defining vision, framing tradeoffs, and aligning stakeholders.
Drive AI-first exploration and translate emerging technologies into scalable product experiences for educators.
Influence prioritization and decision-making across Education and Core pods without formal authority.
Set and maintain high standards for design craft, speed, and product thinking through mentorship and feedback.
Collaborate closely with product, engineering, and research to uncover insights and deliver impactful outcomes.
Evolve design systems and practices to reduce complexity and support scalable decision-making.
Require 8+ years of product design experience with a history of driving strategy, execution, and quality.
Experience shipping complex, multi-surface product experiences across mobile and web platforms.
Skilled in leveraging AI to improve workflows and build AI-powered product experiences.
Compensation ranges from $148K to $218K plus equity opportunities.
Benefits include comprehensive medical, dental, vision coverage, paid parental leave, flexible PTO, and retirement plans.

Staff Product Designer Full Description

Staff Product Designer

United States

Employment Type

Full time

Location Type

Remote

Department

Product

Compensation

$148K – $218K • Offers Equity

Compensation & Benefits
At brightwheel, we reward people who make things happen. Our compensation is benchmarked against similar-stage growth companies, with ranges set by function, level, and location. Final offers reflect experience and expertise, and your recruiter can walk you through the range for your region.

Equity & Ownership
Many roles include equity, giving you the chance to share in the long-term success you help create.

Benefits & Well-Being
We design our benefits to help you (and your family) live well, stay healthy, and keep growing. While specifics vary by region, we typically offer:

Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
Generous paid parental leave
Flexible PTO so you can recharge when you need it
Local retirement or savings plans (e.g., 401(k) in the U.S.)

We’re committed to pay equity and to building a diverse, inclusive workplace where everyone can do their best work and feel supported along the way.

Overview
Application
Our Mission and Opportunity
Early education is one of the most important determinants of childhood outcomes, a critical support for working families, and a $175B market that remains underserved by modern technology. Brightwheel is the largest, fastest growing, and most loved platform in early ed, trusted by millions of educators and families every day. We are a three-time Cloud 100 company, backed by top investors including Addition, Bessemer, Emerson Collective, Lowercase Capital, Notable Capital, and Mark Cuban.

Our Team
Our team is passionate, talented, and customer-focused. We embody our Leadership Principles in our work and culture. We are a distributed team with remote employees across every US time zone, as well as select offices in the US and internationally.

Who You Are
You’re a Staff Product Designer who brings clarity, momentum, and strong product judgment to complex problem spaces. You lead through influence, align teams around a shared vision, and help the organization make better decisions, faster.
You combine deep customer empathy with systems thinking, using both to shape strategy and elevate execution across multiple teams and initiatives. You’re comfortable making tradeoffs, navigating ambiguity, and pushing work toward outcomes that matter for educators. You raise the bar for design quality not just through your craft, but through the standards you set and the clarity you bring.

What You’ll Do

Own design strategy and execution across critical Education product areas, driving cohesion and quality across multiple teams and initiatives
Create clarity in ambiguous problem spaces by defining vision, framing tradeoffs, and aligning partners around a shared direction
Lead AI-first exploration and delivery, shaping how emerging technologies are translated into responsible, scalable product experiences for educators
Influence prioritization and decision-making across Education and Core pods, unblocking teams and accelerating progress without formal authority
Set and uphold a high bar for design craft, speed, and product thinking; raise quality through mentorship, feedback, and example
Partner deeply with product, engineering, and research leadership to uncover insights, define strategy, and deliver outcomes that move educator impact metrics
Evolve brightwheel’s design systems, patterns, and practices to reduce complexity and scale high-quality decision-making

What You’ve Done

8+ years of experience as a product designer, with a track record of driving strategy, execution, and quality across multiple teams or product lines.
Shipped high-impact product experiences across complex, multi-surface systems, often spanning multiple teams or product lines
Led ambiguous, zero-to-one or transformation initiatives by defining vision, aligning stakeholders, and driving execution end-to-end with urgency
Demonstrated strong product judgment and craft excellence, consistently balancing user needs, business goals, and technical constraints
Influenced roadmap direction and product decisions through close partnership with product, engineering, and executives
Acted as a force multiplier within a design organization by mentoring designers, raising quality standards, and shaping team culture
Designed and shipped across mobile and web platforms, maintaining cohesion and usability at scale
Leveraged AI to improve personal and organizational workflows and decision-making, while shaping and shipping AI-powered product experiences for customers

Brightwheel is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive work environment and is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.

Protecting Our Applicants: Please be aware of recruiting scams impersonating Brightwheel. All legitimate communications come from @mybrightwheel.com addresses, and we never ask for payment or sensitive personal data as part of our hiring process. If you suspect fraudulent contact, reach out to security@mybrightwheel.com. Thank you for helping us keep our applicant community safe.

Original Job Description

Staff Product Designer

United States

Employment Type

Full time

Location Type

Remote

Department

Product

Compensation

$148K – $218K • Offers Equity

Equity & Ownership
Many roles include equity, giving you the chance to share in the long-term success you help create.

Benefits & Well-Being
We design our benefits to help you (and your family) live well, stay healthy, and keep growing. While specifics vary by region, we typically offer:

Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
Generous paid parental leave
Flexible PTO so you can recharge when you need it
Local retirement or savings plans (e.g., 401(k) in the U.S.)

We’re committed to pay equity and to building a diverse, inclusive workplace where everyone can do their best work and feel supported along the way.

Own design strategy and execution across critical Education product areas, driving cohesion and quality across multiple teams and initiatives
Create clarity in ambiguous problem spaces by defining vision, framing tradeoffs, and aligning partners around a shared direction
Lead AI-first exploration and delivery, shaping how emerging technologies are translated into responsible, scalable product experiences for educators
Influence prioritization and decision-making across Education and Core pods, unblocking teams and accelerating progress without formal authority
Set and uphold a high bar for design craft, speed, and product thinking; raise quality through mentorship, feedback, and example
Partner deeply with product, engineering, and research leadership to uncover insights, define strategy, and deliver outcomes that move educator impact metrics
Evolve brightwheel’s design systems, patterns, and practices to reduce complexity and scale high-quality decision-making

What You’ve Done

8+ years of experience as a product designer, with a track record of driving strategy, execution, and quality across multiple teams or product lines.
Shipped high-impact product experiences across complex, multi-surface systems, often spanning multiple teams or product lines
Led ambiguous, zero-to-one or transformation initiatives by defining vision, aligning stakeholders, and driving execution end-to-end with urgency
Demonstrated strong product judgment and craft excellence, consistently balancing user needs, business goals, and technical constraints
Influenced roadmap direction and product decisions through close partnership with product, engineering, and executives
Acted as a force multiplier within a design organization by mentoring designers, raising quality standards, and shaping team culture
Designed and shipped across mobile and web platforms, maintaining cohesion and usability at scale
Leveraged AI to improve personal and organizational workflows and decision-making, while shaping and shipping AI-powered product experiences for customers

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