Lead Product Designer

Summary

Join Panorama Education as a Lead Product Designer and play a key role in transforming the Student Success product. You will lead design efforts to connect district strategic goals with Panorama's data and insights, ensuring educators see immediate value. This role involves shaping AI-enhanced workflows, leading discovery and research, owning the end-to-end design process, collaborating with stakeholders, mentoring other designers, and staying user-centered. The ideal candidate has 6+ years of experience in product design, a strong portfolio showcasing expertise in user-centric design and data visualization, and a systems thinker mentality. The starting base salary is $152,200, with final offers determined by experience, skills, and location. Panorama offers a competitive total rewards strategy including annual bonuses, equity awards, and region-specific health and welfare benefits.

Requirements

• 6+ years of experience in product design, crafting intuitive and impactful digital products or applications, preferably in a SaaS environment
• A strong portfolio that showcases expertise in user-centric design, complex user flows, and high-quality, well-crafted visual design, demonstrating attention to detail in layout, typography, hierarchy, and aesthetics
• Experience designing data visualizations—you know how to turn complex data into clear, actionable insights for users
• A systems thinker mentality—you understand how to design scalable solutions that align across multiple product areas
• Experience leading complex projects, from discovery to delivery, within a cross-functional team environment
• Strong communication and storytelling skills, with the ability to clearly explain design decisions to technical and non-technical stakeholders
• A passion for education equity and the role data can play in improving student outcomes

Responsibilities

• Evolve the Student Success product: Lead design efforts to create an experience that helps districts connect their strategic goals with Panorama’s data and insights, ensuring educators see immediate value in our platform
• Shape AI-Enhanced workflows: Explore and design ways to incorporate AI into educator workflows, making data-driven decision-making more efficient and impactful
• Lead discovery & research: Partner with product managers to conduct user interviews, run usability tests, and synthesize insights to inform design decisions
• Own the end-to-end process: Lead design from concept to launch—creating user flows, wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity UI designs—while continuously iterating based on feedback and data
• Collaborate & communicate: Present design concepts and strategies to stakeholders, clearly articulating trade-offs and rationale while being open to constructive feedback
• Mentor & inspire: Support and coach other designers by sharing best practices, giving thoughtful feedback, and helping the team grow its skills and impact
• Stay user-centered: Deepen your understanding of the K–12 education space, building empathy for teachers, counselors, principals, and district leaders to better serve their needs

Benefits

• Annual bonus or commission awards
• Equity awards
• Region-specific health and welfare benefits