Staff Product Designer

Summary

Join Apollo.io, a leading go-to-market solution trusted by millions, as a Staff Product Designer to craft the future of their product. You will work within a squad structure, collaborating with product managers and engineers to build user-centric solutions for complex problems. Responsibilities include brainstorming, validating solutions, mapping user workflows, collaborating with cross-functional teams, conducting user interviews, and contributing to the design system. The ideal candidate possesses 8+ years of experience designing enterprise-level SaaS products, expertise in systems thinking, and a proven ability to translate user needs into effective product experiences. Apollo.io is an AI-native company that values continuous improvement, collaboration, and bold ideas. The company offers a supportive environment where your work makes a real impact.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience designing and shipping complex, enterprise-level SaaS products
• You are an expert systems thinker
• You can deconstruct complex problems, understand how different parts of a system connect, and design solutions that are scalable, maintainable, and coherent
• You have expert design instincts and best practice knowledge to translate user problems, business objectives, and technical constraints into excellent product experiences
• You’re a self-starter that thrives while working in a fast-paced environment on multiple projects simultaneously
• You have experience creating and maintaining components across multiple product surfaces in Figma
• You are a voracious learner, constantly trying to learn how to improve customer experience and drive core metrics. You stay up to date with modern design tools
• You’re experimentation-oriented
• You can conduct user interviews, analyze results, form hypotheses, test them with prototypes or product experiments, and iterate
• No big ego
• You have respect for your cross-functional partners and a shared understanding of the team's goals

Responsibilities

• Work with the Product Manager on your squad to brainstorm, build, and validate solutions for complex user problems
• Partner with Engineers on your squad to understand technical constraints, hand off designs, and run design QA for enterprise-level features
• Map complex user workflows and system interactions to create clear, scalable solutions within our CRM product
• Collaborate with your squad during Weekly Sprint Planning & Daily Standups
• Collaborate with other Designers to provide feedback, share learnings, and maintain a cohesive end-to-end experience
• Interview enterprise users to validate designs and learn about their specific problems and goals
• Use and contribute to our design system to ensure consistency and scalability
• Consistently integrate quantitative and qualitative data into essential product decisions
• Collaborate with your squad to identify the highest impact areas to work on, develop hypotheses, test, and iterate

Preferred Qualifications

Experience in CRM, sales-tech, or related B2B domains is a strong plus