Product Design Lead

Beam Impact is seeking a Product Designer to lead the design discipline, establish scalable processes, and create a robust design system that will serve as the foundation for our product. This role will directly influence our product’s success and the impact we have on non-profits and conscious brands.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end product design for key initiatives, from discovery and user research to wireframes, high-fidelity mockups, prototyping, and hand-off to engineers
• Create, document, and maintain a comprehensive design system to ensure consistency, speed up development, and scale with the product and team
• Conduct user research and usability testing to gather insights, validate concepts, and ensure the product solves real-world user problems
• Collaborate with Product, CTO, CEO, and Engineering leads to define the product roadmap, contribute to strategy, and advocate for user experience
• Establish design best practices, tools, and workflows within the product team, setting standards for quality and efficiency
• Own and maintain the Beam Impact website, designing new pages to support marketing campaigns, product launches, and brand initiatives
• Provide guidance and creative direction to a junior integrations designer, ensuring quality and consistency of embedded components and integration touchpoints
• Maintain and evolve the Beam Impact brand identity across all product and marketing touchpoints
• Create marketing assets including sales decks, email templates, case studies, social media content, and other materials to drive growth

Qualifications

• Have 5+ years of experience in product design with a focus on UI/UX for web and mobile applications
• Have a proven track record designing for SaaS products, ideally in fast-paced or high-growth environments
• Can showcase a portfolio of elegant, data-driven solutions to complex design challenges
• Are proficient with modern design and prototyping tools (e.g., Figma, Sketch, Adobe XD) and experienced across responsive web and mobile
• Understand technical constraints and opportunities, enabling close collaboration with engineers
• Have hands‑on experience building and maintaining design systems and pattern libraries
• Possess a strong analytical mindset and use data to inform design decisions
• Have experience leading end-to-end design for products or major feature initiatives
• Are an expert in UI/UX best practices, accessibility standards, and user-centered design principles
• Have created and maintained a design system from the ground up, with deep understanding of component-based design, tokens, and documentation
• Can manage and mentor junior design talent, providing constructive feedback and elevating team output
• Communicate and present design decisions clearly to technical and non-technical audiences

Bonus

• Have experience in e-commerce or Martech sectors
• Have worked in a Series A/B/C startup environment
• Have experience within multi-product ecosystems
• Are familiar with e-commerce and AB testing
• Are familiar with the Shopify ecosystem
• Have experience with accessibility design
• Have built decks for executive stakeholders
• Have maintained a marketing website, preferably built on Framer or similar tools like Webflow

Total Compensation

The projected annual compensation range is $181,500–$220,000 USD, including:

• Base salary of $165,000–$200,000 USD
• Up to 10% annual bonus based on individual performance
• Stock options
• 50% match on 401k contributions up to 6% of base salary
• $100 monthly wellness stipend
• $750 annual professional development budget

Benefits

• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage
• Flexible, remote-friendly work culture focused on outcomes
• Mission-driven work with tangible impact on social and environmental causes
• Equity ownership in the company