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Actively looking for a new opportunity to work on a team focusing on projects with real business impact? Do you thrive in environments where you can help raise the bar for quality, drive collaboration, and mentor others to reach their full potential? If so, you might be in the right place!

Lightspeed Commerce is seeking a Staff Product Designer to lead the evolution of our advanced catalog search and discovery experience (Catalogue & Procurement) within our fast-expanding retail and wholesale network. This role will transform how merchants, suppliers, and brands discover new products and customers using the NuORDER Catalog.

The ideal candidate has a proven track record of delivering user-friendly experiences from complex and varied data sources to effectively commercial outcomes. You confidently identify strategic opportunities that create substantial value, excel in collaborative environments, and lead cross-functional initiatives across the retail value chain. 

What you’ll be doing: 

• Problem Solving 
• Lead high-level product portfolio initiatives through hands-on design, contributing significantly to product strategy and vision
• Transforming and integrating complex data feeds to create intuitive, and industry leading search and discovery experiences
• Understands business objectives to solve highly abstract problems, applying strategic thinking. Shapes the organization to enable teams to solve problems efficiently
• Knows how to break big problems into smaller experiments to validate assumptions, driving progress.
• Driving User-Centricity
•  Works with product teams to develop and use design strategies based on data. Ensures designs meet user needs and support business goals. Helps create user scenarios and assists in journey mapping and mental model exercises.
• Independently drive in-squad UX research to generate actionable insights and influence the product roadmap through data-driven recommendations.
• Advocate for the user while building strong, trusting relationships with cross-functional teams (product, engineering, marketing).
• Systems Thinking
• Demonstrates masterful understanding of design system principles and the current state of design within the industry. Defines and evolves systems, including typography, color, depth, iconography, illustration, and layout, that works within brand and technical constraints.
• Understand and implement new design systems, ensuring consistency and efficiency across platforms, and contribute to the systems continual improvement
• Coaching and Collaboration
• Provides mentorship to product designers and actively influences broader design strategies. Leads end-to-end work with minimal supervision. Manages own backlog independently.
•  An exceptional performer with established trust across teams. Independently leads projects end-to-end and begins to identify new areas of opportunity. Has a scope of influence beyond their own project-level work, with results that benefit the broader team, without directly managing individuals
• Collaborate with designers across product teams to elevate consistency and quality while refining team processes
• Have strong written and verbal communication skills to help you collaborate with global stakeholders

What you need to bring: 

• 8+ years of design experience from product-driven tech companies, demonstrating measurable impact
• Proven ability to set and manage design priorities, guided by product and business needs
• Expert knowledge of design systems implementation with demonstrated results improving user experiences
• Strong aesthetic judgment informed by deep understanding of visual design principles and industry trends
• Successful track record consulting with engineering teams to develop effective, feasible technical solutions
• Experience using prototyping and research methodologies to validate decisions and drive product strategy

We know that people are more than what’s on their CV. If you’re unsure that you have the right profile for the role... hit the ‘Apply’ button and give it a try!

What’s in it for you?

Come live the Lightspeed experience...

• Ability to do your job in a truly flexible environment;
• Genuine career opportunities in a company that’s creating new jobs everyday;
• Work in a team big enough for growth but lean enough to make a real impact.

… and enjoy a range of benefits that’ll keep you happy, healthy and (not) hungry:

• Lightspeed share scheme (we are all owners)
• Unlimited paid time off policy
• Flexible working policy
• Health insurance
• Health and wellness benefit of $500 per year
• Paid leave and assistance for new parents
• Mental health online platform and counselling & coaching services
• LinkedIn Learning license
• Volunteer day

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