Senior Product Designer (Temporary)

InStride Health delivers specialty anxiety and OCD care through research-backed clinical services and innovative technology for children, teens, young adults, and families. The Senior Product Designer will lead design across digital product initiatives, improve complex clinical and operational workflows, conduct discovery and research, and develop scalable design systems and accessible user experiences in collaboration with cross-functional partners.

Responsibilities:

• Lead product design across active product streams, partnering with Product Management to refine problem spaces, navigate ambiguity, and propose design trade-offs early in the product cycle
• Audit existing clinical and operational workflows using user research, product data, and design reviews, then translate what you find into changes that improve clinical efficiency and patient outcomes
• Propose, document, and maintain scalable components and dynamic patterns within InStride’s Figma-based design system, keeping libraries organized for cross-functional production
• Design system architectures that cleanly handle complex data, dynamic error states, and the range of environments our users work in
• Build prototypes at the fidelity each moment calls for, from low-fidelity wireframes through interactive high-fidelity flows in Figma, matched to the needs of user tests, stakeholder reviews, or the relevant Software Development Lifecycle phase
• Integrate AI tools into the design workflow, including generative layout tools, AI-assisted content generation, and automated interaction generation, to accelerate exploration and shorten discovery cycles
• Independently lead user research and discovery for major initiatives, scoping and executing the minimum viable amount of research needed to efficiently mitigate risk before investing in a build
• Ensure clinical safety and accessibility standards (WCAG) are met across all designs, and conduct competitive audits to bring best-in-class UX patterns into the product
• Evaluate technical trade-offs alongside Engineering and Data partners, weighing speed against complexity and communicating design rationale, logic, and component dependencies clearly
• Participate fully in your sprint team’s ceremonies, design team reviews, and regular check-ins with your manager and cross-functional partners, managing project timelines and keeping the engineering pipeline stocked with validated, technically feasible design work
• Deliver early, actionable critique in design reviews and mentor design team members on best practices, tips, and modern AI-enhanced design workflows
• Document active streams, design system changes, and open decisions so that work in progress transitions cleanly at the close of the assignment

Requirements:

• 5+ years of end-to-end product design experience, ideally in health tech, digital health, or complex enterprise SaaS applications
• Master-level proficiency in Figma, including auto-layout, advanced component variables, dynamic states, and modern plugin ecosystems
• Demonstrated experience with design system management, tokenization, and scaling design libraries for enterprise applications
• Hands-on experience integrating AI-driven prototyping or generative design tools to speed up discovery and validation workflows
• Proven track record using research, data, and competitive auditing to de-risk projects and drive product strategy
• Strong knowledge of web and mobile accessibility standards (WCAG) and clinical or data safety guidelines
• A portfolio that demonstrates complex workflow design, systems thinking, and measurable product outcomes
• Ability to build context quickly and contribute meaningfully inside an established product organization within the first few weeks
• Strong collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to convey design rationale clearly to both technical and non-technical partners
• Comfort navigating ambiguity and setting direction on complex problems with general guidance rather than detailed instruction
• Availability to work standard business hours with sufficient overlap across US time zones for sprint ceremonies, design reviews, and cross-functional collaboration