Lead Product Designer

About the position

This is an execution-focused design role requiring strong individual contribution. As a Lead Product Designer at Harmonic, you’ll craft thoughtful, impactful design solutions for complex tools powered by AI and data. You’ll own product features end-to-end while collaborating with engineers, product managers, and data scientists to solve hard problems in intuitive ways.

Responsibilities

• Craft impactful solutions: Take ownership of the entire design process, crafting thoughtful, user-centered experiences that address complex workflows and drive measurable outcomes.
• Work across teams: Partner closely with product, engineering, and other teams to design, test, and ship features that address real user needs with thoughtful, precise execution.
• Define the product’s future: Drive the product’s design direction by deeply understanding user needs and translating them into thoughtful experiences that align with business goals.
• Develop at the frontier: Design products and interfaces which don't yet have well established interaction patterns, such as those fueled by agentic workflows.
• Discover what matters: Build meaningful connections with customers, teammates, and design partners to uncover real challenges and shape designs that make a lasting impact.
• Collaborate to deliver: Partner closely with product and engineering to design, test, and ship features that address real user needs with clarity and precision.

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in product design, collaborating closely with product and engineering teams.
• Proven success shipping impactful products and features with a high degree of ownership.
• A sharp eye for detail, ensuring pixel-perfect designs that balance visual polish with functional clarity.
• Skilled at integrating user needs and technical limitations into thoughtful product development decisions.
• Ability to explain design rationale clearly and inspire buy-in from stakeholders.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with AI-driven products or enterprise SaaS tools.
• Background in complex search interfaces or tools that support business relationships and operational workflows.

Benefits

• $190-220k salary + equity depending on level.