Lead Product Designer - Growth

Klaviyo9 months ago
Boston, MA, United States
Hybrid
Full-time
Junior Level (1-3 years)

Job Description

Position Overview

At Klaviyo, we value the unique backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives each team member brings to our workplace. We believe everyone deserves a fair shot at success and appreciate the diverse experiences that go beyond traditional job requirements. We’re a technology company that combines customer data and marketing software to help businesses—from entrepreneurs to global brands—deliver amazing customer experiences.

We’re looking for a Lead Product Designer to join our growing design organization. As a senior individual contributor, you’ll help set design direction, shape product strategy, and drive high-quality user experiences by collaborating closely with Product Managers, Engineers, and Researchers. You will be excited to tackle ambitious design challenges, mentor team members, and leverage design to drive meaningful business outcomes.

Salary: $168,000—$252,000 USD

Key Responsibilities

  • Partner with cross-functional teams to ensure design projects are prioritized, shipped, and delivering measurable results.
  • Lead and coordinate multiple complex initiatives simultaneously.
  • Create design flows, prototypes, sketches, and polished user interfaces.
  • Facilitate design critiques and provide constructive feedback as a design leader.
  • Drive process improvements across the design lifecycle.
  • Adapt the design process to support cross-functional problem solving.
  • Contribute to design culture and team growth, including interviewing and mentoring new talent.

Required Qualifications

  • 8+ years of professional product design experience.
  • A strong portfolio that demonstrates end-to-end design work—from defining problems and audiences to product adoption and iteration.
  • Experience driving product growth through experimentation, data-informed design, and continuous iteration.
  • Ability to collaborate effectively in a fast-paced environment and bring cross-functional teams together.
  • A systems-thinking mindset, with the ability to identify common components and design scalable patterns.
  • Comfort in presenting unique perspectives and facilitating productive discussions toward alignment.
  • A growth mindset, adaptability, and strong problem-solving skills.

Required Skills

Cross-functional collaboration
User experience (UX)
Team leadership
Design strategy
Visual design
Systems thinking
Prototyping
UI prototyping
Product design
Mentoring and coaching