Lead Product Designer

OverviewLead Product Designer role based remotely in Canada (excluding Quebec). For candidates in the Vancouver BC Lower Mainland there is flexibility to work remote, hybrid, or onsite at our Surrey headquarters.Salary: Annual Base Salary: $110,300 - $125,700 CAD. Profit sharing bonus eligibility. The salary range represents our reasonable expectation of pay for this role. We may offer compensation outside this range based on the selected candidate’s qualifications, experience, and unique circumstances related to the position.Employment is contingent upon successful reference checks and background checks, including a Canadian criminal background check.Application Instructions: Please submit your resume and cover letter in PDF format. Please include a link to your portfolio.Lead Product DesignerAs the Design Lead for FME Form you’ll play a strategic and hands-on role in shaping the experience of Safe Software’s core product FME Form while building design maturity and craft excellence across the organization. You’ll guide the full design lifecycle—from discovery and shaping ideation through to polished delivery—working closely with product management, software development and executive leadership to create intuitive and powerful design solutions that support complex workflows.You'll create and leverage a wide range of design artifacts to explore, define, and validate solutions and help elevate the broader design practice by mentoring others and embracing new methods, including AI to improve efficiency and output.About The TeamAs part of the FME Form team you’ll join a cross-functional group of product managers, software developers and designers who work closely together to shape Safe Software’s flagship product. The team is responsible for delivering powerful, intuitive experiences that make complex data integration workflows more approachable and effective. We value collaboration, open feedback and shared ownership, and you’ll play a key role in ensuring design excellence and user-centered thinking are embedded throughout the product development process.What You’ll Be DoingAs a Lead Product Designer you will:Lead the end-to-end design process for major enterprise product initiatives from opportunity framing and design scoping to hands-on concept development, final design handoff and QA.Collaborate with and actively solicit feedback from product managers and technical stakeholders to prioritize opportunities, align on vision, scope, features and inform roadmap decisions.Apply sound judgment to determine when quick tactical action is warranted versus investing in deeper research and iterative design cycles, and clearly communicate that rationale to key stakeholders.Lead discovery workshops and design sprints with cross-disciplinary teams to drive alignment and clarity.Design Craft & Technical FluencyWork closely with technical stakeholders and domain experts to absorb complex workflows that inform the user experience and distill them into simpler solutions.Deliver a wide range of design artifacts including: user flows, journey maps, storyboards and diagrams to model workflows and handoff points.Low-fidelity sketches, wireframes or rapid prototypes to collaboratively explore ideas and discuss tradeoffs.Diagrams to identify and address edge cases for highly technical workflows.Hi-fidelity mockups and design specs.Leverage AI tools to expedite ideation, prototyping, research, synthesis and documentation; continuously optimize the design pipeline through experimentation and emerging technologies.User Research & ValidationConduct or collaborate on mixed-methods user research and translate insights into clear, actionable design directions.MentorshipProvide support and guidance for design peers while balancing support with autonomy for IC designers to grow.Qualifications, Skills and CompetenciesSafers come from diverse backgrounds with varied skills; the most successful candidates will have experience in the following areas.Required skills :5 years of UX/product design experience with a strong portfolio of enterprise B2B or technical product work.Experience designing complex workflows or tools for developers, analysts, data engineers or other technical users.Comfortable engaging in technical conversations and synthesizing technical information into human-centered designs. Ideally some technical knowledge such as: familiarity with working across diverse data formats (e.g., GIS, CAD, databases, raster, JSON, XML, REST APIs, web/cloud services).Understanding of ETL concepts and data integration processes to better design for user goals and constraints.Ability to interpret workflows involving databases, APIs or automation and translate them into intuitive product experiences.Bonus: Familiarity with query languages (like SQL) or scripting (Python) to empathize with technical users.Confident communicator who can articulate design decisions and trade-offs to technical teams and senior leadership.Desired skills / Bonus points :Experience with desktop-native apps, especially in performance-sensitive or data-rich environments.What You Can ExpectWhen you choose a career with Safe Software you’re also choosing:Meaningful Work: Make a profound impact across our business, workplace and data integration product.A Supportive Environment: Empowered to share ideas and implement them with high autonomy and team support.Social Responsibility: Paid time off to volunteer for Safe-organized opportunities aligned with core community initiatives.Learning & Career Development: An annual learning budget and training programs paid for by Safe.Flexible Working Hours: Flexible and remote-friendly work arrangements.Work-Life Balance: 3 weeks of vacation to recharge plus an additional 6 paid seasonal days off per year.Health & Wellness: Extended health, dental, health or lifestyle spending and counseling benefits from day 1.Parental Leave Top-Up Program for new parents through childbirth or adoption.Shared Success: Bi-annual profit sharing and RRSP/TFSA matching program.Accessible Commute: Located close to public transit with complimentary parking and bike storage.About Safe SoftwareSafe Software transforms organizations with FME—the only All-Data Any-AI Enterprise Integration Platform connecting all your data anywhere at any velocity. With over 30 years of expertise and 25,000 enterprise customers across 125 countries, we simplify your data journey wherever it leads.Founded in 1993, Safe is headquartered in Surrey, BC with over 200 team members and counting. We’re always looking for talented individuals with diverse backgrounds who are determined to learn and grow. Are you ready to join the team?Our Commitment to Diversity and InclusionSafe Software is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome all candidates regardless of race, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, ability, disability, national or ethnic origin, political belief, religion or family status. If you require accommodations during the recruitment process, please contact us.Key SkillsInVision, Interaction Design, UX, Usability, Visual Design, Design Thinking, Zeplin, User Research, UI, iOS, Figma, SketchEmployment Type: Full-TimeDepartment / Functional Area: Product DevelopmentExperience: yearsVacancy: 1Monthly Salary: 110,300 - 125,700 #J-18808-Ljbffr