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Lead Designer

Mentor Talent Acquisition, New York, NY, United States


This is an opportunity to join a profitable, early-stage company building LLM-powered tools that dramatically improve how private market investors conduct research. The product is used by top-tier private equity and consulting professionals responsible for investing billions of dollars annually.

Role Description This role is for a Lead Designer who will play a key role in shaping the product experience and design direction, working closely with an existing designer and a highly collaborative product and engineering team.

You will take significant ownership over high-impact product areas, help define how users interact with AI-powered workflows, and contribute directly to product strategy and prioritization in a fast-moving environment.

Key Responsibilities

Ship quickly in a fast-moving product environment

Design new ways for humans to interact with AI systems

Work on production-grade LLM-powered interfaces

Collaborate closely with engineers, product stakeholders, and external partners

Contribute directly to product strategy, prioritization, and key design decisions

Sample Projects

Designing human-in-the-loop UI patterns to guide LLM behavior

Building AI-driven, auto-filled hypothesis tracking tools

Designing and shipping a mobile app from scratch in weeks

Creating real-time collaboration tools for consultants and investors

Requirements The ideal candidate is a product-minded Lead Designer who:

Has exceptional design taste and strong judgment

Brings deep product sensibility and strong user empathy

Is based in NYC and excited about working onsite

Has led projects end-to-end, from concept to execution

Is opinionated, thoughtful, and eager to influence product decisions

Communicates clearly and is comfortable in client-facing collaboration

Loves working closely with engineers in highly iterative environments

Is curious about AI tools and how they can accelerate design-to-code workflows

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