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Senior Product Designer

VTS, New York, NY, United States


Senior Product Designer VTS is seeking a Senior Product Designer to drive product design for high‑impact initiatives within VTS Lease, the industry‑leading platform transforming how commercial real estate teams manage leasing, make decisions, and drive asset performance.

In this role, you will drive and execute product design initiatives from early discovery through to shipped features, with a focus on delivering measurable impact. You will design intelligent workflows that leverage AI to generate actionable insights, helping customers make faster, higher‑confidence decisions.

Design is a collaborative, iterative process, bringing Product, Engineering, and stakeholders into the work early and often through collaborative problem framing, ideation, and exploration.

Location and Work Arrangements

New York, NY – must work from our office 4 days a week.

What to expect as a Senior Product Designer

Own product design on initiatives from discovery → definition → design → delivery → iteration.

Partner closely with Product Managers to frame problems, define opportunities, and align on product direction.

Collaborate with Engineering early to understand technical constraints and opportunities.

Help drive alignment across Product, Engineering, and stakeholders to ensure successful execution.

Design AI‑Powered Workflows

Collaborate with Product Managers to define AI‑driven product opportunities.

Partner with Engineering to understand system capabilities and shape feasible AI‑powered experiences.

Create intuitive experiences that embed AI‑driven insights directly into the user workflows.

Translate complex data, including leases, documents, and market signals, into clear, actionable recommendations.

Balance automation with user control to ensure trust, transparency, and good usability.

Solve Complex, Real‑World Problems

Design for multi‑step, high‑stakes workflows involving commercial real estate data.

Simplify non‑linear user journeys across multiple roles, including lease admins, asset managers, and brokers.

Map legacy processes and systems to uncover inefficiencies and opportunities for transformation.

Drive Research & Insights

Help with discovery efforts to understand user needs, behaviors, pain points, and decision‑making processes.

Engage customers directly and bring cross‑functional partners into the research and synthesis process.

Use qualitative and quantitative insights to inform design decisions and prioritization.

Elevate UX and UI Craft

Bring a high bar for thorough, detailed, and elegant product design.

Create experiences that are functional, clear, intuitive, refined, and easy to use.

Sweat the details across interaction design, information hierarchy, visual design, edge cases, and overall usability.

Ensure workflows feel cohesive and thoughtfully designed from end to end.

Collaborate with Product Managers and Engineering to preserve craft through delivery.

Approach design as a team sport, fostering collaboration.

Facilitate and participate in ideation sessions with cross‑functional teams.

Use workshops (sketching, QAR, journey mapping) to align teams and generate solutions.

Share work early and often, incorporating feedback to improve outcomes continuously.

Create transparency in process and decision‑making so teams stay aligned and engaged.

What Makes You a Great Fit

Proven experience designing and shipping complex SaaS products.

Experience designing data‑rich or AI‑powered experiences, or strong product design intuition in this space.

Strong UX and UI craft, with a demonstrated ability to create detailed, elegant, and easy‑to‑use experiences.

Deep experience collaborating with Product Managers and Engineering partners throughout the design process.

Strong facilitation skills, with experience leading cross‑functional workshops.

Comfortable navigating ambiguity and making thoughtful trade‑offs.

Skilled in simplifying complex workflows into intuitive user experiences.

Strong communicator who can clearly articulate design decisions and influence cross‑functional teams.

A portfolio that demonstrates end‑to‑end thinking, impact, craft, collaboration, and execution.

How You’ll Work at VTS

Collaborate daily with Product Managers and Engineers in a highly integrated product team.

Engage directly with customers and bring cross‑functional partners into the research and validation process.

Participate in design critiques and contribute to a strong, evolving design culture.

Foster a culture of collaboration, transparency, and continuous iteration.

Pay Transparency Base salary range: $143000–$190000, depending on skills, experience, and geography.

Commission structure may bring OTE (on target earnings) to a higher total.

EEO Guidelines VTS embraces diversity and equal opportunity. We are a committed equal‑opportunity employer in compliance with federal EEO guidelines. All information provided is confidential under EEO privacy standards.

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