We are looking for a Senior Product Designer to join our design team and play a key role in shaping high-impact, user-centered digital products. In this role, you will lead design initiatives end-to-end, influence product strategy, and collaborate closely with cross-functional teams and clients to deliver meaningful business and user outcomes.
What are the main responsibilities of this role?
- Own and lead the design vision across projects, from early discovery and product definition to high-fidelity execution and delivery.
- Drive strategic design decisions, ensuring solutions are not only user-centered but also aligned with business goals and technical feasibility.
- Partner closely with clients, product managers, and engineering leads to co-create solutions, challenge assumptions, and elevate product thinking.
- Lead complex design projects across the full product lifecycle, including multiple releases and iterations.
- Facilitate discovery and definition processes, helping teams deeply understand user needs, problem spaces, and opportunities.
- Mentor and support other designers, providing feedback, raising the quality bar, and contributing to team growth.
- Evaluate product performance, using qualitative and quantitative insights to inform design decisions and continuously improve experiences.
- Advocate for users, ensuring their needs and behaviors meaningfully shape product direction.
- Balance speed and craft, knowing when to explore broadly with low-fidelity concepts and when to refine with high attention to detail.
- Communicate design decisions effectively, using storytelling, frameworks, and artifacts to align stakeholders and drive clarity..
Which skills and experience do we envision for this role?
- 5+ years of experience in digital product design, ideally within an agency or fast-paced product environment.
- A strong portfolio demonstrating end-to-end ownership, strategic thinking, and measurable impact on products.
- Proven ability to lead design processes independently, from discovery through delivery, including research, ideation, prototyping, and validation.
- Experience working with cross-functional teams and directly with clients, influencing decisions beyond design.
- Strong understanding of product strategy, user experience, and systems thinking, with the ability to connect design decisions to business outcomes.
- Experience designing and running experiments, using hypotheses and data (qualitative and quantitative) to guide decisions.
- High comfort navigating ambiguity and complexity, with the ability to bring structure, clarity, and direction.
- Strong visual design and interaction sensibility, with attention to detail and consistency.
- Excellent communication and facilitation skills, able to articulate ideas, lead workshops, and align stakeholders.
- Experience mentoring or guiding other designers is a plus.
- Proficiency in English.
What we value
- A strong product mindset: thinking beyond screens to solve real user and business problems.
- A balance between strategy and craft.
- A collaborative attitude, with the ability to lead without authority.
- Curiosity, ownership, and a drive to continuously raise the bar for design quality and impact
Join our team and enjoy:
- Access to Rootstrap University,Conferences/Certifications, and a Mentorship Program for your professional growth.
- Learning Bonus
- Opportunities to organize cross-functional initiatives and receive 360 Feedback to improve your skills continuously.
- The flexibility to work remotely or from our offices in Montevideo, Buenos Aires, and Medellín, with a flexible time schedule and Workation program.
- Gym benefits, psychological counseling, and weekly lunch reimbursements with special foods in the offices.
- An Onboarding kit and access to cutting-edge technologies and tools to make your work easier.
- Referrals program bonuses, After offices, Prizes, and special occasions gifts to celebrate your achievements.
- People Care referent to support your well-being and personal development.
We value your well-being and happiness. We grow together!
How we work:
- We offer a flexible and diverse work environment that fosters multicultural talent
- We value autonomy and creativity, We want people to bring ideas to the table and to think as leaders.
- We put our focus on real human connections
- We have a commitment to excellence
At Rootstrap, we help companies launch, grow, and scale their digital products and services. With over 290 global team members, we’ve built products for clients like MasterClass, Universal, Google, as well as innovative startups and inspired pioneers. Earning regular recognition with Fastest Growing Company & Best B2B Service Provider Industry accolades, our team prides itself on making an impact that transcends our efforts. We have offices in Uruguay, Argentina, and Colombia, providing the flexibility to work remotely. Know more about life at Rootstrap visiting https://www.rootstrap.com/careers
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