Senior Product Designer (Senior Consultant, Experience & Design)
We are seeking a Senior Product Designer as part of our Senior Consultant, Experience & Design career path to lead the digital design practice for a state-sponsored interactive employment and continuing education resource. As the senior product designer, you’ll work closely with our client on an embedded, cross functional team to advocate for, define and implement human-centered design solutions to the user experience based on policy, program, and user needs. This role requires a multifaceted designer who is familiar with visual design, content design, service design, and user research.
In this role, you’ll lead and manage the digital design practice, identifying risks and opportunities for digital experience solutions. We’re looking for someone who cannot only make recommendations based on these opportunities, but also justify design direction with user research, data analytics, and best practices.
At Fearless, the Senior Consultant combines expertise in Content Design, Content Strategy, Product Design, Service Design, User Research, and UX leadership. This role will possess the necessary skills at an advanced level of proficiency for setting the vision, strategy, and systems that guide cross-functional design teams in creating scalable, impactful, and user-centered solutions. The role requires a balance of strategic foresight, design mentorship, and hands-on expertise to deliver high-quality products and services that meet user, customer, and organizational needs.
Work Location & Travel Requirements
This is a remote position with occasional travel to New Jersey for onsite client meetings and collaborative working sessions. Travel will be based on client needs and coordinated in advance.
Portfolio Submission
Please include a link to your portfolio with your application. Your portfolio helps our hiring team understand your previous work, design approach, and the role you played in creating solutions.
Your Responsibilities In This Role
- Lead human-centered design efforts across digital products, ensuring experiences are intuitive, accessible, and consistent.
- Collaborate with product managers, engineers, and stakeholders to translate program requirements, policy considerations, and user needs into practical design solutions.
- Own the design process from discovery through implementation, including user flows, wireframes, interactive prototypes, and high-fidelity designs.
- Develop and help execute a user research strategy, working with stakeholders to identify research priorities, select appropriate methods, and translate findings into actionable recommendations.
- Plan and conduct user research activities, including interviews, usability testing, and other methods appropriate to the research goals.
- Synthesize research findings and communicate insights that inform product decisions, design improvements, and future priorities.
- Apply expertise in visual design, content design, service design, and information architecture to create clear and effective user experiences.
- Create and maintain design artifacts and reusable components using Figma or comparable design tools.
- Develop user journey maps and service blueprints to better understand user experiences, identify gaps, and explore opportunities for improvement.
- Present design concepts, research findings, and recommendations to stakeholders, clearly explaining design decisions and tradeoffs.
- Use prototypes, user feedback, and available analytics to evaluate solutions and refine designs before implementation.
- Partner with engineers throughout development to clarify design requirements, address technical constraints, and review implementation for consistency with design intent.
- Apply accessibility and inclusive design principles throughout the design process.
- Identify design risks, dependencies, and opportunities, and help prioritize work based on user impact, program needs, and implementation effort.
The Impact You Will Create in this Role:
- Collaborates with cross functional teams
- Coach, mentor, and develop peers in a manner that allows for knowledge sharing that strengthens the design community within the organization
- Earn the trust of your customer and teammates by delivering world class services.
- Drive accountability and delivery by ensuring project objectives are not only met on time but aligned with client priorities and Fearless standards of excellence. Anticipate risks and implement proactive solutions to keep initiatives on track.
- Take ownership of risk management by monitoring deliverables across the team, identifying issues early, and coaching teammates on mitigation strategies while keeping leadership informed.
- Shape client engagement and intelligence-gathering efforts by actively cultivating relationships with stakeholders, synthesizing insights across the client organization and partner ecosystem, and providing Fearless leaders with actionable recommendations that inform strategy and strengthen delivery outcomes.
- Deliver expected outcomes that are intuitive, accessible, and aesthetically compelling
- Offer and implement innovative solutions that include design best practices, tools, and research methods
- Serve as a trusted advisor in your area of expertise
- Lead and align stakeholders with product and project goals that drive adoption, retention, and customer satisfaction as well as Fearless success
Project Skill and Experience Requirements
- Minimum of 6 years of professional experience designing digital products or services, with demonstrated ownership of UX/UI design work from discovery through implementation
- Professional experience designing digital products or services, with demonstrated ownership of UX/UI design work from discovery through implementation.
- Experience planning and conducting user research, including qualitative research methods, usability testing, and synthesis of findings.
- Ability to translate user research findings into actionable design recommendations and product improvements.
- Proficiency with Figma or comparable design and prototyping tools.
- Strong understanding of visual design principles, interaction design, information architecture, and responsive web design.
- Experience creating user flows, wireframes, interactive prototypes, and high-fidelity interface designs.
- Experience collaborating with product managers, engineers, and stakeholders in a cross-functional environment.
- Working knowledge of accessibility standards and inclusive design practices.
- Ability to communicate design decisions, present recommendations, and incorporate feedback from stakeholders with varying levels of technical expertise.
- Strong organizational skills and the ability to independently manage design priorities across multiple workstreams.
- Portfolio demonstrating thoughtful design decisions, problem-solving, and completed digital product work.
- Experience designing public-sector, civic technology, or other mission-driven digital services.
- Experience working on workforce development, education, career exploration, or other data-informed digital products.
- Experience developing and implementing user research strategies, particularly in environments where research practices are still being established.
- Experience with service design, journey mapping, and service blueprinting.
- Experience designing complex search, filtering, recommendation, or information discovery experiences.
- Familiarity with Section 508 and WCAG accessibility guidelines.
- Experience building or maintaining design systems and reusable component libraries.
- Experience using qualitative and quantitative research findings, including product analytics, to inform design decisions.
- Familiarity with Agile development practices and collaboration tools such as Jira and Confluence.
- Experience working directly with government clients or navigating complex stakeholder review and approval processes.
- Analytical Thinking: The ability to observe and interpret information, break down complex problems into parts, identify patterns/relationships and draw logical conclusions to develop effective solutions.
- Synthetic Thinking: The ability to combine different ideas, information, or concepts to create a new, complex understanding or solution by integrating disparate elements into a new, meaningful whole.
- Adaptability: Comfort with change, flexibility in the face of shifting demands and resilience to setbacks.
- Ownership & Accountability: Committed to taking responsibility for outcomes, ensuring that all commitments are met with a focus on enhancing service delivery.
- Consultative Advising: Identifies and articulates client challenges, scopes projects and aligns recommendations to business goals and client expectations.
- Communicating with Influence: Capable of crafting and delivering clear, persuasive messages that integrate data insights and structured narratives, tailored to the strategic needs of diverse audiences to drive effective decision-making.
- Managing Priorities & Client Alignment: Skillfully negotiates and manages conflicting priorities to strategically align decisions, enhancing service delivery and client satisfaction.
- Advanced Application: You can perform the actions associated with a skill without assistance. You are recognized within your immediate organization as "a person to ask" when difficult questions regarding required skills arise.
- Ability to sit for extended periods while working on a computer or during meetings.
- Must be able to travel occasionally to client sites or company meetings, which may involve driving or flying.
- Ability to communicate effectively via phone, email, and in-person, requiring clear speech, listening, and written communication skills.
- Ability to move within an office environment, including reaching for files, using office equipment, and occasional light lifting (up to 10 pounds).
Life at Fearless
We’re a digital integration consultancy on a mission to build a better tomorrow. At Fearless, we combine technology, people, and organizational development to solve meaningful problems. Through iterative development, we deliver smart, user-friendly solutions that make tech work better—for everyone.
But great tech is just part of the story. What really makes us Fearless is our Purple Culture.
What Makes Us Purple?
Being Purple Means You
- Are valued as a whole person—not just a job title
- Get matched with work that plays to your strengths and passions
- Are supported by coaches, not micromanagers
- Have the autonomy and clarity to make decisions and drive impact
- Join a community that celebrates equity, curiosity, and innovation
- Do work that matters—every day
We’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer. At Fearless, we’re building a workplace that welcomes and respects everyone—across race, gender, age, religion, identity, background, and ability. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Compensation At Fearless
Fearless is committed to providing a competitive compensation package that will meet your current and future needs. Our philosophy is aimed at rewarding team member contributions, supporting long-term financial growth and security, and overall well-being.
We believe in paying people fairly, so we've established a compensation model aimed to ensure everyone at Fearless — regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, disability, religion, age, nationality, or willingness/ability to negotiate — is consistently paid fairly based on alignment to the needs and requirements of the role.
The Salary Range For This Position Is
Minimum Salary: $96,132
Salary Midpoint: $124,971
Maximum Salary: $162,462
Hiring Range for Role: $96,132 - $138,000
- This position is eligible for a discretionary bonus based on individual and company performance criteria.
At Fearless, we take care of our team—because when you're supported, you can do your best work. We offer a flexible, family-friendly environment with benefits designed to support your health, growth, and life outside of work.
For Full-Time Team Members (Starting Day One)
- Flexible, life-friendly schedules
- 100% coverage for our medical HSA plan + HSA contributions
- Dental & vision covered 100% for you and your dependents
- Competitive premiums for HMO/PPO and dependent coverage
- 401(k) with 4% match & immediate vesting
- Paid Parental Leave and 12 weeks paid FMLA
- Generous PTO, 11 Federal Holidays, a Birthday Holiday, and Sick Leave
- Up to 15 days for Jury Duty and Bereavement Leave
- Education, wellness, and tech allowances
- Referral bonus: $6K–$12K for each successful referral
- Pet insurance & discount plans
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Legal support, life insurance, disability coverage
- Performance-Based Bonuses: We believe your impact should be recognized. Our bonus program rewards both shared company success and individual contributions. Learn more about our bonus incentives here.
Fearless is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for applicants and candidates with disabilities. If a reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, please contact the Human Resources Department at hr@fearless.tech.
So, What’s Next?
Role
We’ve refined our hiring approach to make sure every team member is a great fit for Fearless—and that we’re a great fit for you, too. If there’s alignment, we’ll reach out to kick off the interview process. Depending on the role or project, your experience may vary slightly, but it typically includes:
- Introductory Interview
- Build rapport and get to know each other
- Review your experience and skills
- Talk through salary expectations and role details
- Set expectations for the rest of the process
- Technical Assessment
- Skills + Business Fit Interview
- Review findings from any technical assessments
- Walk through situational and values-based questions
- Explore how your approach aligns with Fearless culture and project needs
Where You Can Build with Fearless
At Fearless, We Strive To Build a Powerful And Diverse Team. We Are Currently Licensed And Set Up To Hire Talented Individuals Residing In The Following States
Alabama, California, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia.