Fieldguide - Staff Product Designer

• You operate as a strategic IC — you don't just solve problems, you decide which problems matter • You think several steps ahead, anticipating how decisions in one area ripple across others • You're comfortable influencing senior PM and Engineering leaders, not just your immediate collaborators • Experience shaping how AI-assisted workflows get designed at a systemic level, not just within a single flow • You've coached or mentored other designers and can articulate why, not just what • You set a bar for craft and consistency that others look to as the standard • You can hold a long-term point of view while still shipping incrementally • Experience designing for audit, accounting, compliance, or other regulated domains • Track record of shaping design strategy across multiple teams, not just a single product area • Experience building or scaling design systems, standards, or team-wide processes • Background in workflow-heavy, document-centric, or B2B SaaS products • Experience coaching or managing designers, formally or informally • Familiarity with accessibility standards and inclusive design practices at scale