GitLab - Staff Product Designer, Knowledge Graph

• Partner cross-functionally – Coordinate across multiple groups to align on platform-level experiences. Work closely with Product Managers and Engineering Managers to shape priorities, scope MVCs, and ensure design intent is maintained through development. • Partner cross-functionally • Elevate craft and quality – Demonstrate excellence in interaction design, visual design, and systems thinking. Raise the quality bar through thoughtful feedback in design reviews and by modeling high standards in your own work. • Elevate craft and quality • Contribute to the design system – Actively contribute to Pajamas by identifying reusable patterns, proposing new components, and ensuring your group’s work extends and adheres to system standards. • Contribute to the design system • Mentor and support others – Coach Product Designers and Senior Product Designers through pairing, design critiques, and knowledge sharing. Help onboard new team members and contribute to a collective team culture. • Mentor and support others • Ground work in research – Conduct usability studies, competitor evaluations, and formative research. Collaborate with UX Research on problem validation and incorporate insights to fulfill user and business needs. • Ground work in research • Demonstrated ability to lead design on complex, ambiguous projects that require significant cross-functional collaboration • Strong portfolio showing end-to-end product design work, from problem framing through shipped solutions • Experience mentoring designers and elevating team craft • Proficiency with Figma and prototyping tools • Excellent communication skills–ability to present work, articulate rationale, and facilitate alignment • Experience collaborating closely with Product Management and Engineering • Systems thinking and experience contributing to or working with design systems • Familiarity with developer tools, DevSecOps, or technical B2B products is a plus • Experience working in remote, distributed teams • The base salary range for this role’s listed level is currently for residents of the United States only. This range is intended to reflect the role's base salary rate in locations throughout the US. Grade level and salary ranges are determined through interviews and a review of education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities of the applicant, equity with other team members, alignment with market data, and geographic location. The base salary range does not include any bonuses, equity, or benefits. See more information on our benefits and equity. Sales roles are also eligible for incentive pay targeted at up to 100% of the offered base salary.