About the role

We're seeking an experienced Senior Product Designer to join our small, but mighty design team. The ideal candidate is a versatile product builder who thrives at the intersection of design and engineering, capable of translating user needs into elegant solutions at speed. In this role, you'll combine multiple skillsets across design thinking, user experience design, visual design, prototyping, copywriting and more to bring concepts to life quickly and effectively.

What you’ll do

Design end-to-end user experiences from initial concept through final implementation, ensuring solutions are both user-centered and technically feasible
Create functional prototypes to validate design concepts, test interactions, address various data states, and facilitate stakeholder buy-in
Collaborate cross-functionally with product managers, engineers, and other stakeholders to define requirements, scope solutions, and deliver high-quality products
Conduct user research and synthesize insights to inform design decisions and measure the impact of your work
Contribute to and evolve our design system, ensuring consistency and scalability across experiences
Spearhead design reviews and presentation of work to stakeholders at all levels, articulating design rationale and gathering actionable feedback
Mentor other designers and advocate for design excellence throughout the organization
Stay current with design trends, tools, and technologies to continuously elevate the team’s capabilities

What we’re looking for

Required qualifications

5+ years of product design experience with a strong portfolio demonstrating your process and outcomes
Proficiency in design and prototyping tools, particularly Figma
Experience with user research methodologies and translating insights into design solutions
Strong visual design skills with a keen attention to typography, layout, color, and interactions
Excellent communication skills and ability to articulate design decisions and gather feedback
Bachelor's degree in Design or related field — or equivalent professional experience

Desired skills

Proficiency in front-end development technologies to facilitate the creation of functional prototypes
Understanding of accessibility standards and best practices
Experience designing for multiple platforms (web, mobile, desktop)
Facility with AI tools, like Cursor, to complement your design and prototyping skills
Experience contributing to or maintaining design systems

Please note this is a US-based role.

In addition to base salary, this role is also eligible for a bonus opportunity.

A little bit about our pay practices: Typically, we will hire at our Hiring Target, but actual starting pay may be based on several factors, including, but not limited to, market rate, the qualified pool of candidates, internal compensation, candidate experience, and budgetary constraints.

Compensation

$106,500—$134,900 USD

What we're all about

We're on a mission to advance the technology economy -- one driven by innovation, markets, and entrepreneurship. We believe a thriving technology economy powers a thriving society. By synthesizing, analyzing and visualizing millions of data points, we deliver a 360° view of the technology economy – powering the insights that buyers, sellers, investors, and advisors need.

As a CBIer, you can expect to leverage generative AI to drive creativity, efficiency, and strategic decision-making. Our culture is infused with the spirit of exploration and experimentation – and AI is a catalyst for new ideas and breakthrough solutions.

CB Insights Leadership Principles

At CB Insights, everyone is expected to be a leader. These leadership principles are like an operating system for our culture. Use the principles as a practical guide to making decisions.
We are what we repeatedly do. By living the principles outlined below, we will build an outstanding company and do insanely great work.

Solve customer problems. It’s our highest calling. Designing a product? Start from the customer problem it solves. Updating our sales process? Flip it around, and simplify the customer buying process.
Think BIG! Start small. Great changes start with a first step. Find it. Take it. Build a system around what works. This is the secret to bringing a vision to life.
Go and see with your own eyes. Meet the customer, use the product, talk to the field. Great systems aren’t built from afar.
Priorities: Choose one. Leaders give the gift of clarity. They find the most important thing and do it. Max power. Top speed.
Danger zones:
- Bureaucracy. May the best ideas and execution win.
- Complexity. Leaders use frameworks and systems to simplify.
- No commitment. Leaders don’t compromise just to get along. Debate. Disagree. But once a decision is made, commit.
- Leaving what’s important unsaid or undone. No “circling back.”
Data informs. Insight transforms. Pull the thread. Ask why. Leaders are curious. They use what they learn to create clarity.
Insist on excellence. Leaders set high standards and overcome obstacles. They do the kind of work they’re excited to share with the world.
Live off the land. Leaders creatively use resources already available to them – especially AI – to execute and automate their work.
Good judgment. Leaders have it. Where it comes from: insight, listening, first-hand experience. How to apply it: carefully on big, hard to reverse decisions. Swiftly on limited, easy to reverse ones.
Help others. Leaders know we’re building this together.

You’ll want to work here if

You are excited about how AI is transforming tech
You are hungry for feedback and the chance to grow
Your instinct is to work smarter not harder
You love developing as a SME with a POV
You are motivated by challenges and big ideas
You believe in radical personal accountability

You don’t want to work here if:

You are a tech pessimist
Radical Candor is not your style
You like to build big processes
You stay @ the 30,000 foot view instead of digging into the details
You prefer to operate in your comfort zone
You expect to be judged by outputs instead of outcomes

What we offer:

Award-winning culture: recognized by Inc. and Built-in for leadership, career opportunity, and engagement
Industry Insight: over 500k+ people follow our tech newsletter: sign up here
Holistic compensation: cash, rich healthcare insurance benefits including PPO, HSA, and FSA options, multiple mental health resources, pet insurance, 401k match, annual education stipend, and generous paid time off.

About our pay practices

We believe in recognizing and rewarding excellence. Our commitment to fairness means that compensation decisions consider factors like qualification, location, internal equity, and market data.

Our compensation philosophy goes beyond base salary. To align with your dedication and success, we offer total compensation as innovative as the work we do - this includes variable cash potential, 401k matching, flexible healthcare options plus mental health resources, professional development and education stipends, great PTO, and more.

EqualOpportunityEmployer: At CB Insights we know that innovation comes from collaboration, belonging, and diverse perspectives. We’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer - all applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.