Senior Product Designer

**Senior Product Designer — Lumion** **Location:** South Jordan, Utah (on-site, 5 days/week) **Reports to:** Josh (CEO/Co-founder) and Derrick (CTO/Co-founder) **Why Lumion** ============== Lumion is building the operating system for trade schools — the institutions training the electricians, welders, HVAC technicians, plumbers, and skilled tradespeople the U.S. economy runs on. These schools serve students who often can't or don't want to take a traditional four-year path, and they've historically been stuck running their entire operation on a patchwork of spreadsheets, paper forms, and software built for a different era. We're changing that. Our platform powers recruitment, enrollment, payments, communications, attendance, and reporting for trade schools across the United States — and the work we ship directly affects whether students get into programs, stay enrolled, and graduate into careers that change the trajectory of their families. **Why This Role Is Rare** ========================= * **Direct line to the founders.** You'll report to the CEO and CTO and have real influence on the company's direction — not three layers down from where decisions get made. * **End-to-end ownership of a multi-product platform.** Most PMs spend years waiting to own surface area like this. You'll have it on day one. * **Velocity most PMs never get to experience.** We ship major products in weeks, not quarters. AI is woven into every step of how we work — prototyping, PRDs, audits, customer research — so the leverage per person is enormous. * **No design-team bottleneck.** You'll prototype directly in high-fidelity HTML using AI tools. Your taste and judgment ship to customers, not someone else's interpretation of them. * **Equity in a company with real momentum** in a market that's been underserved for decades. **What You'll Actually Do** =========================== ### **Product Strategy & Roadmap** * Own the product roadmap across multiple concurrent workstreams, with a minimum of 45-day forward planning horizon, and a 90-day target * Lead monthly planning cycles: source ideas from the team, validate with customers, and run prioritization with leadership * Tie product decisions directly to business outcomes — ARR, retention, and go-to-market milestones ### **Prototyping & Design** * Build high-fidelity HTML prototypes using AI tools before writing PRDs — the prototype is the source of truth * Translate prototypes into precise functional requirements that an AI-assisted engineering team can execute against * Make UX calls independently: navigation, terminology, conditional logic, mobile-first behavior ### **PRD Authorship & Engineering Handoff** * Write clear, complete PRDs that serve as the single source of truth for development * Use AI comparison tools to catch gaps between designs and documentation before development begins * Document every visual decision in writing so engineering can move autonomously ### **Cross-Functional Leadership** * Participate in daily standups across 2–3 engineering teams * Run a weekly Product & Engineering operating cadence with 10+ stakeholders * Host a weekly Product AMA open to the full company * Coordinate go-to-market launches with CS, marketing, and sales — including launch sequencing, school comms, and feature flag management ### **Customer & Market Discovery** * Run customer discovery interviews that surface real needs, not just feature requests * Lead customer deep-dive sessions * Translate feedback into prioritized, well-rationalized product requirements ### **Knowledge Management** * Maintain a structured knowledge base across your product areas * Create page templates and conventions that keep documentation consistent * Spend time each week on Notion housekeeping so the team always has the latest source of truth **What We're Looking For** ========================== ### **Must-haves** * Hands-on experience using AI tools throughout the product workflow — prototyping, documentation, research * Strong prototyping skills (you are the designer here) * Experience working with API integrations and third-party systems * Ability to write precise, comprehensive PRDs that AI-assisted engineers can build from without ambiguity * Customer discovery expertise — you can run conversations that get past surface-level requests * Comfort with data: usage metrics, funnel analysis, financial models * Strong self-direction and the ability to manage 3–5 concurrent workstreams ### **Strong advantages** * Background in payments, fintech, or financial workflows * Experience with CRM, marketing automation, or enrollment systems * Familiarity with trade school, vocational education, or workforce development markets * Prior work in a startup or high-growth SaaS environment * Experience with compliance-sensitive communications (SMS/TCR, digital signatures, FAFSA) **The Environment** =================== Worth being upfront about how we operate, so you can decide if it's the right fit: * **Pace.** We ship fast. Major products go out in weeks, not quarters. Velocity is a core operating principle. * **Process.** We've moved away from heavy scrum ceremonies in favor of daily standups and prototype-driven iteration. Lightweight by design. * **AI-first.** AI tools are part of daily work — prototyping, PRDs, audit automation, research. Comfort with these tools is a baseline, not a bonus. * **Ownership.** You'll make consequential calls independently and defend them to leadership. We trust people to own outcomes. * **Ambiguity.** Roadmaps shift as we learn. You should find that energizing rather than frustrating. ### **This role isn't the right fit if…** * You prefer rigid, ceremony-heavy PM methodologies (story points, lengthy sprint rituals, waterfall PRD processes) * You rely on a design team or UX researcher to handle discovery and prototyping for you * You struggle to context-switch between strategy and detailed execution * Evolving requirements and fast-moving leadership decisions feel destabilizing rather than exciting **Compensation & Logistics** ============================ * Competitive salary commensurate with experience * Meaningful equity in a high-growth SaaS company * On-site in South Jordan, Utah, five days a week — no relocation assistance provided * Direct reporting line to the CEO and CTO with high visibility across the organization * Unlimited PTO * Free lunch each day **Ready?** ========== Lumion is building the operating system for trade schools. If you want to work on products that directly affect students' access to skilled-trades education — and you're ready to ship faster than you ever have, with more ownership than most PMs ever get — we want to talk.