About this role
Join our growing Design Team
We're a fast-growing Series A Construction Scheduling Startup that's transforming one of the world's largest industries—and we're on fire. We are shipping products that redefine how General Contractors and teams collaborate to build world-class construction schedules. This is a rare chance to set the design vision at a company scaling fast, with the resources of a funded startup and the energy of a rocket ship.
We're looking for a Staff Product Designer with a strong focus on mobile app design to help define and deliver Planera's mobile experience. This is a senior individual contributor role for a designer who can own complex problem spaces, drive high-impact initiatives, and elevate how mobile design shows up as new product experiences.
You'll work closely with product, engineering, and leadership to translate real-world construction scheduling workflows into intuitive, high-quality mobile experiences used daily in the field. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in ambiguity, sweats interaction details, and still thinks at a systems and product strategy level.
If you're driven to create elegant, product experiences that make real-world impact—and you want to leave your fingerprints on the future of construction—this is your stage. ????
Key Responsibilities:
• Own the end-to-end design of Planera's mobile app experiences, from discovery and concepting through detailed interaction design and launch.
• Lead complex, ambiguous problem spaces by framing opportunities, running discovery, and turning fuzzy inputs into clear, actionable design direction.
• Partner closely with product managers and engineers to shape mobile roadmap priorities, tradeoffs, and execution.
• Advocate for mobile users—especially field-based workflows—by grounding design decisions in user research, customer feedback, and usage insights.
• Drive excellence in mobile interaction design, usability, accessibility, and performance-aware UX.
• Contribute to product strategy by connecting mobile user needs with broader platform goals and business outcomes.
• Influence and evolve the design system, ensuring mobile patterns, components, and motion are scalable, consistent, and high quality.
• Facilitate design critiques, working sessions, and cross-functional reviews to align teams and raise the quality bar.
• Mentor and support other designers through feedback, collaboration, and example—without formal people management responsibilities.
• Continuously improve design processes to balance speed, quality, and clarity in a fast-moving environment.
Qualifications:
• 7+ years of product design experience, with significant ownership of mobile apps (iOS, Android, or cross-platform).
• A portfolio demonstrating end-to-end product ownership, strong interaction design, and thoughtful solutions to complex, real-world problems.
• Experience operating at a senior-level scope: owning large initiatives, influencing direction, and working independently on multi-quarter efforts.
• Deep understanding of mobile UX patterns, platform conventions, and designing for constrained, on-the-go environments.
• Strong systems thinking—able to balance craft, consistency, and scalability across features and surfaces.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to influence product and engineering partners through clear rationale and storytelling.
• Comfort working in ambiguity and proactively setting direction rather than waiting for detailed requirements.
• Experience contributing to or scaling a design system, especially for mobile.
• Expertise with workflow-heavy, operational, or B2B products (construction, logistics, scheduling, or similar is a plus).
Why Join Us:
• Impact: Be at the forefront of transforming a $12.1 trillion industry. Make a meaningful impact on how the world builds.
• Culture: Join a smart, spirited team dedicated to innovation and excellence.
• Growth: Opportunity for professional growth and career advancement in a fast-paced start-up environment.
• Benefits: Competitive salary, stock options, benefits package, and a dynamic work environment. #J-18808-Ljbffr