Role Description

UP.Labs is seeking a proven UX/UI Designer with a track record of building and designing products in a 0>1 environments to lead a SaaS intelligent sales enablement platform rapidly scaling within our portfolio. This Stealth AI Enablement business is poised to ignite an evolution in human performance for a large and underserved market, has initial customers in place, and is ready to scale. As our design leader within this portfolio organization, you'll be building intuitive, paradigm-shifting, unapologetically simple user experiences. You’ll empathize with user in bringing out a creative solution right from the conceptual stage, conducting user research and translate them into wireframes and prototypes. Perseverant in iterating full system and design to ensure great user experience. You’ll be joining a well funded startup, which is part of the UP.Partners ecosystem. You'll have access to an expansive team across product, engineering, design, analytics, marketing, legal, talent, finance, and venture capital available to help advise & scale the portfolio organization quickly.

In this role you will:

Immediately step into a business built for success - quickly utilizing the UP.Ecosystem for advisory and connections, work directly with a highly qualified CEO and corporate partner closely invested in the success of this org., and lead the business to achieve product market fit through exceptional design
Take charge of the UI/UX design process, leading the development of design systems, user flows, and interactive design elements that enhance user engagement and satisfaction.
Work closely with Product team to help define the product roadmap.
Play a pivotal role in defining user experience strategies, ensuring designs meet customer needs and business goals.
Partner with UP.Labs and portfolio technical leadership to integrate user experience and design vision in to the product development process, ensuring an uncompromising focus on customer experience.
As the business grows, hire, retain, and mentor a world-class team consisting of diverse skill-sets; enhance employee performance via evaluation and coaching.

You should have:

Proven experience in UX/UI Design, preferably in a fast paced, high growth tech environment with a portfolio showcasing your skills
Experience in early-stage, venture backed growth companies in consumer apps, sales enablement/intelligence or retail ops
Experience with design and prototyping tools (e.g., Sketch, Figma, Adobe Creative Suite)
A strong understanding of user-centered design principles, responsive design, and accessibility standards
The ability to work cross-functionally with teams across product, engineering, and marketing to translate complex requirements into intuitive, user-friendly solutions.
Experience defining early digital products and working with B2B customers
High EQ and low ego; you carry an executive presence regardless of years of experience.
A track record of innovative design thinking that has contributed to successful digital products.
Excellent communication and presentation skills, capable of conveying design concepts clearly and persuasively across different audiences.
You’ve helped to recruit and retain world-class talent, while developing a values-oriented, high-performance culture.

UP.Labs Summary:

We build high-growth tech startups. Our unique approach includes meaningful equity rewards, technology-driven products, and unprecedented industry access. We collaborate with corporate investors to launch and scale ventures

Our platform is unique in three ways:

Risk: We reward our entire team and ecosystem of partners with meaningful equity
Disruption: We build and launch scalable technology products that transform industries
Industry Focus: We stay focused on the underlying fabric of retail

We work with corporate investors over a multi-year period to launch a portfolio of ventures. Our team is dedicated to the first year of a new venture’s life cycle: from ideation to minimum viable product build - and beyond.