Product Design Lead

Altana provides the world's only dynamic, intelligent map of the global supply chain - the Altana Atlas - using AI and machine learning models to connect with and learn from massive sets of public and private data. Through the Atlas, companies and governments can understand the distant origins of products well beyond their own direct suppliers; discover trading relationships and national security risks deep in their networks; measure labor and environmental impacts; identify related risks and opportunities; ensure effective compliance and enforcement with trade requirements; and collaborate to manage all of it.
We have built a fundamental understanding of how the world's economy works, and the implications for global resiliency, sustainability and opportunity are enormous. Backed by leading investors and used by the world's most important organizations (Maersk, US Customs and Border Protection, Boston Scientific, and more), Altana's mission is to power a new era of globalization organized around trusted supply chain networks.
This is a lofty mission, and our success depends on building a diverse, global team and creating an environment in which they can thrive. We operate in accordance with our values : we focus on value creation, not capture; we foster diversity and embrace difference; we embrace reality; we get things done; we amaze our clients. When you join Altana, you'll be joining a vibrant, collaborative team working together to solve complex problems with the potential for global societal impact.
The Opportunity
The Altana Design team is growing fast. We are looking for multiple Design roles as we embark on our next wave of growth. We are looking for experienced individuals who can manage the complexity of our product at the pace that our company is growing.
In the hybrid role of Product Design Lead, you will work across multiple teams, contributing to the higher-level product strategy with the option of managing a team of one or two individual contributors as the team scales. You will partner with other functions including Product, Engineering, Data Science, Product Marketing, Sales, and others to represent the Product Design strategy
What you'll do at Altana

• Contribute to product strategy and decision-making that lead to intuitive product experiences
• Partner with other partners of the company define execute and deliver value quickly
• Help build and manage a team of Product Designers toward successful outcomes
• Empathize with customers by participating in or leading research and testing
• Solve complex problems with solutions that enable an intuitive analysis of massive data sets in a multi-user environment (supply chain visualizations, knowledge graphs, dashboards, and reports)
• Solve complex problems with your cross-functional Lead partners that enable an intuitive analysis of massive data sets in a multi-user environment (supply chain visualizations, knowledge graphs, dashboards, and reports)
• Collaborate with Engineers designing directly in fully functional prototypes product
• Develop high-quality visual and interaction designs across all phases of product development including interactive prototypes

You'd be a great fit if this sounds like you:

• You want to work at a high-growth startup and make an early impact
• You lead by doing and have managed designers, technologists or researches
• You simply must fix unintuitive interactions and experiences
• You have an eye for visual design and obsess over the details
• You are a builder who loves to work fast and design in the product with functional prototypes
• You think in systems at scale
• You are excited about big gnarly problems

Experience/Skills Required:

• 4+ years experience as a UX or Product Designer in multi-user enterprise SaaS products
• 1+ years managing at least one direct report
• A compelling portfolio of work that demonstrates the ability to solve problems dealing with complex data in non-linear workflows
• Excellent writing skills for commuicatiing and within the experiences you design
• Experience leading generative and evaluative user interviews
• A deep interest in product development and technology; excited about building incredible product experiences
• Excellent communication skills and storyteller
• Comfort level with CSS and styling React components
• Bonus: HCI or similar degree

Why it's great to work at Altana

• We love to collaborate, and we win as a team!
• We are committed to engineering excellence
• We value personal and professional development
• We learn from diverse backgrounds and perspectives
• We impact the world, from enabling developing countries to identifying drug traffickers

Altana is an equal opportunity employer with a commitment to inclusion across race and ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, age, religion, physical ability, veteran status, and national origin. We offer a comprehensive healthcare package and paid parental leave of 3 months for the primary caregiver and 1 month for the secondary caregiver.