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About the Role

As a Staff Product Designer at Affinity, you will set the direction for tackling ambiguous product challenges and raise the bar for the design team. You will work on complex, data-rich SaaS products and be a key resource for undefined problems.

Responsibilities

• Set design direction and craft standards for a broader domain or strategic initiative.
• Partner with the Senior Director of Product Design on design strategy.
• Take on ambiguous problems without a clear research question or product direction.
• Build a clear point of view on designing for AI-augmented experiences.
• Create frameworks and patterns for other designers to build on.
• Raise the bar for research rigor across the team.
• Pair with PMs and designers on discovery and synthesis.
• Help the team build self-sufficient research capabilities.
• Push the craft bar in critiques and use judgment for shipping decisions.
• Prototype using front-end code or AI tools to remove ambiguity for engineering.
• Communicate intent precisely through prototypes.
• Earn trust and influence with product and engineering leadership.
• Ensure design has a seat at the table on strategic decisions.

Requirements

• 10+ years of professional product design experience.
• Track record of leading design for complex, data-rich products end-to-end.
• Proven ability to define and drive design strategy for ambiguous, multi-quarter initiatives.
• Deep experience designing for AI-native or AI-augmented products.
• Self-sufficient researcher who has also improved the research skills of others.
• Comfort working at the intersection of design and code.
• Shipped products using front-end development or AI-assisted/vibe-coding tools.
• Exceptional visual craft and taste.
• Judgment to know when polish matters most and when speed matters more.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Ability to build alignment across build teams and with stakeholders on high-stakes decisions.
• Comfort embracing ambiguity and delivering incremental value each sprint.
• Candid, transparent, and able to speak one's mind while caring personally.
• Make data-driven decisions.
• Excited to roll up sleeves and shape design culture.

Skills

• Product Design
• Research
• Customer Interviews
• Usability Testing
• Synthesis
• High-fidelity User Experiences
• AI-augmented Product Surfaces
• Frameworks and Patterns
• Trust
• Explainability
• Non-deterministic Data
• AI Design
• Front-end Code
• Vibe-coding
• Prototyping
• Visual Craft
• Communication

Location

• Toronto / Greater Toronto Area

Work Type

• Full-time

Experience Level

• Senior IC
• 10+ years of professional product design experience

Salary/Compensations

• $156,400 to $195,000 CAD

Benefits

• Extended health benefit premiums covered for employee and dependents
• Flexible personal & sick days
• RRSP plan
• Annual education budget
• Comprehensive L&D program
• Monthly reimbursement for home internet, meals, and wellness memberships/equipment
• Virtual team-building activities and socials

About the Company

• Affinity is a relationship intelligence platform that helps dealmakers find, manage, and close more deals by leveraging the power of their network.
• We use technology to amplify human relationships by providing data and insights that enable people to connect and take action with confidence.
• With more than 3,000 customers worldwide and backed by some of Silicon Valley's best firms, Affinity has raised $120M to empower dealmakers.
• Our Relationship Intelligence platform uses data exhaust from trillions of interactions to deliver automated relationship insights that drive over 450,000 deals every month.
• Proud recipients of Inc. and Fortune Best Workplaces awards.
• Great Places to Work certified for the last 5 years running.
• Mission: To make it possible for anyone to cultivate and fully harness their network to succeed.

Equal Opportunity

• Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every qualification. At Affinity, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role, but your past experience doesn’t perfectly align with the qualifications above, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.
• At Affinity, we may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools as part of our recruitment process to help screen and evaluate candidate applications. While AI assists our hiring team in managing applications efficiently, it never replaces decisions made by real people. We are committed to fair and transparent hiring practices, and our AI tools are regularly monitored to ensure they support - not replace - human judgment.