About the Role
Pumpkin is seeking a Senior Product Designer to join their Experience team. This role involves collaborating closely with a Product Manager and Engineers in a fast-paced pod environment. The primary mission is to envision and scale an innovative wellness membership club by creating compelling experiences that highlight the value of preventive veterinary care and daily wellness practices, ultimately making it easier and more rewarding for pet parents to support their pet's holistic wellbeing.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate closely with wellness pod leads (product, engineering) to internalize product vision, align on goals, and bring fresh perspectives.
- Deeply understand the end-to-end pet owner experience to address lifelong health goals and everyday user micro-needs.
- Balance annual goals, quarterly initiatives, and sprint plans to ensure day-to-day work directly impacts high-level objectives.
- Foster a customer-centric culture by advocating for pet parents and veterinarians, elevating CX across the organization, and driving engagement through cross-functional teamwork.
- Tailor design methods to the problem's scope and complexity, focusing on delivering maximum impact.
- Create clear, highly effective sketches or wireframes where product rationale shines through regardless of visual fidelity.
- Build scalable experiences within shared design systems and patterns.
- Use data and user insights to validate solutions and continuously learn.
- Leverage standard and emerging design/development tools to get interactive experiences into users' hands quickly.
- Actively adopt emerging tech, AI tools, and automated workflows to increase product velocity and uncover new opportunities.
- Bring a fresh, courageous perspective to the pet insurance space by building and demonstrating prototypes.
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in UX, product design, and/or product-adjacent front-end development.
- Experience designing successful digital products with a focus on user experience, conversion rate optimization (CRO), and growth/purchase funnels.
- Ability to gather actionable insights efficiently without getting bogged down in overly rigid research processes.
- High proficiency with modern design tools and design systems, alongside a strong desire to adopt AI integrations and low/no-code tools.
- Demonstrated ability to inspire, collaborate with, and communicate effectively across engineering, product, and business stakeholders.
- Strong analytical skills with a track record of translating complex constraints into simple, impactful user experiences.
- Strong research skills, with the ability to fine-tune approach to specific unknowns or questions.
- Demonstrated ability to collaborate with and inspire cross-functional teams.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Strong communication and presentation skills.
- Strong command of, and willingness to embrace new design/product software and technology.
- Knowledge of growth, purchase funnel, and CVR optimization best practices.
Skills
- UX
- Product Design
- Front-end Development
- User Experience
- Conversion Rate Optimization (CRO)
- Growth/Purchase Funnels
- Design Systems
- AI Integrations
- Low/No-Code Tools
- Analytical Skills
- Problem-Solving
- Communication
- Presentation Skills
- Figma
- Cursor
- Claude
- Adobe CS
Location
- Nationwide
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Senior
Benefits
- Comprehensive full medical, dental and vision Insurance
- Basic Life Insurance at no cost to the employee
- Company paid short-term and long-term disability
- 12 weeks of 100% paid Parental Leave
- Health Savings Account (HSA)
- Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
- Retirement savings plan
- Personal Paid Time Off
- Paid holidays and company-wide Wellness Day off
- Paid time off to volunteer at nonprofit organizations
- Pet friendly office environment
- Commuter Benefits
- Group Pet Insurance
- On the job training and skills development
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
About the Company
- Pumpkin, a subsidiary of IPH, offers premium accident & illness coverage and wellness plans for dogs and cats.
- Founded in 2020, their plans help families afford advanced diagnostics and treatments – from routine to critical care – so their pets can live longer, healthier lives.
- Their nationwide team of 200+ pairs pet health expertise with purpose-built technology to make care without compromise possible.
- Pumpkin’s deep understanding of the science and finance of veterinary care makes them an asset to their more than 10,000 nationwide veterinary professional partners.
- They are the #1-rated pet insurance brand on Google, have a 4.9-star rating on TrustPilot and are one of the fastest-growing pet health companies in the US.
- They have insured over 230,000 pets and paid more than $176 million in claims since launch.
- Pumpkin also offers PumpkinNow, the only urgent pay service that can pay pet parents for eligible claims before they pay vet bills.
- Beyond accidents and illnesses, Pumpkin Wellness Club provides preventive care plans that help pay for everything from routine vet visits to grooming.
- At Pumpkin, they believe pet parenthood is parenthood.
- Their belief is why they exist: to help parents choose the best care for their loved ones – without compromise.
