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About the Role

We’re looking for a Principal Product Designer to help shape the future of Via’s Transit Operations platform, leading a core product area that powers how transit agencies manage and operate their services daily. This senior individual contributor role is for a designer who thrives on complexity, tackling challenging areas of our operations platform including interconnected workflows and information-dense systems.

Responsibilities

Lead design for complex and strategic areas of Via’s Transit Operations product, setting direction across interconnected workflows and creating coherent, scalable experiences.
Transform complex operational workflows, business requirements, and technical constraints into experiences that are clear, intuitive, and purposeful.
Move fluidly between systems-level thinking and detailed execution, personally carrying ideas from early exploration through polished, production-ready experiences.
Partner closely with Product and Engineering to frame problems, explore possibilities, make thoughtful tradeoffs, and drive high-quality product decisions.
Develop a deep understanding of the users and communities we serve, and design experiences that are tightly aligned with their needs.
Use research, data, experimentation, and customer feedback to validate decisions and continuously improve the product.
Proactively identify opportunities, bring clarity to ambiguous problem spaces, and create momentum where direction is unclear.
Raise the quality bar for Transit Operations and influence the broader Design organization through the strength of your work, critique, collaboration, and contribution to shared patterns and systems.
Help shape the future of product design at Via by exploring new ways of thinking, creating, and validating products, including leveraging AI as part of your everyday workflow.

Requirements

Extensive experience designing and shipping complex digital products and platforms, with a portfolio demonstrating exceptional product thinking, craft, and the ability to create scalable solutions for sophisticated operational systems.
Proven ability to navigate ambiguity and lead complex product initiatives end-to-end, using strong product judgment to create simple, clear, and impactful experiences.
A high bar for craft and product quality, with deep attention to interaction, hierarchy, behavior, and the details that make experiences exceptional.
Strong communication and storytelling skills, with the ability to articulate a point of view, create alignment, and influence senior Product, Engineering, Design, and business stakeholders.
High autonomy and ownership; comfortable defining the path forward when the solution or problem isn’t fully formed.
A strong collaborator who builds alignment across Product, Engineering, Design, and leadership, using clear communication, thoughtful critique, and influence to drive better product decisions.
A creative and curious mindset; constantly looking for better ways to solve problems, challenge conventions, and leverage emerging technologies to expand what’s possible in product design.
Passion for Via’s mission and the opportunity to improve how transportation works for communities around the world.

Skills

Product judgment
Systems thinking
Design craft
Interaction design
Hierarchy
Behavioral design
Communication
Storytelling
Collaboration
AI utilization

Location

Remote

Work Type

Full-time

Experience Level

Principal
Senior

Salary/Compensations

$200,000-$230,000

Benefits

Comprehensive health coverage
Low-cost dental plans
Low-cost vision plans
401(k) with a generous company match and vesting
Fully paid parental leave for new parents
Extended leave options
Family planning benefits
Mental health benefits
Pet insurance
Other wellness perks
20 days of paid time off (PTO) annually

About the Company

Via is a global leader in smart transportation, using technology to transform how people move through cities and communities around the world.
Our impact ranges from improving individual daily journeys to helping cities operate more efficiently, accessibly, and equitably.
We’re driven by ambitious goals and complex problems with real-world impact.