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Staff Product Designer

Udemy
$196,000-$245,000
United States, California, San Francisco
600 Harrison Street (Show on map)
Sep 16, 2025
Join Udemy. Help define the future of learning. Udemy is an AI-powered skills acceleration platform built to help people and teams grow. It's personalized, practical, and focused on real-world impact. Our mission is simple: to transform lives through learning. Your work helps people around the world build skills they can use, whether they're picking up something new or leveling up to stay ahead. Over 80 million learners and 17,000 businesses already learn with Udemy. If you're excited by change, energized by learning, and ready to have a real impact, you'll feel right at home. Learn more about us on our company page. About Udemy At Udemy, we're on a mission to transform lives through learning. Through our intelligent skills platform and a global community of instructors, we've helped over 70 million learners and 16,000 organizations achieve their goals. Come join us in ensuring everyone, everywhere has access to the skills they need to unlock their potential and create possibilities for themselves and others. This hybrid position requires three days per week in the office at the nearest hub. Udemy is headquartered in San Francisco with global offices in Australia, India, Ireland, Turkiye, and other US locations. Our robust hybrid work model spans San Francisco, Denver, Ankara, Dublin, and Melbourne. About this role As our Staff Designer on the Growth & Discovery team, you will contribute to our UX strategy and execution for Udemy's global consumer and B2B learning products. As Staff Product Designer for Growth & Discovery, you'll report to the Sr. Director of Product Design. You will contribute to our UX strategy and execution for Udemy's global consumer and B2B learning products. This includes helping new and returning learners discover, evaluate, and engage with Udemy's content across web and mobile platforms. You'll collaborate closely with product managers, engineers, researchers, marketers, and content strategists to define and deliver seamless experiences that help learners find the right content at the right time. Your work will shape how millions of people explore and grow their skills through Udemy. What You'll Do You have a high bar for product design, and raise the bar for those around you through internal/external thought leadership, driving culture, and leading large scale initiatives You are a self-starter, able to bring projects from ideation to launch without much guidance You're highly-collaborative and have a low-ego approach. You are curious and up to date on new industry trends and tools. You actively manage your time and communication strategy when partnering with collaborators across multiple time zones You're an advisor and ambassador for design, who brings diverse stakeholders together to align and work together to solve problems. You present your designs and design process clearly to stakeholders and senior leaders, building trust in the process. You have experience in leveraging design systems in your work to reduce the cost of shipping products while maintaining a cohesive user and brand experience. You can move high-priority projects toward delivery in a fast-paced agile environment. Leverage expertise and collaborate with a cross-functional team spanning consumer research, data science, product management, and engineering to test, iterate and launch features that advance our mission Drive the design process and quality by taking solutions through multiple iterations and feedback rounds to ensure the best user experience. Seek and translate qualitative and quantitative insights into opportunities, consider cross-functional dependencies and make informed recommendations when solving problems Validate solutions through research and user feedback, evaluating and understanding the impact, gaps, and opportunities for improvement Balance business needs and user needs, while drawing on your deep product design expertise, evaluating new risks and opportunities as they arise Support and advise on solutions across multiple projects - shipping at scale Prioritize and complete work with some autonomy, seeking occasional input from leads and stakeholders Apply big-picture thinking to break down ambiguous opportunities into an actionable roadmap Give and solicit feedback in order to continually raise the bar for quality and craft Embrace our culture of experimentation and A/B testing What you'll bring 8+ Years of Product design / UX design experience, with experience in mobile design. A portfolio of end-to-end product design work that showcases your involvement, from research and discovery to visual design and collaborating with engineering teams for implementation that demonstrates your ability to lead and ship products that users love. Expertise in driving stakeholder relationships with Product Managers, Researchers and Engineers in previous roles Excellent interaction design, visual design craft, and prototyping skills Experience showcasing an end-to-end design process across multiple projects, that include interaction and visual design artifacts, multiple iterations, and high-fidelity prototypes Track record of designing and shipping products and leading projects to successful outcomes for global users and the business Ability to navigate ambiguity, and drive clarity that brings the user, technology, and business together Excellent English oral and written communication skills, including the ability to articulate and present rationale behind your design decisions Experience influencing and presenting to senior leaders. Final Note We know not everyone matches 100% of the qualifications listed above. If you're excited about this role and believe you can contribute meaningfully, we'd love to hear from you. Posting Date:September 16, 2025 Application window:September 16, 2025 - 30th September, 2025 At Udemy, we strive to be transparent around compensation. Actual compensation for this role is based on several factors, including but not limited to job-related skills, qualifications, experience, and specific work location due to differences in the cost of labor. In addition to a base salary, this role is also eligible for equity. Hiring Compensation Range $196,000 — $245,000 USD Why work here? You'll grow here. Learning is part of the job. You'll get full access to Udemy courses, a monthly UDay to invest in yourself, and a budget to spend on whatever helps you improve. Many people are diving into AI lately, but what you focus on is up to you. AI is real here. We use it in the way we learn and the way we work. You'll have the space and tools to experiment, apply, and get better at using AI in practical ways. You'll own your work. We trust people to lead, make decisions, and follow through. You don't need to wait for permission or layers of approval to have an impact. You'll build with others. We collaborate openly and shape ideas together. Everyone has a voice, and good thinking is welcomed from any direction. You'll see your impact. What you build helps people grow their skills, change their careers, or find a path forward. You've got the experience, why not use it to help others gain theirs? Bring your curiosity. We'll bring the platform and the support. Let's LEARNtogether. Our Benefits Start with U Our benefits start with you and were built to provide you and your family with the protection and care you need, making it easy to access the right coverage when you need it most. Benefits vary by region, and we encourage applicants to review our Australia Benefits, India Benefits, Ireland Benefits, Mexico Benefits,Turkiye Benefits & US Benefits,pages to get an understanding of some of the benefits we offer. For details on region-specific benefits, please refer to the information provided during the hiring process. Benefits outlined are provided as a general overview and may vary depending on the location, role, and employment classification. All benefits are subject to change at the discretion of the organization and in accordance with applicable laws and policies. At Udemy, we value diversity and inclusion and consider qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital or family status, veteran status, medical condition, or disability. We understand that not everyone will match each of the qualifications. However, we also realize that everyone has unique experiences that can add value to our company. Even if you think your background might not perfectly align, we'd love to hear from you! Information regarding data privacy is available within the Udemy Careers Privacy Notice.