Berkadia · 1 week ago
Senior Product Designer
Berkadia is a leader in the commercial real estate industry, seeking a Senior Product Designer to drive user experience and interaction design for their AI-powered platform. The role involves collaborating with cross-functional teams to enhance product strategy through user-centered design processes, including research, prototyping, and usability testing.
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Responsibilities
Drive user experience and interaction design for Berkie, Berkadia’s AI-powered platform, by applying best practices for designing with and for AI. Ensure transparency, usability, and trust in AI-driven features while addressing unique challenges inherent to AI-based tools and workflows
Lead and facilitate deep-dive discovery efforts in the CRE Production Workflow space, using workshops, user interviews, data, and other research methodologies to uncover user needs and business problems
Collaborate with product, engineering, architecture, and business stakeholders as part of fusion teams to support product strategy, planning and discovery from a user experience perspective
Create high and low fidelity wireframes/prototypes to convey design solutions for fusion team alignment, user feedback and validation
Provide detailed, clear, and actionable requirements through drawn and written documentation so teams have a thorough understanding of the intended experience
Support engineering through implementation, conducting VQA to ensure builds meet design and usability standards
Use handoff tools such as Figma Dev Mode, Zeplin, or similar for high-clarity design-to-development communication
Conduct, document, and share findings from usability testing, feedback loops, and workshops to inform continuous improvement
Leverage, maintain, and evolve shared design systems to streamline development and ensure consistency across Berkadia’s products
Use AI-powered tools and approaches to accelerate discovery, rapid prototyping, iteration, and user validation
Advocate and teach design principles and best practices to other team members, including product managers and engineers
Attend development meetings and collaborate in Agile ceremonies to provide design perspective, planning, and risk mitigation
Lead design activities to proactively remain ahead of development teams, mitigating risks related to usability and workflow
Other duties as assigned
Qualification
Preferred
3-5 years of experience working with Agile development teams and proven collaboration with product managers, engineers, and business stakeholders
1-2 years of hands-on experience designing and utilizing AI-powered tools within product discovery, ideation, or validation processes
5 years of expertise in Figma, FigJam, and proficiency with other common design tools, such as Adobe XD, Sketch, InVision, and Zeplin
Strong portfolio demonstrating end-to-end design process, research output, and results for complex digital workflows or AI-enabled products
Excellent communication skills, facilitation experience, and the ability to influence design decisions cross-functionally
Bachelor's degree or equivalent
7+ years of experience in a similar position
Benefits
Monthly paid volunteer hours and donation matching to benefit our communities
Employee Resource Groups that help you grow with us
Fertility and family planning services
Up to 12-weeks of fully paid parental leave
Mental health care, including free counseling sessions
We'll help fund your learning journey with generous tuition reimbursement
Pet insurance discounts
And more!
Company
Berkadia
Berkadia, a joint venture of Berkshire Hathaway and Jefferies Financial Group, is a leader in the commercial real estate industry, offering a robust suite of services to our multifamily and commercial property clients.
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$111.88M2019-11-01Debt Financing· $67.56M
2018-09-04Debt Financing· $44.32M
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