Carta · 2 days ago
Senior Principal Product Designer
San Francisco, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$236K/yr - $294K/yr
12+ years expCarta is a company that connects founders, investors, and limited partners through innovative software tailored for the private equity and venture capital sectors. As a Senior Principal Product Designer, you will elevate product experiences through strategic design, mentor other designers, and work closely with cross-functional teams to influence product direction and enhance user experiences.
Asset ManagementFinanceFinancial ServicesFinTechImpact InvestingSaaSSoftware
Responsibilities
Design for the most complex and strategic customers in private equity and private markets
Elevate the future of Carta’s product experiences through design-led thinking
Scale Carta’s platform to support AI native experiences, nuanced workflows, edge cases, and regulatory complexity
Define system-level experiences that span products, teams, and customer archetypes
Raise the bar of design at Carta
Shape and influence product strategy through design leadership, not just execution
Partner closely with Product and Engineering leaders to define initiative-level and system-level direction
Develop, pitch, and defend design direction with clarity and conviction to senior and executive audiences
Translate ambiguous problem spaces into frameworks, models, and strategic recommendations
Practice radical simplification of complexity with a bias to shipping fast to learn and iterate
Lead end-to-end design on complex initiatives—from discovery through execution
Produce and guide high-quality flows, interaction models, prototypes, and polished UI
Seamlessly navigate between strategic systems thinking and pixel perfect design
Set and uphold a high bar for UX, interaction design, and visual craft
Advocate for thoughtful design decisions that balance user needs, technical constraints, and business goals
Lead by doing—modeling strong design thinking, decision-making, and craft
Mentor senior designers through critique, feedback, and design reviews
Influence cross-functional teams to adopt bold, coherent design solutions
Contribute to building a strong, human-centered design culture at Carta
Qualification
Required
12+ years of product design experience, with at least 4 years focused on solving complex, enterprise SaaS challenges
A portfolio demonstrating system-level thinking and strategic design impact
Exceptional UI/UX craft, with strong opinions on interaction details and visual quality
Demonstrated experience and proficiency with AI-powered design tools and an understanding of how to integrate emerging technologies into the design process for efficiency and innovation
Proven ability to influence product direction without formal authority
Outstanding communication and storytelling skills
Ability to work in a dynamic environment — balancing rigor and scrappiness
High comfort level with ambiguity; openness to critique from other disciplines and curiosity to learn from a spectrum of perspectives
Passion for mentoring designers and teaching about design craft and quality
A love of getting hands dirty and leading from the front
Preferred
experience with finance, venture capital or private equity
Benefits
Equity for all full time roles
Exceptional benefits
Commissions plans
Company
Carta
Carta is a global ownership management platform that helps companies, investors, and employees manage equity and ownership.
1001-5000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$1.16BKey Investors
Silver LakeTribe CapitalAndreessen Horowitz
2021-08-13Series G· $500M
2021-04-21Series Unknown
2021-02-04Secondary Market
Leadership Team
Henry Ward
CEO & Co-Founder
Charly Kevers
CFO
Recent News
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2025-12-09
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