Khan Academy · 7 hours ago
Staff Product Designer, Districts
United States
Full-time
Remote
Lead/Staff
$153K/yr - $161K/yr
10+ years expKhan Academy is a nonprofit dedicated to providing free, world-class education to anyone, anywhere. They are seeking a Staff Product Designer to enhance their Next-Gen Administrator platform, focusing on user engagement and usability while collaborating with cross-functional teams.
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Responsibilities
Leverage your product design and systems thinking skills to form and advocate for a clear Design POV for making enhancements to an existing user platform
Create end-to-end design artifacts–including journey maps, system maps, wireframes and flows, low-high fidelity mockups, AI-scaffolded prototypes—to test hypotheses around solutions impacting clarity, reach, engagement, and product cohesion
Partner closely with Product Management, Engineering, Content, and Partnerships to iterate on existing products and design new experiences
In collaboration with your Senior Design Manager, UXR specialists, and partners, plan and facilitate light research sessions to advance the decision-making process
Set a standard of operational excellence by driving the design side of projects effectively through strong project management, fast execution on design iterations, and clear communication of validated rationale
Join the cross-functional group that maintains our design systems, propose changes and additions to our design systems, review what other designers propose and help maintain internal consistency and usability
Build alignment across diverse teams by being able to successfully present ideas to a range of teams and stakeholders across Khan Academy
Cultivate a growth mindset (another one of our values) by soliciting feedback on solutions from key stakeholders and learning how to partner effectively with Brand and Visual Design to ensure what you ship looks and feels like Khan Academy
Invest in our org by mentoring, coaching and developing both your Design teammates and your cross-functional partners
Responsibilities may change as business and team needs evolve
Qualification
Required
At least 10+ years of relevant experience on an in-house product design team
Outstanding across information architecture and ecosystem design, interaction design, and prototyping, with strong visual design skills
Ability to juggle ambiguous and broad problems/opportunities along with smaller well-defined projects
A critical participant in design reviews, both in delivering feedback to teammates to strengthen their work, but also in soliciting feedback at every step of the process
Exceptional verbal and written communication skills for technical and non-technical partners, internally and externally
Comfortable in ambiguous situations and dynamic environments that run similar to a startup, where you regularly interact with and gather feedback from Senior Leadership
Scrappy, have a bias toward action, and love moving fast
Know how to build strong relationships cross-functionally and bring people into the conversation when their input and buy-in is crucial
A lean approach to product design and regularly ask yourself: how do we learn quickly and ship regularly? What's the most concise experience we can deliver that still provides value?
Introspective, mature, low-ego, and emotionally intelligent
Growth mindset, willingness to learn and to teach others
Proactively seek out the people and info you need to move work forward and unblock yourself
High comfort level working within a strong top-down product vision led by our CEO, Sal Khan
Able to balance the immediate tactical needs of helping deliver and ship features with scouting ahead for what's next
Comfortable with ever-shifting priorities and ambiguous situations, like you'd experience in a startup
Willing to roll your sleeves up and pitch in when a project goes off-script
Excited about education and engaging learning experiences, deeply curious about how and why people learn
Motivated by the Khan Academy mission 'to provide a free world-class education for anyone, anywhere.'
Proven cross-cultural competency skills demonstrating self-awareness, awareness of other, and the ability to adopt inclusive perspectives, attitudes, and behaviors to drive inclusion and belonging throughout the organization
Benefits
Competitive salaries
Ample paid time off as needed – Your well-being is a priority
8 pre-scheduled Wellness Days in 2026 occurring on a Monday or a Friday for a 3-day weekend boost
Remote-first culture - that caters to your time zone, with open flexibility as needed, at times
Generous parental leave
An exceptional team that trusts you and gives you the freedom to do your best
The chance to put your talents towards a deeply meaningful mission and the opportunity to work on high-impact products that are already defining the future of education
Opportunities to connect through affinity, ally, and social groups
401(k) + 4% matching & comprehensive insurance, including medical, dental, vision, and life
Company
Khan Academy
Khan Academy is a nonprofit organization that provides a free world class education for anyone, anywhere.
51-200 employees
H1B Sponsorship
Khan Academy has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (2)
2023 (2)
2022 (1)
2021 (2)
2020 (5)
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$16.21MKey Investors
Amgen FoundationOmidyar Network
2022-01-01Series A· $0.01M
2020-07-21Grant· $3M
2017-10-12Grant· $3M
Leadership Team
Caroline Hu Flexer
CEO & Co-Founder of Khan Academy Kids & Duck Duck Moose
Boris Lau
Senior Software Engineer
Recent News
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