Product Design Lead

We're looking for a Product Design Lead to join Procore's Product & Technology Team-a customer-centric group encompassing engineering, product, design, data, security, and business systems. Procore software aims to improve the lives of everyone in construction, and our people are the driving force behind this innovative, top-rated global platform.

In this role, you will be the "design captain" for one of our key product areas, owning design outcomes end-to-end. You'll serve as a strategic partner to Product and Engineering, directly shaping priorities and tradeoffs to ensure user value drives the roadmap.
This is a player-coach role: you are an experienced designer deeply embedded in the work, anchored to craft leadership rather than hands-off administration. Reporting to the senior Product Leader for your area, you will place Design at the center of strategy and execution.

This role is based in our Austin, TX office, and we're looking for someone to join us immediately. Apply today to join our team of Groundbreakers.

What You'll Do

1. Design Ownership & Strategic Partnership

• Own the "Why": Partner with Product and Engineering leaders to translate business objectives into clear, user-centered design direction. You are accountable for the quality, coherence, and impact of your product area over time.
• Drive Insight-Led Decisions: Develop a deep understanding of real customer workflows by engaging directly with users. You do not delegate insight; you use evidence from the field to clarify tradeoffs and represent the customer reality in every decision.
• Navigate Complexity: Oversee the design strategy for strategic areas such as Pay, Owners, or Quality and Safety. You will make the hard calls to ensure the direction is sound, cohesive, and grounded in evidence.

2. Hands-On Craft & Decision Making

• Lead Through the Work: Stay "in the files" and in discovery. You step in directly when problems are ambiguous, quality is at risk, or the team needs strong direction.
• Rapid Validation: Treat design as a series of testable hypotheses. Use high-fidelity prototyping and modern tooling-including AI-to explore, validate, and increase velocity without sacrificing quality.
• Balance Progress and Precision: Guide the team through tradeoffs between speed and quality, ensuring we ship to learn while protecting the integrity of the experience.

3. Team Leadership as Leverage

• Manage to Raise the Bar: Manage a small group of IC designers primarily to improve the quality of thinking and craft. You teach through critique, pairing, and direct involvement.
• Direct the Effort: Collaborate closely with designers to clarify how their work connects to business outcomes. This includes maximizing the "Flex" team by onboarding them and directing them toward the thorniest challenges.

What We're Looking For

• A Designer First: You bring 10+ years of experience in Product Design, with a track record of shipping high-quality B2B or enterprise products. You have the "design savvy" to move work forward and know when to invite debate versus when to decide.
• Customer-Obsessed & Pragmatic: You are relentless about making the user's life easier, but you value impact over dogma. You know when to push for excellence and when to move forward in service of outcomes.
• Business Fluent: You understand how SaaS products succeed and can articulate design decisions in terms of customer value, retention, and ROI.
• Technically Proficient: You are an expert in Figma and are comfortable using AI and modern design tools to accelerate discovery and validation.
• Accountable Partner: You optimize for collective success and are comfortable standing behind the work as part of a cross-functional leadership team.

This role is well-suited for principal-level designers who want deeper ownership and are open to people management as a way to amplify their impact.

Why Join This Team?

At Procore, Design is a core driver of product and business success. In this role, you will own a meaningful area of the product, work closely with senior leaders, and have the authority to shape real outcomes. You will operate in an environment that values customer-centricity, judgment, craft, and pragmatism, and…