Sr Product Designer; Search, Ads, Traffic Generation

About Grubhub

At Grubhub, we champion restaurants from coast to coast. Restaurants sit at the heart of communities. It’s our mission to strengthen their roots, deepen their connections, and increase the positive impact they have on people and society.

Grubhub, part of Wonder, delivers the best local, authentic cuisine right to diners’ doors—and new customers and billions in revenue to local businesses. Featuring over 375,000 merchants in over 4,000 cities nationwide, our innovative technology, user‑friendly platforms, and streamlined delivery capabilities have made us an industry leader in the world of online food ordering.

Since we opened our doors in 2004, Grubhub has been opening doors all across the country. Bakery doors in Hyde Park, jibarito joint doors in Queens, and doors of opportunity all across the country. Join our team and help us open more.

Grubhub is seeking a Senior Product Designer to join the Consumer Design organization and lead high‑impact initiatives across critical growth domains. In this role, you will be responsible for driving design excellence across: (1)
Search
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Reimagine our search and discovery experience by leading AI‑driven initiatives that eliminate friction and surface the most relevant, personalized results instantly (2)
Ads
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Design innovative, high‑impact ad solutions that deliver results for advertisers and elevate the user experience (3)
Traffic Generation
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Optimize SEO/AEO user journeys, designing scalable solutions that maximize organic traffic and enhance discoverability.

In this role, you will actively mentor and elevate fellow designers, fostering high design standards across the team. You are detail‑oriented and exceptionally organized, ensuring clean execution and documentation. You will mobilize cross‑functional partners with strong communication and a customer‑obsessed approach, expertly driving buy‑in with stakeholders to collaboratively ship exceptional design work.

• Design Strategy & Vision Ownership:
  Own the design vision and execution for high‑impact initiatives, encompassing both 0‑1 products and delivering significant improvements to existing features.
• User Discovery & Research:
  Partner closely with User Research to conduct in‑depth discovery and lead design‑led research to uncover unmet user needs, pain points, and growth opportunities.
• Strategic & Business Impact:
  Partner closely with product, engineering, and business stakeholders to define product strategy, roadmap, and requirements. You will act as the design leader in your area of expertise, demonstrating a strong understanding of the business and ensuring design drives measurable impact throughout the product lifecycle.
• End‑to‑End Execution:
  Lead the entire design process, from initial concept and ideation through user flows, wireframes, prototypes, and high‑fidelity UI. Ensure a cohesive and delightful user experience while proactively identifying opportunities to contribute new patterns and components to the design system.
• Stakeholder Alignment & Influence:
  Expertly communicate design rationale, build consensus, and influence decision‑making among cross‑functional teams and leadership to secure buy‑in for strategic design direction.
• Navigating Ambiguity:
  Thrive in a fast‑paced, evolving environment, embracing ambiguity and proactively bringing clarity and direction to complex, open‑ended problems.
• Mentorship & Leadership:
  Act as a mentor to fellow designers, actively elevating the design craft, setting high quality standards, and contributing to the overall growth and health of the design organization.

• 5+ years of professional experience as an in‑house Product Designer for B2C brands, preferably within eCommerce, technology, or multi‑sided marketplaces.
• BA/BS degree required in Design, Human‑Computer Interaction, or a related field.
• Excels in design fundamentals (Visual Hierarchy, Interaction Design, Accessibility, and Platform Conventions) and demonstrates fluency across various modalities, from responsive web to native applications.
• Demonstrates deep understanding of how to leverage and contribute to a design system to…