Lead Product Designer

$200,000 USD/year ^{Pay is set based on global value, not the local market. Most roles = hourly rate x 40 hrs x 50 weeks}  ($100 USD/hour)

You're entering a validated learning system already delivering results at Alpha School. LearnWithAI powers the platform beneath it, scaling rapidly throughout the US and internationally. Students complete their core academics in two hours daily and achieve top national percentile scores. The system is effective. What's required now is someone who thinks constantly about the people within it.

You'll establish design excellence, create the standards, and develop the function. Your domain encompasses our learning platform and its companion learning applications, serving multiple audiences both within and outside Alpha.
A five-year-old who hasn't yet learned to read is discovering numbers through an interface that must transform novelty into play. A teenager performing two grades below level is reconstructing confidence following years of setbacks—a single unclear interaction could reverse that progress. A parent gains visibility into their child's actual learning process. This transparency reduces worry and transforms them into a capable advocate. An academic coach overseeing a multi-age classroom requires insight into advancement without information overload. You must understand each group thoroughly enough to make meaningfully distinct design decisions for each.

Your role centers on the experience layer: investigate each audience with genuine rigor, translate your findings into design principles engineers can implement directly, and deliver code-ready outputs that function immediately—not conceptual mockups awaiting review cycles. You collaborate with product leaders accountable for outcomes and engineers responsible for shipping. You challenge requests that compromise user experience. You maintain full ownership.

You'll employ AI as your force multiplier for faster iteration and broader coverage, but your expertise—not the model's initial output—determines what launches. Primary focus remains our education platform, supplemented by occasional work in other areas.