Staff Product Designer, Discovery

Responsibilities

Lead design efforts for the Discovery team by partnering with product and engineering to define direction and solve complex problems. Advocate for customers while ensuring high-quality, consistent product experiences across the platform.

Requirements

Requires a design leader with strong product judgment, experience in complex data visualization, and an AI-native mindset. Must be capable of working autonomously as the sole designer in a fast-moving, cross-functional team.

Skills

• Product Design
• AI-powered design
• Data visualization
• UX design
• Prototyping
• Figma
• Cross-functional leadership
• Product strategy
• Design systems
• User advocacy
• Complex workflow design
• Technical communication
• Ownership
• Data analysis

About this role

Wander is building a smarter, AI-powered way for hospitality operators to grow their businesses. We're looking for a Staff Product Designer to lead design on our Discovery team, helping operators reach more travelers and grow with confidence.
You'll partner closely with Product and Engineering to define direction, solve hard problems, and ship exceptional experiences. You'll be the team's only designer, working alongside a small, senior engineering team that ships daily. You'll represent Design in the room, advocate for our customers, and protect the quality and consistency of our product.
What you'll work on
Make sense of complex data. Turn noisy, uncertain information into something operators trust and act on.
Design how operators work alongside AI. Make complex workflows feel clear and intuitive.
Choose what's next. Discovery has more good ideas than capacity. You'll bring customer evidence and a clear point of view on what we build and what we don't.
Who you are
A design leader. You can independently set product direction, challenge assumptions, and hold your own in cross-functional decisions.
Exceptional ownership. You're proactive, autonomous, and deeply trustworthy. You identify blind spots, bring people together, and move things forward without waiting to be asked.
Strong product judgment and craft. You balance business needs, customer problems, and great design. You know when to push boundaries and when to defend the design system, and you evolve it without becoming a gatekeeper.
A gift for complex data. You make dashboards, metrics, and data visualization feel simple and trustworthy.
An AI-native mindset. You're comfortable using AI, Figma, code, and tools like Vercel to prototype, experiment, and ship fast. Bonus points if you build tools that make the whole team better.
Curiosity about AI search and travel. Experience with SEO, marketing tech, or growth products helps but isn't required.
A genuine obsession with design. You care about the smallest details and the biggest ideas. You'd rather cut a feature than ship a confusing one.
We're a small team that moves quickly, experiments constantly, and believes great designers should have real ownership. We're looking for someone who raises the bar for both our product and the people around them.
To apply, include a portfolio with shipped product work.
Details: Remote in the US.
At a glance
Leads and influences at the team level, rather than only executing scoped projects.
Represents Design and upholds and evolves the design system without becoming a gatekeeper.
Operates with a high degree of trust, proactivity, judgment, and autonomy.
Elevates team quality through better product decisions, clarity, and collaboration.
Turns ambiguous, data-heavy problems into clear, trustworthy experiences.
Thrives as the sole designer on a fast-moving engineering team.

About Wander

Technology, Information and Internet · 51-200 employees · headquartered in Austin, Texas · founded 2021