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 stepping into a validated learning model that's actively transforming student outcomes at Alpha School. LearnWithAI powers the platform behind it, scaling rapidly across the US and internationally. Students complete their core academics in two hours daily and score in the top national percentiles. The model delivers results. What it requires now is someone who thinks constantly about the people at its center.

You'll establish the definition of quality design, create the standards, and develop the function. Your scope includes our learning platform and its connected learning applications, serving diverse audiences both within and beyond Alpha.
A five-year-old who hasn't learned to read yet is discovering numbers through a system that must transform novelty into play. A teenager performing two grades below level is reconstructing confidence after prolonged academic struggle, where a single unclear interaction could reverse their progress. A parent gains visibility into their child's actual learning process. This transparency reduces worry and empowers them as effective advocates. An academic coach overseeing a multi-age classroom requires insight into progress without information overload. You must understand each group deeply enough to make authentically distinct decisions for every one.

Your responsibility centers on the experience layer: investigate each audience with genuine rigor, translate your findings into design principles engineers can implement directly, and deliver code-based outputs ready for immediate use—not mockups awaiting approval. You collaborate with product leaders who control outcomes and engineers who deploy code. You challenge requests that compromise user experience. You maintain complete ownership.

You'll harness AI as your force multiplier to accelerate iteration and expand coverage, though your judgment—not the model's initial output—determines what launches. Primary focus remains our education platform, supplemented by occasional work in other areas.