Principal Product Designer

PreVeil is a high-growth SaaS leader dedicated to securing the nation's defense industrial base. We provide a market-leading cybersecurity solution that empowers organizations to accelerate and maintain compliance with the Department of Defense's CMMC program. At PreVeil, we don't just offer a product; we provide a market-proven path to security and compliance, ensuring our customers can focus on their mission while we protect their most sensitive data. Joining PreVeil means joining a team at the forefront of national security innovation during a period of rapid, exciting growth.

What You'll Own

Design Judgment & Problem Solving

• Investigate design challenges with depth — explore multiple approaches, evaluate tradeoffs, and arrive at a clear, well-reasoned point of view

• Articulate design decisions with conviction: why a path was chosen, what alternatives were considered, and what was intentionally left out

• Demonstrate a high bar for what good looks like — backed by evidence from your portfolio and process

Simplifying Complex Experiences

• Translate technically complex product concepts into experiences that feel intuitive and effortless

• Design for both admin and end-user personas — audiences with fundamentally different mental models, workflows, and risk tolerances

• Reduce cognitive load without reducing capability; make hard things feel easy

Cross-Platform Design Consistency

• Own and evolve a design system and component library that scales across Windows, Mac, web, and mobile

• Apply deep knowledge of platform-specific design standards while maintaining a unified PreVeil identity

• Ensure every surface feels like one product — not four separate apps

End-to-End Execution

• Drive the full design lifecycle: discovery, user research, wireframing, prototyping, high-fidelity design, and developer-ready handoff

• Produce clear, complete specs that engineering can act on without ambiguity or back-and-forth

• Actively use AI tools to accelerate iteration, sharpen craft, and explore ideas faster

User Research & Deep User Understanding

• Conduct and synthesize user research to build a genuine picture of how users think, work, and struggle

• Bring evidence of user needs into every design decision — not just instinct

• Identify behavioral patterns across users and translate them into better product decisions

Collaboration & Reliability

• Partner closely with Product and Engineering — communicate clearly, show work early, and iterate based on real feedback

• Be the designer people can count on: have great quality designs that are well thought through, meet commitments, and surface issues proactively

• Work with a low ego and a maker-first mindset — this is a hands-on, high-output role

Core requirements:

• 7+ years of product design experience, with a portfolio demonstrating strong design judgment and enterprise UX depth
• Experience designing enterprise software — ideally on collaboration or productivity software
• Demonstrated ability to simplify complex systems into clear, usable experiences
• Deep knowledge of cross-platform design standards: Windows, Mac, web, and mobile
• Experience owning and scaling design systems and component libraries
• Experience designing for different personas (admins and  end-users)
• Fluency in Figma; active use of AI tools to accelerate and sharpen design work
• Comfort operating independently, with ambiguity and in fast-paced environments, with a strong bias for action
• Clear, compelling communicator — you can walk any audience through a design decision and make them believe in it
• Collaborative, reliable, and low-ego — you take direction well and make the team around you better

Nice to have

• Front-end literacy (HTML, CSS, React) for stronger engineering partnership
• Experience in fast-paced startup or growth-stage environments
• Strong initiative and bias for action
• Background designing for technically sophisticated or security-conscious user bases

Working Style & Culture Fit

This role is for someone who leads with craft, thrives with autonomy, and earns trust through consistency and great work product. You'll be joining a team that moves fast — so speed matters — but you'll also be expected to do the rigorous thinking that makes fast decisions hold up over time.

We value:

• A strong point of view rooted in clear logic, paired with genuine openness to feedback and guidance
• Work that is thorough and well-considered, not just visually polished
• Strong ownership and as well as being a strong team player
• Deep understanding of our product and customers