Senior Product Designer

Affinity is a relationship intelligence platform that helps dealmakers find, manage, and close more deals by leveraging the power of their network. We use technology to amplify human relationships by providing data and insights that enable people to connect and take action with confidence. 

As a Senior Product Designer at Affinity, you’ll have the opportunity to fundamentally change the way people leverage their relationships to do business. As a designer, you’ll be working on complex SaaS products to make them more intuitive and useful. In this role, you’ll be part of a team of talented product designers who work together to understand our customers' needs and design solutions that provide real value.

You’re excited about this opportunity because you will:

• Partner with Product and peer Designers to conduct research to understand our customers’ needs and identify insights that inform product decisions and strategy.
• Designing projects across all stages of the design process from vision to implementation.
• Collaborating with partners in Product and Engineering to design and build impactful experiences.
• Turning complex intelligence data into useful, clear, actionable insights for our customers.
• Being proactive in contributing ideas to help Affinity continuously improve as a product and as a company.
• Contributing to creating and enhancing our world-class design team and community.

We’re excited about you because you have:

Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every qualification. At Affinity, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role, but your past experience doesn’t perfectly align with the qualifications above, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Required:

• 5+ years of professional experience designing and shipping impactful product experiences.
• Experience designing high-quality, complex SaaS products that customers love and value.
• Conducted user research and turned research insights into product solutions.
• Strong communication skills and advocacy for customers.
• Experience working with Product and Engineering teams in dynamic, agile environments.
• Proficiency of common design tools, such as Figma. 
• Advanced knowledge of the end-to-end product design process, including research, product strategy, ideation, information architecture, wireframing, prototyping, user testing, concept refinement, and high-fidelity designs.

How we work:

Our culture is a key part of how we operate as well as our hiring process:

• We iterate quickly. As such, you must be comfortable embracing ambiguity, be able to cut through it and deliver incremental value to our customers each sprint.
• We are candid, transparent, and speak our minds while simultaneously caring personally with each person we interact with. 
• We make data-driven decisions and make the best decision for the moment based on the information available.

If you'd like to learn more about our values, click here.

What you'll enjoy at Affinity:

• We live our values: As owners, we take pride in everything we do. We embrace a growth mindset, engage in respectful candor, act as playmakers, and "taste the soup" by diving deep into experiences to create the best outcomes for our colleagues and clients.
• Health Benefits: We cover both you and your dependents' extended health benefit premiums and offer flexible personal & sick days to support your well-being.
• Retirement Planning: We offer an RRSP plan to help you plan for your future.
• Learning & Development: We provide an annual education budget and a comprehensive L&D program.
• Wellness Support: We reimburse monthly for things like home internet, meals, and wellness memberships/equipment to support your overall health and happiness.
• Team Connection: Virtual team-building activities and socials to keep our team connected, because building strong relationships is key to success.

Please note that the role compensation details below reflect the base salary only and do not include any equity or benefits. This represents the salary range that Affinity believes, in good faith, at the time of this posting, that it will pay for the posted job.

A reasonable estimate of the current range is $134,400 to $168,000 CAD. Within the range, individual pay depends on various factors including geographical location and review of experience, knowledge, skills, abilities of the applicant. 

At Affinity, we may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools as part of our recruitment process to help screen and evaluate candidate applications. While AI assists our hiring team in managing applications efficiently, it never replaces decisions made by real people. We are committed to fair and transparent hiring practices, and our AI tools are regularly monitored to ensure they support—not replace—human judgment. 

Additional Information:

• This job posting represents an active vacancy that we are currently seeking to fill.