Senior Product Designer

Company Description

At Fortune Brands Innovations, we believe that our innovation and success are fueled by the passion of our people and the strength of our teams. Together, we work to fulfill dreams of home by aligning around common goals, being agile in the face of change, holding ourselves accountable, and acting with integrity and transparency. We succeed when everyone belongs and strives to build a Home for All where all associates can be their true, authentic selves rn more about our culture here.

We’re excited to be adding a Senior Product Designer to our growing team! This is an engaging and challenging opportunity that plays an integral role in shaping the development of our upcoming connected Master Lock and Yale & August B2B products. We are looking for a creative, user-obsessed and results‑oriented product designer who wants to live on the edge of technologies that bring software and hardware together, within the connected home.

This position will report directly to the Senior Principal Product Designer. We are seeking a Senior Product Designer to support our efforts in building world‑class solutions for our B2B products, as well as our business partners. You will play a key role in building smart security products that people love.

This position is eligible for a hybrid schedule with all work performed in San Francisco CA (or Deerfield, IL) where the candidate will be expected to be on‑site 3 days per week (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday).

• Using your full range of skills (UX design, design thinking, interaction design, prototyping, visual design) to drive elegant user experiences that span digital (mobile, web) and physical (devices) interfaces to solve problems that matter to users.
• Owning design independently across multiple product areas throughout the entire product lifecycle, from concept to launch and beyond.
• Consistently leveraging all available quantitative and qualitative data to inform design decisions and proactively identifying or creating new data sources when needed.
• Communicating and collaborating closely with software and hardware product managers, engineers, and other stakeholders to align on strategy and solutions.
• Advocating for changes, refinements, and ongoing improvements to the user experience, using data and design principles to drive decision‑making.
• Working across the entire design stack: refining problem definitions, ideating solutions, iterating flows and interactions, building detailed prototypes, and producing high‑fidelity visuals.
• Facilitating and leading workshops with cross‑functional teams and stakeholders, including journey mapping sessions, design sprints, and design critiques.
• Planning, leading, and synthesizing insights from user research and testing activities to inform product strategy.
• Maintaining comprehensive documentation of user experiences in accordance with design practices and standards.
• Collaborating with internal teams, ecosystem partners, and external stakeholders to create unified, seamless user experiences across multiple digital and physical touchpoints.
• Mentoring and supporting junior and mid‑level designers through constructive feedback, design reviews to foster a collaborative, growth‑oriented design culture.

• 6+ years of design experience, with 2+ years focused on IoT or connected products.
• A BA/BS in design, UX/UI, HCI, or equivalent professional experience.
• Proven experience owning and driving end‑to‑end product design independently as part of cross‑functional teams (product, engineering, QA) in an agile/scrum environment.
• Expert proficiency in Figma, including advanced knowledge of variants, variables, component architecture, and building scalable design systems from the ground up.
• Deep experience designing, documenting, and governing design systems across multiple products and platforms.
• Fluency with advanced interaction design and prototyping tools like Protopie for high‑fidelity interactive prototypes.
• Proficiency with Jira for project tracking and cross‑functional collaboration.
• Exceptional visual design skills with the ability to deliver polished, pixel‑perfect interfaces.
• De…