Lead Product Designer

Join to apply for the Lead Product Designer role at Pitch Book
.

At Pitch Book, a Morningstar company, we are always looking forward. We continue to innovate, evolve, and invest in ourselves to bring out the best in everyone. We’re deeply collaborative and thrive on the excitement, energy, and fun that reverberates throughout the company. Our extensive learning programs and mentorship opportunities help us create a culture of curiosity that pushes us to always find new solutions and better ways of doing things.

The combination of a rapidly evolving industry and our high ambitions means there’s going to be some ambiguity along the way, but we excel when we challenge ourselves. We’re willing to take risks, fail fast, and do it all over again in the pursuit of excellence. If you have a good attitude and are willing to roll up your sleeves to get things done, Pitch Book is the place for you.

As a member of the Product and Engineering team at Pitch Book, you will be part of a team of big thinkers, innovators, and problem solvers who strive to deepen the positive impact we have on our customers and our company every day. We value curiosity and the drive to find better ways of doing things. We thrive on customer empathy, which remains our focus when creating excellent customer experiences through product innovation.

As a Lead Product Designer for Deal Sourcing, you will drive the design strategy and end‑to‑end user experience for a purpose‑built Deal Sourcing product. This is a high‑impact, strategic role that requires strong vision, leadership, and the ability to translate complex business and user needs into cohesive, intuitive, and innovative design solutions. We’re looking for a self‑starter and problem solver who brings energy, motivation, and a can‑do spirit to every challenge.

• Expertly utilize user‑centered design and systems thinking skills in your day‑to‑day work to create solutions for complex data and user workflow challenges while maintaining a highly usable and scalable product experience
• Conduct user research and data analysis to understand user needs, behaviors, and motivators that lead to engagement and realization of customer value
• Develop customer journey maps, task and user flows, and design concepts to inform product strategies, priorities, and solutions that deliver customer and business outcomes
• Partner with product management and engineering team members to create product strategies, roadmaps, and features to continuously deliver value to customers and support the end‑to‑end product vision
• Identify high‑impact customer and business problems and define the strategies and product experience solutions to solve them
• Lead cross‑team product experience strategies and designs to deliver holistic solutions that create exceptional customer value
• Translate abstract concepts into simple, elegant, and innovative designs expressed in sketches, diagrams, rapid prototypes, and detailed designs and documentation to support iterative product delivery
• Monitor and evaluate the performance of your design solutions and identify strategies for enhancement and improvement
• Drive continuous improvement in your work and with your product teams; seek new methods and practices that lead to greater impact and value
• Mentor and coach other designers to support their growth and ability to deliver excellent solutions
• Contribute to evolving design practices, tools, methods, and design maturity of our organization
• Support the vision and values of the company through role‑modeling and encouraging desired behaviors
• Participate in various company initiatives and projects as requested

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Digital Design, Human Centered Design, Psychology, or equivalent
• 8+ years of professional experience in a Product Design/UX role, ideally in a large business or enterprise environment working on complex data and productivity solutions
• Expert‑level mastery of user‑centered design and design thinking practices, with proven success defining vision, leading end‑to‑end product experiences, and applying modern methodologies to deliver innovative, meaningful…