Instrumentl
Design
StaffProductDesigner(GrantOS)
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“Staff Product Designer (Grant OS) at Instrumentl. Skills: Product design, Systems thinking, User research. Own GrantOS end-to-end. Lead design across GrantOS Platform and Core”
Industry & Context.
Translate ambiguous user needs
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
8+ years of product design experience, Meaningful time at senior or staff level, Proven track record owning complex B2B product areas end-to-end, Multi-entity workflows experience, 0-to-1 product ownership experience, Systems thinking, Figma/prototyping craft, Deep involvement in user research, Ability to influence product vision
Nice to Have
B2B SaaS background, Experience with agentic or AI-powered product surfaces, Using AI tools in design practice, Design systems experience, Experience mentoring or coaching designers, Familiarity with nonprofit or social impact sector
What You'll Do.
Own GrantOS end-to-end
Lead design across GrantOS Platform and Core
Shape how grant professionals interact with Instrumentl
Drive zero-to-one product development
Define the interaction patterns
Define design system foundations
Raise the quality bar
Coach other designers
Act as a force multiplier
Conduct and synthesize user research independently
Translate ambiguous user needs
Partner as a strategic peer
Bring a point of view
Drive alignment across product
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Strategic peer to PM and engineering lead; Alignment across product, engineering, and GTM
Communication Scope
Executive presentations
Full Job Description
## Description Hello, we’re Instrumentl. 👋 Nonprofits do some of the most important work in the world, and most of them are still managing grants in spreadsheets. We’re fixing that. Instrumentl is a profitable, hypergrowth, YC-backed SaaS platform building the operating system for grant-funded organizations. More than 5,500 nonprofits use Instrumentl to discover, track, and win grant funding, from local community organizations to the San Diego Zoo and the University of Alaska. Collectively they’ve moved over $1 billion through our platform. We’re doubling year over year, customers love us (NPS 65+, Ellis PMF 60+), and we’re hiring people who want to build something that matters. ## About the role We're hiring a Staff Product Designer to own GrantOS, the foundational platform layer every other product area at Instrumentl sits on top of. Reporting to our Head of Design, you'll own design end-to-end across Platform (the data layer, MCP, and BI) and Core (Tracker, Tasks, Reports, and Integrations), the two interdependent areas that define how grant professionals experience Instrumentl as a system and not just a set of features. This is a chance to think in systems, drive genuinely zero-to-one work where the right answer isn't obvious yet, and set the standard for how the whole design org approaches platform design. ## What you'll do Own GrantOS end-to-end Lead design across GrantOS Platform and Core, from discovery and research through shipping and iteration Shape how grant professionals interact with Instrumentl as a platform: task management, reporting, integrations, and the data relationships that span the full grant lifecycle Drive zero-to-one product development in greenfield spaces where the problem isn't fully defined, and help define it Set the platform design standard Define the interaction patterns and design system foundations that every other product area inherits Raise the quality bar across Instrumentl's design system and coach other designers Act as a f
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