Product Designer - Early Team

📋 Description

• Own high-impact product areas, from early research and architecture to polished UI.

• Talk to customers regularly and bring their voice into the product.

• Partner with PMs, engineers, and customer support to scope and deliver thoughtful experiences.

• Help shape the foundation of Tern’s design team, including future hires, systems, and culture.

• Balance speed and quality, knowing when to go deep and when to get scrappy to keep momentum.

• Make Tern a place where great design work happens.

🎯 Requirements

• Has shipped end-to-end product work in a startup or fast-moving environment.

• Has strong product instincts and navigates UX, technical, and business tradeoffs.

• Thrives in ambiguity, takes initiative, and doesn’t wait for perfect inputs.

• Can juggle multiple projects across different stages: shipping one, refining another, exploring a third.

• Works quickly and pragmatically to ship value fast—even when there isn’t time for perfect polish or deep research upfront.

• Wants to co-create how design works at an early-stage company, from tooling and process to team rituals.

• Is excited to experiment with new technologies, especially how LLMs and other AI tools can create better product experiences.

• Communicates clearly, gives generous feedback, and brings good energy to the team.

🏖️ Benefits

• Competitive Salary & Equity – Meaningful ownership in a venture-backed startup.

• Fully Remote Work – Join a distributed team with flexible working arrangements.

• World-Class Team – Work alongside high-performing, mission-driven teammates.

• Health & Wellness – Comprehensive benefits, including 100% coverage for you and 80% for dependents.

• Mission-Driven Work – Help build technology that empowers travel advisors and transforms the industry.

• Travel Perks – We’re in travel, after all! Opportunities for industry events, conferences, and networking.