Product Design Lead

Sanas.ai is pioneering the future of human communication. Founded by a team of Stanford researchers and entrepreneurs with deep industry experience, Sanas has developed the world’s first real-time speech transformation platform capable of accent translation, noise elimination, speech enhancement, and cross-language communication.

Sanas makes conversations clearer, more inclusive, and more effective, removing barriers that prevent people from being understood, regardless of accent, background noise, or native language.

Since going to market in 2023, Sanas has scaled at an extraordinary pace, growing from $0 to $32M ARR in under two years, with a projected >$50M ARR by the end of 2025. The company recently recorded its first $10M quarter and is on track to achieve $120M in ARR next year. With a SaaS-based model, Sanas serves some of the world’s largest enterprises, including Comcast, UPS, UHG. Today, Sanas technology is deployed across >17 of the Fortune 500 and continuing to accelerate growth. 

The company’s valuation has a clear trajectory toward multi-billion-dollar market capitalization as it continues to expand into new verticals and product categories. With a TAM that spans all human in the loop communications and beyond, Sanas has the potential to impact every industry and every global interaction.

Sanas is revolutionizing the way we communicate with the world’s first real-time algorithm, designed to modulate accents, eliminate background noises, and magnify speech clarity. Pioneered by seasoned startup founders with a proven track record of creating and steering multiple unicorn companies, our groundbreaking GDP-shifting technology sets a gold standard.

Sanas is a 200-strong team, established in 2020. In this short span, we’ve successfully secured over $100 million in funding. Our innovation has been supported by the industry’s leading investors, including Insight Partners, Google Ventures, Quadrille Capital, General Catalyst, Quiet Capital, and other influential investors. Our reputation is further solidified by collaborations with numerous Fortune 100 companies. With Sanas, you’re not just adopting a product; you’re investing in the future of communication. 

About the role

We’re seeking a Product Designer to elevate and lead product design across Sanas’s growing ecosystem of speech AI applications. You’ll be responsible for driving design strategy, guiding and developing a small team of designers, and shaping intuitive, elegant, and scalable experiences.

This is a hands-on leadership role for a designer who moves fluidly between strategic systems thinking and meticulous execution - someone who can bring clarity to complexity, translate research into actionable insight, and set a high bar for usability and visual craft. You’ll help define how the world experiences Sanas, ensuring our products feel cohesive, human, and distinctly ours.

What you'll do

Product Design Leadership

• Lead the end-to-end design process—from discovery and research to high-fidelity design, prototyping, and delivery—across both enterprise and consumer experiences.
  

• Partner closely with product management and engineering to define product strategy, goals, and success metrics, ensuring design helps to shape decision-making.
  

• Translate complex technical concepts into simple, human-centered experiences that drive clarity and connection.

Design Systems & Craft

• Evolve the Sanas Design System and UI component library, ensuring consistency, scalability, and efficiency across all platforms and products.
  

• Maintain rigorous design quality standards, creating clear documentation, accessibility guidelines, and hand-off workflows that support engineering excellence.
  

• Drive continuous improvement of our design tools, practices, and workflows.

People & Process

• Mentor and guide designers, providing feedback, fostering growth, and nurturing a culture of creativity, curiosity, and accountability.
  

• Contribute to hiring and onboarding, helping build a high-performing, values-driven design team.
  

• Promote an iterative, test-and-learn mindset across design, product, and engineering partners.

User Insight & Research

• Lead or partner on user research, usability testing, and data analysis to uncover needs, pain points, and opportunities.
  

• Translate qualitative and quantitative insights into design principles and solutions that improve usability and satisfaction.
  

• Advocate for the voice of the user throughout the product lifecycle.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Work closely with PMs, engineers, data scientists, and marketers to align on goals, requirements, and timelines.
  

• Present design strategy and work at multiple levels of the organization—from teammates to executives—with confidence and clarity.

• Partner with marketing and brand teams to ensure product and brand expressions are unified, emotionally resonant, and globally inclusive.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in product design with a strong focus on user-centered, data-informed design for digital products.
  

• 3+ years of experience leading or mentoring designers, ideally within a high-growth tech environment.
  

• An exceptional portfolio showcasing process, systems thinking, and shipped product work that demonstrates usability, craft, and business impact.
  

• Expert proficiency in Figma, including component libraries, prototypes, and design system governance.
  

• Proven ability to conduct or oversee research, synthesize insights, and iterate based on user feedback.
  

• Deep understanding of interaction design, information architecture, accessibility, and responsive design best practices.
  

• Excellent collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to present and defend design decisions clearly to executives and cross-functional partners.

• Ability to leverage AI tools within the design process—from research synthesis and ideation to prototyping and testing—and a willingness to continuously explore new AI capabilities.

Bonus Points

• Experience in voice/speech AI or audio-centric interfaces.

• Skills in motion design, micro-interactions, or prototyping tools that enhance usability and delight. 

• A background in brand or marketing design, with a keen sense of how visual identity scales across product surfaces.