Khan Academy: Staff Product Designer, Districts

remote-job.net Job summary: 💶 Salary: 144,267 ⏰ Weekly hours: 40h 🔍 Recommended experience: Senior 🎓 Recommended education: not specified 🏭 Industry: Education / EdTech 📋 Main responsibilities: Lead the design architecture for the Next‑Gen Administrator platform. Create journey maps, wireframes and prototypes to validate solutions. Collaborate cross-functionally with product, engineering, UXR and content. ✅ Key requirements: 10+ years of experience in product design (in-house). Strong skills in information architecture, interaction and visual design. Excellent communication and leadership skills; portfolio required. About the company Khan Academy is a nonprofit organization with the mission to provide a free, world‑class education for anyone, anywhere. The platform offers high-quality learning content and practice materials for Pre-K through 12th grade and early college core subjects, with a focus on math and science. Khan Academy has over 181 million registered learners worldwide and places particular emphasis on historically underserved communities. Headquarters: Mountain View, CA. Remote opportunities exist for applicants in the continental USA, Hawaii, and Canada. Responsibilities Lead the end-to-end design architecture for the Next‑Gen Administrator platform (schools/districts). Create journey maps, system maps, wireframes, flows, mockups, and prototypes for hypothesis testing. Work in a cross-functional team with product management, engineering, content, and partnerships to iterate and develop new experiences. Support and maintain the information architecture across a multi-product ecosystem. Contribute to and evolve the design system; review and ensure consistency of design contributions. Plan and facilitate light research sessions together with UXR and stakeholders. Mentor and coach design colleagues and cross-functional partners; present ideas to align different teams. Requirements At least 10+ years of relevant professional experience in internal product design teams. Strong knowledge of information architecture, ecosystem design, interaction design, prototyping, and visual design. Experience with a systemic design approach and product thinking (design as a system, not just mockups). Strong written and verbal communication skills for technical and non‑technical stakeholders. Proven ability to work in uncertain, fast-paced environments and quickly iterate based on feedback loops. Portfolio is required (applications without a portfolio will not be considered). Benefits Competitive salaries. Generous paid time off and 8 pre-scheduled wellness days per year. Remote-first culture with flexibility according to time zone. Generous parental leave. 401(k) with 4% employer match (for US employees) and comprehensive insurance benefits (medical, dental, vision, life). Work on a meaningful mission with a committed, supportive team. Opportunities to connect through affinity, ally, and social groups.