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Docusign brings agreements to life. More than 1.8 million customers and more than a billion people in over 180 countries use Docusign solutions to accelerate the process of doing business and simplify people’s lives. With intelligent agreement management, Docusign unleashes business-critical data that is trapped inside of documents. Until now, these were disconnected from business systems of record, costing businesses time, money, and opportunity. Using the Docusign AI-native IAM platform, companies can create, commit, and manage agreements with solutions created by the #1 company in e-signature and contract lifecycle management (CLM).
As a Lead Product Designer, you will craft elegant, customer-focused web applications (desktop and mobile) for millions of Docusign users around the globe. They will be end-to-end designs of new features across Docusign's Intelligent Agreement Management platform that uses artificial intelligence to bring agreement management into the 21st century. These features will empower customers to break out of the "Agreement Trap" by transforming agreement data into insights and actions, accelerate contract review cycles, and boost productivity organization-wide.
This position is an individual contributor role reporting to the Senior Manager, Product Design.
Responsibilities
- Define the product direction, own the design, execution, and measure ongoing improvements against short and long-term goals on multiple products or services
- Partner with product management, engineering, user research and content designers to define features that impact product and product direction, with minimal guidance from management
- Design simple solutions for complex workflows including all design deliverables
- Create a cohesive cross-product experience including contributing to a style guide and pattern library
- Identify opportunities where research can inspire, optimize or evaluate the design
- Assist teams to prioritize, execute and ship against multiple deadlines, developing processes as needed
- Manage multiple deliverables for various experiences
- Contribute to a creative and supportive culture for the Experience Design team
Job Designation
Hybrid: Employee divides their time between in-office and remote work. Access to an office location is required. (Frequency: Minimum 2 days per week; may vary by team but will be weekly in-office expectation)
Positions at Docusign are assigned a job designation of either In Office, Hybrid or Remote and are specific to the role/job. Preferred job designations are not guaranteed when changing positions within Docusign. Docusign reserves the right to change a position's job designation depending on business needs and as permitted by local law.
What you bring
Basic
- BA/BS degree or equivalent work experience
- 12+ years of designing consumer, enterprise and mobile user experiences for large-scale web services
- 3+ years experience managing or mentoring junior team members
- Portfolio demonstrating product design strategy, interaction, visual design, prototyping, design rationale, and strong communication and storytelling skills, all inspired by user research
- Demonstrable experience with communication and storytelling skills to articulate design rationale
- Experience with Figma
- Experience with AI prototyping tools
Preferred
- Excellent at communicating up and across organizations, including executive stakeholders
- Creative problem solver and natural communicator who clearly articulates design decisions and tells compelling stories that inspire action
- Desire for data and insight-driven design solutions
- Growth mindset with an ego-free approach to collaboration and continuous learning
- Self-starter who can naturally take lead on designs with minimal direction
- Experience working in a cross-functional, agile product development environment
Wage Transparency
Pay for this position is based on a number of factors including geographic location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.
Based on applicable legislation, the below details pay ranges in the following locations:
California: $186,100.00 - $300,550.00 base salary
This role is also eligible for the following:
- Bonus: Sales personnel are eligible for variable incentive pay dependent on their achievement of pre-established sales goals. Non-Sales roles are eligible for a company bonus plan, which is calculated as a percentage of eligible wages and dependent on company performance.
- Stock: This role is eligible to receive Restricted Stock Units (RSUs).
Global benefits provide options for the following:
- Paid Time Off: earned time off, as well as paid company holidays based on region
- Paid Parental Leave: take up to six months off with your child after birth, adoption or foster care placement
- Full Health Benefits Plans: options for 100% employer paid and minimum employee contribution health plans from day one of employment
- Retirement Plans: select retirement and pension programs with potential for employer contributions
- Learning and Development: options for coaching, online courses and education reimbursements
- Compassionate Care Leave: paid time off following the loss of a loved one and other life-changing events
Life at Docusign
Working here
Docusign is committed to building trust and making the world more agreeable for our employees, customers and the communities in which we live and work. You can count on us to listen, be honest, and try our best to do what’s right, every day. At Docusign, everything is equal.
We each have a responsibility to ensure every team member has an equal opportunity to succeed, to be heard, to exchange ideas openly, to build lasting relationships, and to do the work of their life. Best of all, you will be able to feel deep pride in the work you do, because your contribution helps us make the world better than we found it. And for that, you’ll be loved by us, our customers, and the world in which we live.
Accommodation
Docusign is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities in our job application procedures. If you need such an accommodation, or a religious accommodation, during the application process, please contact us at accommodations@docusign.com.
If you experience any issues, concerns, or technical difficulties during the application process please get in touch with our Talent organization at taops@docusign.com for assistance.
Company Overview
Docusign brings agreements to life. More than 1.8 million customers and more than a billion people in over 180 countries use Docusign solutions to accelerate the process of doing business and simplify people’s lives. With intelligent agreement management, Docusign unleashes business-critical data that is trapped inside of documents. Until now, these were disconnected from business systems of record, costing businesses time, money, and opportunity. Using the Docusign AI-native IAM platform, companies can create, commit, and manage agreements with solutions created by the #1 company in e-signature and contract lifecycle management (CLM).
As a Lead Product Designer, you will craft elegant, customer-focused web applications (desktop and mobile) for millions of Docusign users around the globe. They will be end-to-end designs of new features across Docusign's Intelligent Agreement Management platform that uses artificial intelligence to bring agreement management into the 21st century. These features will empower customers to break out of the "Agreement Trap" by transforming agreement data into insights and actions, accelerate contract review cycles, and boost productivity organization-wide.
This position is an individual contributor role reporting to the Senior Manager, Product Design.
Responsibilities
- Define the product direction, own the design, execution, and measure ongoing improvements against short and long-term goals on multiple products or services
- Partner with product management, engineering, user research and content designers to define features that impact product and product direction, with minimal guidance from management
- Design simple solutions for complex workflows including all design deliverables
- Create a cohesive cross-product experience including contributing to a style guide and pattern library
- Identify opportunities where research can inspire, optimize or evaluate the design
- Assist teams to prioritize, execute and ship against multiple deadlines, developing processes as needed
- Manage multiple deliverables for various experiences
- Contribute to a creative and supportive culture for the Experience Design team
Job Designation
Hybrid: Employee divides their time between in-office and remote work. Access to an office location is required. (Frequency: Minimum 2 days per week; may vary by team but will be weekly in-office expectation)
Positions at Docusign are assigned a job designation of either In Office, Hybrid or Remote and are specific to the role/job. Preferred job designations are not guaranteed when changing positions within Docusign. Docusign reserves the right to change a position's job designation depending on business needs and as permitted by local law.
What you bring
Basic
- BA/BS degree or equivalent work experience
- 12+ years of designing consumer, enterprise and mobile user experiences for large-scale web services
- 3+ years experience managing or mentoring junior team members
- Portfolio demonstrating product design strategy, interaction, visual design, prototyping, design rationale, and strong communication and storytelling skills, all inspired by user research
- Demonstrable experience with communication and storytelling skills to articulate design rationale
- Experience with Figma
- Experience with AI prototyping tools
Preferred
- Excellent at communicating up and across organizations, including executive stakeholders
- Creative problem solver and natural communicator who clearly articulates design decisions and tells compelling stories that inspire action
- Desire for data and insight-driven design solutions
- Growth mindset with an ego-free approach to collaboration and continuous learning
- Self-starter who can naturally take lead on designs with minimal direction
- Experience working in a cross-functional, agile product development environment
Wage Transparency
Pay for this position is based on a number of factors including geographic location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.
Based on applicable legislation, the below details pay ranges in the following locations:
California: $186,100.00 - $300,550.00 base salary
This role is also eligible for the following:
- Bonus: Sales personnel are eligible for variable incentive pay dependent on their achievement of pre-established sales goals. Non-Sales roles are eligible for a company bonus plan, which is calculated as a percentage of eligible wages and dependent on company performance.
- Stock: This role is eligible to receive Restricted Stock Units (RSUs).
Global benefits provide options for the following:
- Paid Time Off: earned time off, as well as paid company holidays based on region
- Paid Parental Leave: take up to six months off with your child after birth, adoption or foster care placement
- Full Health Benefits Plans: options for 100% employer paid and minimum employee contribution health plans from day one of employment
- Retirement Plans: select retirement and pension programs with potential for employer contributions
- Learning and Development: options for coaching, online courses and education reimbursements
- Compassionate Care Leave: paid time off following the loss of a loved one and other life-changing events
Life at Docusign
Working here
Docusign is committed to building trust and making the world more agreeable for our employees, customers and the communities in which we live and work. You can count on us to listen, be honest, and try our best to do what’s right, every day. At Docusign, everything is equal.
We each have a responsibility to ensure every team member has an equal opportunity to succeed, to be heard, to exchange ideas openly, to build lasting relationships, and to do the work of their life. Best of all, you will be able to feel deep pride in the work you do, because your contribution helps us make the world better than we found it. And for that, you’ll be loved by us, our customers, and the world in which we live.
Accommodation
Docusign is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities in our job application procedures. If you need such an accommodation, or a religious accommodation, during the application process, please contact us at accommodations@docusign.com.
If you experience any issues, concerns, or technical difficulties during the application process please get in touch with our Talent organization at taops@docusign.com for assistance.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding Green Card Sponsorship as a Lead Designer
Document your degree's specialty occupation alignment
PERM requires your bachelor's or advanced degree to align with the specific design discipline the role demands. Gather transcripts, course syllabi, and credential evaluations now so your employer's attorney can map your education directly to the job duties.
Target studios with active PERM filing history
Design agencies and in-house creative teams at larger tech and consumer-goods companies file PERM regularly. Search DOL's public disclosure data to identify employers who have sponsored Lead Designer roles specifically, not just general design titles.
Clarify EB-2 versus EB-3 eligibility before accepting an offer
EB-2 applies if the role genuinely requires an advanced degree or equivalent; EB-3 covers bachelor's-level requirements. Confirm which category the employer intends to file under before signing, since EB-2 typically means a shorter priority-date wait for most countries.
Use Migrate Mate to filter employers sponsoring green cards
Searching broadly misses employers who actually sponsor. Migrate Mate filters Lead Designer roles by green card sponsorship history, so your applications land at companies already familiar with the PERM process rather than those encountering it for the first time.
Prepare a portfolio that supports prevailing-wage negotiations
DOL's OFLC Wage Search sets minimum wage levels by job zone and location. A strong portfolio demonstrating senior-level output gives you leverage to negotiate an offer at or above the prevailing wage threshold, which USCIS and DOL both scrutinize during filing.
Ask your employer about concurrent I-485 filing eligibility
If your priority date is current when the I-140 is approved, you can file for adjustment of status simultaneously rather than waiting. Confirm this option during offer negotiations so your employer's attorney structures the timeline to take advantage of it.
Green Card Lead Designer: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Lead Designer role typically qualify for EB-2 or EB-3 sponsorship?
It depends on how the employer defines the minimum requirements. If the position genuinely requires an advanced degree in a design-related discipline, EB-2 applies. Roles requiring only a bachelor's degree fall under EB-3. Employers cannot retroactively inflate requirements to fit a preferred category, so the job description filed with DOL must reflect what the role actually demands.
How does green card sponsorship differ from H-1B sponsorship for Lead Designers?
Green card sponsorship through PERM and I-140 leads to permanent residency with no renewal cycle. H-1B visa status must be renewed every three years and is subject to the annual lottery for new entrants. EB-3 green card sponsorship has no annual cap on petitions, though visa number availability varies by country of birth. The PERM process takes longer upfront, but the outcome is permanent status rather than a temporary work authorization that can expire.
What does the PERM labor certification process look like for a Lead Designer position?
Your employer files a PERM application with DOL certifying that no qualified U.S. worker was available for the role at the prevailing wage. This involves a mandatory recruitment period, including job postings and documented outreach. DOL reviews the application and, once certified, the employer files an I-140 immigrant petition with USCIS. The full PERM-to-I-140 stage commonly takes one to two years depending on DOL processing times and whether an audit is triggered.
How can I find Lead Designer jobs where the employer already sponsors green cards?
Migrate Mate lets you search Lead Designer roles specifically filtered by employment-based green card sponsorship history, so you're targeting employers who have completed PERM filings for similar roles before. This removes the uncertainty of approaching employers who may be unfamiliar with the process or unwilling to cover the legal and filing costs involved.
Can I change jobs after my I-140 is approved without losing my place in line?
Yes, with conditions. Once your I-140 has been approved for at least 180 days and you've filed for adjustment of status, portability under AC21 lets you move to a new employer in the same or a similar occupational classification without losing your priority date. For Lead Designers, the new role needs to match the general creative or design management category your original petition covered.