Why This Job is Featured on The SaaS Jobs
This Senior Product Designer role stands out because it sits at the intersection of enterprise SaaS and applied AI, where product experiences often need to make complex capabilities understandable and controllable. Designing for AI driven workflows typically involves higher stakes around trust, transparency, and usability than many conventional B2B interfaces, which makes the design problem meaningfully different from standard feature work.
From a SaaS career perspective, the mandate to own an end to end design process and contribute to scalable patterns signals work that translates well across modern product organizations. Experience balancing research, data, and implementation constraints is especially portable in SaaS, where iteration cycles and cross functional decision making shape outcomes as much as visual craft. Exposure to design systems work also builds leverage for future roles focused on platform consistency and multi product coherence.
This role is best suited to a designer who prefers ambiguous problem spaces and can move between interaction detail and product level tradeoffs without losing rigor. It will likely appeal to professionals who want to deepen fluency in AI concepts while staying grounded in user centered practice, and who are comfortable partnering closely with product and engineering through delivery.
The section above is editorial commentary from The SaaS Jobs, provided to help SaaS professionals understand the role in a broader industry context.
Job Description
Who are we?
Cohere is the leading security-first enterprise AI company. We build cutting-edge foundation AI models and end-to-end products that are designed to solve real-world business problems.
We’re training and deploying frontier models for enterprises who are building AI systems. We believe that our work is instrumental to the widespread adoption of AI and we are looking for folks that want to be part of that.
We obsess over what we build. Each one of us is responsible for contributing to increasing the capabilities of our models and the value they drive for our customers. Cohere is a team of researchers, engineers, designers, and more, who are all passionate about their craft.
We are a global technology company co-headquartered in Toronto and San Francisco, with key offices in London, New York City, Montreal, Seoul, Germany and Paris. Join us!
About the Role
We're looking for a Senior Product Designer to join the North team and help shape the future of enterprise AI. In this role, you will design intuitive experiences for complex AI-driven workflows, working at the intersection of cutting-edge technology and user needs. You'll collaborate closely with product managers, engineers, and cross-functional partners to deliver high-quality experiences that make sophisticated AI capabilities accessible to users across organizations.
As a member of your North product team, you'll own the end-to-end design process and be a key stakeholder in prioritization and strategy decisions. You'll work on experiences that are defining how enterprises leverage AI, and your contributions will directly impact real people in their daily work.
What You'll Do
Own the design process end-to-end for your product area, identifying opportunities to improve user experience and drive product impact
Design intuitive, user-friendly experiences that balance technical complexity with accessibility and ease of use
Collaborate closely with product managers, engineers, and stakeholders throughout the product development lifecycle
Conduct user research to understand needs, validate design decisions, and translate insights into actionable design improvements
Maintain a high craft and quality bar, ensuring every detail contributes to a cohesive and polished experience
Contribute to design systems and patterns that scale across the North platform
Partner with engineering to ensure designs are implemented with fidelity and make pragmatic tradeoffs when needed
You're Likely a Good Fit If You Have
Product Design Experience: You have 4+ years experience designing digital products with a strong portfolio that demonstrates your process, systems thinking, and measurable impact on user outcomes.
AI and Agentic Fluency: You have a strong understanding of AI concepts and agentic systems, including how models reason, use tools, and orchestrate multi-step workflows. You stay current on AI trends and can design interactions that make complex agentic behaviors understandable and controllable for users.
Cross-Functional Partnership: You have a collaborative approach to product development, working closely with Product Managers to identify opportunities, with Engineers to navigate technical constraints and review implementations, and with stakeholders across the organization to align on solutions.
User-Centered Approach: You have a deep commitment to understanding user needs through research, data, and direct engagement. You drive research initiatives, translate findings into design decisions, and stay informed on industry trends that shape the product landscape.
Design Excellence: You have a meticulous attention to craft and detail. You're proficient in Figma, build scalable patterns and systems, and consistently elevate the quality of everything you touch. Bonus points for strong visual design skills in typography, layout, color, and composition.
Communication Skills: Clear, proactive communication that keeps distributed teams aligned. You document decisions, articulate design rationale to diverse audiences, and create shared understanding across geographies and disciplines.
Compensation:
Cohere is committed to fair and transparent pay practices. The salary range listed for this role reflects the expected base compensation. Actual compensation offered will be determined by factors such as location, level, job-related knowledge, skills, education, and experience.
United States
For candidates in New York, California, Washington States, the Compensation Range is : $175,000 – $210,000 [USD]
For Candidates in rest of the states, the Compensation Range is : $140,000 – $165,000 [USD]
Full-Time Employees at Cohere enjoy these Perks:
A weekly lunch stipend of $75/£75 or equivalent in your local currency for lunch.
Full health and dental benefits, including a separate budget for mental health.
RRSP matching, 401K, Pension Scheme.
100% Parental Leave top-up for up to 6 months, for either parent.
Annual enrichment benefits:
Arts & culture, fitness/wellness, quality time, and a workspace improvement credit.
Education & learning stipend for conferences, courses, and coaching.
6 weeks of paid vacation (30 working days!)
Budget for traveling to other offices if you are remote, plus an annual company offsite.
How and Where We Work:
Cohere is remote-friendly. We have offices in Toronto, San Francisco, New York City, London, Paris, Montreal, and more coming soon.
For those in the office: a daily lunch program, plenty of snacks, and regular community and social events.
For those not near an office: a co-working benefit so you can work alongside others in your city.
Everyone receives a $500 home office stipend to set up your workspace properly.
If any of the above doesn’t line up exactly with your experience, we still encourage you to apply.
We strive to create an inclusive work environment for all; we welcome applicants from all backgrounds and are committed to providing equal opportunities. Should you require any accommodations during the recruitment process, please submit an Accommodations Request Form, and we will work together to meet your needs.
We may use AI-enabled tools to screen and assess applicants against the criteria for this position. This helps our recruiters identify potentially qualified candidates, but it doesn't limit the applications our recruiters may review or consider.
