Product Designer

Application Deadline: February 6, 2026, 10pm Central Daylight Time Company Background Panda Game Manufacturing is a world renowned tabletop game manufacturer. With a focus on industry-leading component quality and service, we have produced thousands of tabletop games for clients around the world. Panda works with first-time game designers as well as industry titans to create products ranging from small card games to award-winning deluxe board games. Panda was founded in Vancouver, Canada. Our head office is located in Hong Kong, our manufacturing base is in Shenzhen, China, and we have a team working remotely from their home offices in over 20 cities across North America and Europe. Our common bond is our passion to produce (and play) the best quality games in the business! At Panda, we care about the games we make and value the unique perspective each person brings to the table. We believe we are stronger when we incorporate a diverse set of voices from people of all ages, races, ethnicities, religions, gender identities, sexual orientations, and abilities. Applicants from communities underrepresented in the tabletop games industry are encouraged to apply. Position Details Job Location: Remote, with occasional business travel. We will consider candidates located anywhere in the world. Compensation: Competitive salary, plus benefits and bonuses, paid in your local currency. Salary will be dependent on location, experience and qualifications. If you are selected for an interview, we will provide you with a salary range for your location. You may optionally list a desired salary in the application questionnaire. Start date: April 2026 Job Description Panda is currently seeking a full-time, Product Designer with a minimum of 4 years experience to help build the next generation of our web-based platform, which spans our entire company workflow. This is a chance to work on an exciting, complex and ambitious platform that will be used by our internal workforce across multiple regions and our external clients. This is a fully remote position, with occasional travel, and is ideally suited to candidates who enjoy working in a smaller, cross-functional team environment where they can have a big impact on all design decisions, work quickly and iteratively, and can explore opportunities to wear different hats and pursue growth in areas that interest them. Our team and the products we produce are at the core of our company’s success and your work will make a meaningful difference across the entire company. As well, we greatly value work-life balance and you will be joining a happy and tight-knit tech team where we support each other’s professional goals while also taking an interest in everyone’s personal well-being. What You'll Do Plan and conduct UX research, including user interviews, usability testing, and prototype validation with internal and external users Translate research insights into clear, actionable design decisions, represented in user flows, specifications, wireframes and high-fidelity prototypes Produce high-fidelity, pixel-perfect UI designs for new features and product improvements when required Collaborate closely with Engineers and our Director of Technology to define problems, discuss solutions and align on goals Oversee and maintain the evolution of our design system, guidelines and best practices What We Are Looking For Mandatory Requirements A portfolio that showcases strong UX thinking and clean, intuitive interface design 4+ years of experience designing digital products, ideally in B2B product environments Strong generalist background across research, UX, UI, and visual design Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English — able to articulate design rationale clearly to technical and non-technical partners Skilled in Figma and experienced with rapid prototyping tools to communicate ideas clearly and quickly Experience working with distributed, cross-functional teams Comfortable with ambiguity and skilled at creating structure where none exists Experience working with component-based design Ability to travel internationally for at least 1 week per year, including to Canada, the USA, the EU, the UK, Hong Kong, and China. If you have any visa or passport issues that would prevent you from traveling to the locations listed, please let us know as soon as possible. Ability to work up to 2 overlapping hours between 9 AM and 4 PM, Pacific Standard Time. Nice-To-Haves Experience prototyping and designing in-browser (ideally in VueJS) Experience prototyping in Axure Experience designing for SPA web applications Understanding of front-end development constraints and opportunities Understanding of the board game industry, or hobby board games in general What We Offer Remote Work: Flexible working hours and the ability to work from virtually anywhere Games Allowance: We provide a monthly allowance for game purchases. This can be used for any tabletop game, not just games made by Panda Productivity Allowance: We provide a monthly allowance for new computer or mobile device purchases, home office upgrades, or even co-working space memberships. Training Support: You can use your Productivity Allowance for any kind of training, classes or courses related to your job, and when you do, we will match each dollar spent (doubling the value of your Productivity Allowance). Travel Allowance : We provide a bonus for every day you spend traveling for business Health and Wellness Allowance : We provide a monthly allowance for personal health and wellness, such as sporting equipment, yoga classes, massages, gym memberships, mental health care, and more Investment Allowance : We encourage our employees to save money for retirement, and we provide a yearly allowance for retirement savings. Team-based cash bonuses Flexible Vacation Benefits: 10 to 12 Flex Days off per year + 5 days off for Chinese New Year + 12 Flex Fridays + National statutory holidays honored Parental paid time off Fun and dynamic industry: If you are a tabletop gamer, you will definitely appreciate the excitement, friendliness and innovation of our industry In-person Training Camp to kick off your journey with Panda. Active Tabletop Publishers and Tabletop Media Content Creators Panda is happy to hire people with tabletop industry experience, including active game designers who license their designs to publishers. However, Panda does not hire people who own tabletop game publishing companies and who actively publish tabletop games. If you currently own a tabletop game publishing company and actively publish games, you would need to divest yourself of that business or cease publishing games prior to starting work with Panda. Similarly, Panda is happy to hire people who own and create content for the tabletop industry, such as podcasts, youtube channels, blogs, etc. However, Panda does not hire people who receive payments directly from tabletop publishing companies to promote their content. If you currently take money directly from tabletop game publishing companies to promote their content, please let us know in the questionnaire so that we can discuss your particular situation with you. You can contact jobs@pandagm.com with any questions. Application Procedure Please submit your Cover Letter and Resume through our online application system, and answer the questions in the online application. We have a comprehensive selection process that involves three rounds. We believe in long-term partnerships, and our selection process is designed with the intention of ensuring a good fit both ways - so that we can determine if you would be a good fit for the role, and also to give you ample opportunity to learn about Panda, our team, and our culture to ensure that the role is a good fit for you. We look forward to reviewing your application! For more information on Panda Game Manufacturing, please visit www.pandagm.com For questions about this job posting, please email jobs@pandagm.com