Staff Product Designer, Games Discovery

📄Description

• •Develop a strong, informed design point-of-view and unify the organization through a cohesive discovery vision, demonstrating strategic thinking and creative excellence across multiple business domains.
• •Identify, define, and drive large-scale discovery initiatives and product features from concept through launch.
• •Be resilient and adaptive to shifting strategies/priorities and helping teams stay focused through change.
• •Shape product objectives by identifying business needs and aligning your team's work with company strategy, accounting for complexities and uncertainties within the gaming and entertainment ecosystem.
• •Own the end-to-end design process — from blue sky exploration to UX specs and quality UI designs — balancing polish with speed and execution.
• •Lead collaboration across disciplines (product, engineering, and design), ensuring seamless communication and facilitating impactful decision-making across cross-functional teams.
• •Mentor and elevate other designers on the team, raising the collective bar for quality, process, and strategic thinking.
• •Partner with insights, data science, and research to build a rigorous, evidence-based design practice — driving experimentation and evolving experiences based on member signals.
• •Contribute to and evolve the design system at a foundational level, ensuring discovery patterns scale across surfaces, locales, and platforms.
• •Proven Staff-Level Experience: 10+ years as a Product Designer (or equivalent), with a portfolio that demonstrates strategic design leadership, systems thinking, and exceptional craft on consumer-facing products at scale.
• •Collaboration Leadership: A track record of operating at the staff/principal level — setting design principles, building trust with cross-team, influencing without authority, co-creating solutions and driving alignment across senior cross-functional partners.
• •Cross-Platform Expertise: Deep experience designing for TV, Web, and/or Mobile platforms, with a sophisticated understanding of cohesive cross-device experiences and their technical constraints.
• •Strategic Problem-Solving: Demonstrated ability to navigate complex, ambiguous discovery and merchandising challenges within large-scale ecosystems — and to bring clarity and structure to undefined problem spaces.
• •Curiosity and Thirst for Growth: exploring/utilizing new tools (including AI), methods, and patterns, and sharing what you learn to improve team practices and member experiences.
• •Communication and Influence: Exceptional storytelling and communication skills, with the ability to build alignment at the executive level and bring diverse stakeholders along on a design journey.
• •Craft Excellence: An exceptionally high bar for visual design, interaction quality, and user-centered thinking — paired with the ability to zoom out to strategy and zoom in to pixel-level detail.
• •Deep familiarity with gaming, entertainment, or media merchandising design — and a genuine passion for games.
• •Experience building or significantly evolving design systems at scale, with a strong understanding of the downstream impact on workflow, localization, and accessibility.
• •Experience designing for TV-specific interaction patterns (remote control navigation, focus management, 10-foot UI, etc.).
• •Technical skills: Figma experience and working with established design systems. Experience with A/B testing and using data to inform design decisions is also advantageous.
• •A history of mentoring senior designers and contributing to team culture, process, and craft standards.
• •Comfort operating in a highly autonomous environment, driving work forward with minimal direction.
• •Empowered to Lead: You'll have the scope and autonomy to shape the future of games discovery at Netflix — not just execute on it.
• •Collaborative Culture: Work alongside world-class designers, product leaders, and engineers on problems that matter, with the trust and freedom to drive meaningful impact.
• •Top-Tier Benefits: Enjoy top-of-market compensation, flexible time off, and remote work options, balanced with opportunities for in-person collaboration.
• •Growth and Investment: We offer meaningful financial support for further education and professional development, in an inclusive environment where your leadership is valued and your work has real reach.