Senior Product Designer Lead - OpenFn Automation Platform

Overview

Senior UX / UI Designer Lead at OpenFn. This is a highly hands-on leadership role as a solo designer where the successful candidate will drive the design process and execute all design work independently, requiring a clear strategic vision coupled with strong implementation capabilities. Location : Remote. Type : Part-time or Full-time / Freelance. Important : This role is for someone working within European or African Timezones.

About Open Function Group : We are a diverse, global team (22 staff in 11 countries) helping governments and NGOs automate workflows and scale their impact. Our core product, OpenFn, is an open-source automation platform (and recognized Digital Public Good) that streamlines data exchange and repetitive tasks. OpenFn powers mission-critical workflows like hospital record sharing, vaccine supply chain delivery, and emergency crisis response. We are a fully-remote, lean team that uses AI, automation, and cutting-edge technologies to drive efficiency where it matters most.

Responsibilities

• As a Senior UX / UI Designer Lead, build an intelligent automation platform that helps tech teams in governments and NGOs in 40+ countries.
• Be technical and value the importance of developer experience.
• Collaborate between technical and non-technical stakeholders to translate real-world needs into design that delivers value (e.g., generating birth certificates for children in Ghana, analyzing wildlife protection data, optimizing vaccine cold chain).
• Contribute to all interfaces from marketing website to docs page to CLI; act as the design bridge between Services and Product Engineering teams.
• Lead design conversations rather than deliver pixel-perfect handoffs; guide both users and engineers toward feasible, delightful solutions within tight budgets and timelines.
• Translate customer pain points into actionable design solutions built alongside engineers.
• Help finish OpenFn’s evolution by simplifying and improving information architecture and user interfaces.
• Engage in holistic product thinking that encompasses marketing, onboarding, platform interfaces, and developer documentation.
• Collaborate with the Services team to ensure a consistent, user-centric experience across all touchpoints.

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