Principal Product Designer

black ai
NZ - auckland
May 7, 2025

Role: Principal Product Designer

Salary guide: $140,000 to $165,000 base + Equity

Please note applicants must be based in Auckland, New Zealand or willing to relocate; however, you will already need the legal right to work permanently in New Zealand.

Location: Auckland (Office First)Hours: Full-time

Summary

Join us at Cotiss, an early-stage tech startup, as a Principal Product Designer and play a crucial role in developing our SaaS products aimed at revolutionizing vendor management for organizations that desperately need it - think telecommunications, utilities, infrastructure, and government.

This role will have a significant influence on our product function and will be a trusted partner to our founding team.

Who We Are

Cotiss is not just another software company. Though we're in our early stages, our mission is bold: to be the world's most used vendor platform for critical industries.

We launched Cotiss because we saw a significant shift in how people buy. The landscape of procurement was beginning to transform, and we recognized the need for critical industries to provide a vendor experience that was ten times better.

Our vision is to help the real world to buy. These are the people that enable us to travel, keep us safe, and connect us to each other. We are dedicated to empowering them to thrive sustainably and modernly. Where these organizations choose to spend their money is how they can make the biggest impact on the world - better water, better roads, better outcomes.

We're backed by some of the best investors in the world including Blackbird Ventures (investor into Canva, SafetyCulture, Culture Amp), 645 Ventures (Order, Fiscal Note), GTM Fund (Vanta, Pocus, Munity), and Icehouse Ventures (Halter, Partley, Tracksuit).

Why Join Cotiss

Based in New Zealand and serving clients across Australia and New Zealand (and soon the United States), Cotiss is growing from our home base in Auckland, NZ. We offer excellent benefits, including an opportunity to own a part of Cotiss as it grows, career growth, team lunches, a duvet day, and a learning & development budget. We're an in-office-first team because we believe great work happens face-to-face, but we trust you to work flexibly when needed. The impact of your work today could be career-defining and change the world for the better.

About the Role

As a Principal Product Designer, you'll be both hands-on and a strategic thought partner in the product team. You'll lead design for high-impact products and elevate product quality across the board.

What you'll do:

Own the end-to-end design process from discovery through delivery across complex product areas.
Bring a human-centered approach to unpacking customer pain and solving through empathy.
Influence product direction with storytelling and a user-centered mindset.
Facilitate collaboration with Product, Engineering, and Marketing to define strategy, vision, and identify new areas of opportunity.
Define and conduct customer research through workshops, focus groups, or interviews.
Make informed decisions with limited information, knowing when to push, pivot, or test ideas.
Create polished, customer-centered, scalable design experiences with attention to detail.
Champion accessibility, usability, and interaction best practices.
Establish and define design systems and processes that scale design excellence.
Lead, mentor, and grow the design team.

What you'll bring:

8+ years of product design experience, with a portfolio demonstrating elegant, thoughtful solutions to complex problems.
Track record of leading product areas or initiatives with measurable impact.
Strong systems thinking and ability to work at both strategic and detailed levels.
Excellent communication skills - comfortable influencing founders and inspiring teams.

Career Progression

At Cotiss, your growth is our priority. As we expand, you'll have opportunities for leadership roles, specialization, or strategic positions. We'll work with you to create a career path aligned with your goals for long-term professional development.

Join us at Cotiss, where your work will transform how organizations manage their vendors and propel us to industry leadership. If this sounds like you! Apply today!

We are committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive workplace - a place where everyone can be themselves and do their best work. Research shows that men tend to apply when they meet 60% of the requirements, while women and underrepresented groups often only apply when they meet all. If you believe you have what it takes but don't meet every requirement, please still get in touch. We'd love to chat and see if you'd be a great fit!

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