Description
Trailhead is Salesforce’s learning engine, powering how millions of Trailblazers build skills, earn credentials, and prepare for what’s next. As Trailhead evolves toward more agentic, AI-assisted learning experiences, design plays a critical role in making complex systems feel clear, human, and approachable across web, Slack, and mobile. We’re building a new team in Hyderabad to accelerate this work, and this role is a key part of that effort.
We’re looking for a User Interface/User Experience Lead to drive design execution for Slack, web, and native mobile (iOS and Android) within the Trailhead ecosystem.
This is a senior individual contributor role. You’ll be hands-on in Figma, owning design work end-to-end while partnering closely with product managers and engineers. While this role does not manage people, it leads design efforts for the projects and surfaces it owns and represents design in cross-functional settings.
You’ll work independently with a local Hyderabad-based team, while regularly aligning with design partners in the US. This role requires strong judgment, comfort with autonomy, and the ability to confidently explain and defend design decisions.
Responsibilities:
Design Ownership, Systems & Craft
Own end-to-end design for Trailblazer Community Slack and web experiences, Trailhead Slack surfaces, and Trailhead GO mobile apps (iOS and Android), as mobile priorities arise.
Partner with PMs and engineers from discovery through delivery, shaping flows, interactions, and UI details.
Translate complex requirements into clean, simple, and usable experiences that scale across platforms.
Design within and across multiple design systems, including Slack patterns, iOS Human Interface Guidelines, and Android Material Design.
Apply strong design system rigor, ensuring consistency, accessibility, and reuse across surfaces.
Balance platform-native behavior with Trailhead’s broader experience principles.
Deliver high-quality interaction design with clear information hierarchy and thoughtful motion where appropriate.
Maintain a strong bar for accessibility, considering inclusive design principles in all work.
Make final design decisions for the work you own, aligning with partners and resolving most issues directly as part of day-to-day delivery.
Sweat the details while still moving with speed and pragmatism.
Collaboration & Communication
Partner with product, research, and analytics to leverage user research and data insights to inform design decisions and validate solutions.
Represent design in cross-functional meetings, reviews, and ceremonies when needed. Share progress clearly through Figma files, async updates, documentation, and presentations.
Regularly sync with design partners for critique, alignment, and refinement.
Minimum Qualifications:
Experience & Craft
7+ years of experience designing and shipping real products across web and/or mobile.
Proven ownership of end-to-end shipped experiences, not just isolated screens.
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Strong portfolio demonstrating:
Design system application at scale
Thoughtful interaction design
Cross-platform consistency
Native mobile design (iOS and/or Android)
Expert-level proficiency in Figma.
Strong working knowledge of Illustrator and Photoshop.
Comfort creating interactive prototypes to explore and communicate ideas.
Familiarity with lightweight code-based prototyping is a plus (not production work).
Motion design experience (After Effects or similar) is a plus.
Systems, Platforms & Emerging Work
Strong understanding of design systems and how to apply them rigorously.
Experience designing for platform-native environments (Slack, iOS, Android) is a plus.
Familiarity designing for or working within Slack-based environments is a plus.
Ability to learn new systems quickly and apply them thoughtfully.
Explore and communicate ideas using AI-assisted or code-based prototyping tools (e.g., vibe coding, generative tools, or lightweight environments) to accelerate exploration, test interactivity, and demonstrate feasibility.
Contribute to vision work, demos, and forward-looking concepts, especially related to AI-powered learning experiences.
Stay curious about how AI is shaping design workflows and product experiences, and apply those insights where useful.
Ways of Working:
Able to work independently with a high degree of ownership.
Confident presenting work and influencing decisions through clear rationale.
Comfortable navigating ambiguity and moving forward with incomplete information.
Strong written and verbal communication skills, especially in async environments.
Role Expectations:
Expectations for this role include:
Leads projects and surfaces they own, from problem framing through delivery.
Operates independently with minimal day-to-day direction.
Influences decisions within their product areas through strong design judgment.
Partners effectively with PM and engineering peers to drive outcomes.
Maintains a consistently high bar for craft, systems thinking, and execution.
Scope is focused on leading individual projects and surfaces rather than defining org-wide design strategy.
This role does not include people management, but it may grow in scope over time as the Hyderabad team scales.