Principal Product Designer

our pitch to youDesign experiences that make a real difference for end users and the planet at a fast growing startup. At Bluebird, you'll empower consumer product developers to make more sustainable products and help decarbonize the consumer products industry. As a core member of the founding team with backgrounds across technology, consumer brands, and sustainability, you'll work alongside the CEO to drive product strategy & evolve the design of our core product to meet demand we're getting from brands. 
We can promise impact, no dull days, flexible time to live the life you want(!), and a team that cares deeply about each other, the climate, and our users. And yes, the standard goodies like generous equity, adventure-compatible health insurance, time-off, etc.
who we areWe're Bluebird Climate, a seed stage climate tech company (and Public Benefit Corporation) that's in business to decarbonize the consumer products industry.
Our product development platform is designed to help consumer brands produce and market desirable products with little-to-no carbon emissions. In other words, we give product developers, ops, and execs superpowers to decarbonize their products, which is driving inbound demand from well-known brands. We're accelerating hiring to meet that demand and are building our founding engineering, product design, and materials research teams. That's why we're excited to talk to you!
Our (small but mighty) team is located across the country and comes together from the intersection of technology, consumer brands, supply chains, and sustainability, with experience from Dropbox, Patagonia, Unilever, Glossier, Flatiron Health, Google, and Spotify.

what you'll do

• Work with the CEO (a former PM) to craft product strategy & roadmaps
• Work heavily with engineering and materials innovation team to design prototypes that evolve our existing core product experience
• Meet regularly with customers to refine our understanding of needs and whether our product meets those needs
• Design assets that increase our awareness in market and communicate our core value props

what we expect you to have (or to learn fast)

• A significant spike on product thinking (experience as a PM is a bonus!)
• Command of both visual design and UX (significant experience in product design required)
• Excellent communication & empathy skills -- you'll be sitting at the center of an extremely diverse team across sustainability & supply chain experts, engineering, customers in consumer brands, etc.
• Flexibility in operating in fast-paced environments with evolving priorities; startup experience is a plus!


• If you're someone that identifies as a woman or an underrepresented minority, we know that this is about the point in reading this post where you'll talk yourself out of applying (especially if you don't check every box above). Put a pin in that thought! We want to hear from you.

perksWe strive to be generous vs. the market with compensation, as we know our people are our most valuable asset. As one of our earliest hires, you'll be compensated with a combination of salary and stock options — both of which are at levels you can expect as a make-or-break member of the team. You'll also have access to:- Generous health insurance option that help you plug into nature (if that's your thing)- Work from anywhere in the US- Flexible time (we're output oriented, not face time oriented!)- Limitless opportunity for impact on the company, users, and climate

diversity, equity, and inclusion at bluebirdBluebird embraces diversity and equal opportunity in a serious way. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We believe that the more inclusive we are, the more impactful and successful our work will be. So, as long as you're a person, we encourage you to come as you are.

a bit about how we work together
communicate with transparency and positive intent. We know that shared context is the foundation for good decisions. We bring others along in our thinking and document our learnings, decisions, and context for those who need time to process or aren't in the room. We actively share opinions and feedback with the intent of strengthening our decisions and those around us. We assume positive intent and see each other as allies in our personal growth.
be human, in and out of work. We're a coalition of climate problem solvers, bringing together a variety disciplines and backgrounds towards a common purpose. This means we have different interest, strengths, and idiosyncrasies. We embrace this by bringing our full selves to work and also recognizing work isn't life. We protect time for family and developing passions so we can be the three-dimensional humans we want to be.
learn fast. We live and die by our ability to learn quickly. We do what it takes to evolve our understanding of reality quickly and avoid getting married to ideas & dogma.
be resourceful. We proactively identify issues and take the initiative to solve the ones that matter most. We are scrappy & creative in our pursuit of delivering value to our customers, and we know when to get something out the door vs. when to focus on building a solid foundation.
approach with humble curiosity. Being right isn't the most important thing. When we think we're right, we're still open to being wrong. When we're wrong, it's not a referendum on personal worth or identity. We actively seek alternate viewpoints and hire for different backgrounds. Brilliant jerks need not apply!
focus on impact & outcomes. We work with urgency because we're in the business of helping combat climate change. Impact, the ultimate outcome of our work, is at the root of all decisions we make. We care about our work output & the outcome of that work, not the hours of face time or effort we put in.