Product Designer

Assent is the leading solution for supply chain sustainability tailored for the world's top-tier, sustainability-driven manufacturers. Hidden risks riddle supply chains, many of which weren't built with sustainability in mind. That's where we step in. With insights from experts, Assent is the tool manufacturers trust for comprehensive sustainability.

We are proud to announce that Assent has crossed the US$100M ARR milestone, granting us Centaur Status. This accomplishment, reached just 8 years following our Series A, makes us the first and only Certified B Corporation in North America's SaaS sustainability industry to celebrate this milestone.

Our journey from $5 million to US$100M ARR in just eight years has been marked by significant growth and achievements. With our $350 million US funding led by Vista Equity Partners, we're poised for even greater expansion and are on the lookout for outstanding team members to join our mission.

Hybrid Work Model

At Assent, we proudly embrace a remote-first work model, valuing the flexibility and autonomy it provides our team. We also acknowledge the intangible benefits of occasional in-person workdays. For team members situated within 50 kms/31 miles of our five global offices in Ottawa, Eldoret, Penang, Columbus, Pune and Amsterdam, you can expect to come into the office at least one day a week. Similarly, those near our co-working spaces in Nairobi and Toronto are encouraged to work onsite once a month.

As a Product Designer at Assent, you will shape enterprise software experiences that feel as intuitive as consumer products. You will translate strategic briefs from our global teams into validated, high-quality design solutions that drive measurable impact on our corporate goals. Your work will directly influence adoption, usability, and customer success across our platform.

Key Requirements & Responsibilities 

• Deep understanding of Assent

  • Develop a deep understanding of Assent's customers, suppliers, and partners, and how our platform supports their goals.
  • Connect design outcomes to measurable business results such as improved supplier adoption, stronger network participation, and growth in sustainability revenue.
  • Actively contribute to experience maps, UX Health Scores, and design-led metrics that track product quality.

• Research and evaluation

  • Plan and execute usability testing, discovery activities, and feedback loops with customers and suppliers.
  • Collaborate with Product Managers and Lead Designers to document discovery plans, synthesize insights, and communicate findings to cross-functional teams.
  • Advocate for end-users and ensure research evidence informs design and product decisions.

• Collaboration and Mentorship

  • Work closely with Product, Engineering, and other designers across Ottawa, Pune, and remote teams.
  • Share design practices and patterns to raise the quality bar across the design team.
  • Mentor junior designers and contribute to a culture of collaboration and growth.

• Innovation and Continuous Improvement

  • Contribute to Assent's consumer-grade UX ambition by simplifying complex workflows and elevating design quality.
  • Explore new methods such as AI-assisted design, scalable design systems, and OOUX to accelerate delivery and improve consistency.
  • Continuously research and share design best practices to keep the team ahead of industry standards.

• 3–5 years of experience designing enterprise SaaS or complex B2B platforms (senior-level candidates: 6–8 years).
• Strong skills in information architecture, interaction design, and creating high-fidelity prototypes.
• Experience planning and running usability tests, synthesizing insights, and applying research to design.
• Proven ability to simplify complex systems into intuitive, usable workflows.
• Experience collaborating with global, cross-functional teams in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong communication skills, including the ability to present design decisions, provide feedback, and build alignment across teams.
• Familiarity with structured delivery practices (Jira, Figma, localization workflows).
• Openness to learning and applying new frameworks such as OOUX and AI-assisted design.

Life at Assent

Wellness: We believe that you and your family's well being is important. As a result, we offer vacation time that increases with tenure, comprehensive benefits packages (details vary by country), life leave days and more.

Financial Benefits: It's not all about the money – well, it's a little about the money. We understand that financial health is important and we offer a competitive base salary, a corporate bonus program, retirement savings options and more.

Life at Assent: There is purpose beyond your work. We provide our team members with flexible work options, volunteer days and opportunities to get involved in corporate giving initiatives.

Lifelong Learning: At Assent, curiosity is not only valued but encouraged. You will receive professional development days that are available to you the day you start.

At Assent, we are committed to growing and sustaining an environment where our team members feel included, valued, and heard. Our diversity and equal opportunity practices are guided and championed by our Diversity and Inclusion Working Group and our Employee Resource Groups (ERGs).

Our commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion includes recruiting and retaining team members from diverse backgrounds and experiences, and fostering a culture of belonging where all team members are included, treated with dignity and respect, promoted on their merits, and placed in positions to contribute to business success.

If you require assistance or accommodation throughout any part of the interview and selection process, please contact [email protected] and we will be happy to help.