Forward Deployed Product Designer

<p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal">Scale is hiring a Senior/Staff Product Designer to lead product design for Scale's Public Sector business unit.</p> <p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal">The mission of Scale's Public Sector team is to bring AI-powered decision support directly to government and defense customers - deploying trusted, mission-critical tools in the field, not just building internal software. This role will own the end-to-end design of one of our core mission workflows:&nbsp;planning (synthesizing information for senior decision-makers), operations (surfacing high-signal alerts from complex data streams), or analytical (research and reporting tools) - partnering with product from day one to shape ambiguous, high-stakes problems into deployable customer-facing experiences.</p> <p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal">This is a forward-deployed role: you'll work directly and regularly on-site with government and defense customers, representing design in the room and building the trust needed to get stakeholder buy-in without a manager present.</p> <p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal"><strong>Responsibilities</strong></p> <ul class="[li_&amp;]:mb-0 [li_&amp;]:mt-1 [li_&amp;]:gap-1 [&amp;:not(:last-child)_ul]:pb-1 [&amp;:not(:last-child)_ol]:pb-1 list-disc flex flex-col gap-1 pl-8 mb-3 print:block print:space-y-1"> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Own end-to-end design - from ambiguous, undefined requirements through wireframes, high-fidelity mockups, and interactive prototypes - for a customer-facing government/defense product experience.</li> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Partner directly with Product as a peer from the earliest stages of a project, not just at handoff.</li> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Work forwa