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# Staff Product Designer at Planera

- **Company:** Planera
- **Location:** Canada
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2026-02-19
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-10
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/planera/5e21829d-0bc6-4f44-b388-2470a65b4db0/application

**Skills:** Mobile App Design, Interaction Design, Product Design, User Research, Design Systems, iOS, Android, Cross-platform development, Construction industry knowledge, Logistics industry knowledge, Scheduling domain knowledge

> Define and deliver Planera’s mobile app experience by owning end-to-end design from discovery to launch. Partner with product and engineering teams to translate complex construction scheduling workflows into intuitive, high-quality mobile interactions while advocating for user needs and design system excellence.

## Job description

Join our growing Design Team We’re a fast-growing Series A Construction Scheduling Startup that’s transforming one of the world’s largest industries—and we’re on fire. We are shipping products that redefine how General Contractors and teams collaborate to build world-class construction schedules. This is a rare chance to set the design vision at a company scaling fast, with the resources of a funded startup and the energy of a rocket ship. We’re looking for a Staff Product Designer with a strong focus on mobile app design to help define and deliver Planera’s mobile experience. This is a senior individual contributor role for a designer who can own complex problem spaces, drive high-impact initiatives, and elevate how mobile design shows up as new product experiences. You’ll work closely with product, engineering, and leadership to translate real-world construction scheduling workflows into intuitive, high-quality mobile experiences used daily in the field. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in ambiguity, sweats interaction details, and still thinks at a systems and product strategy level. If you’re driven to create elegant, product experiences that make real-world impact—and you want to leave your fingerprints on the future of construction—this is your stage. 🚀

Key Responsibilities:

- Own the end-to-end design of Planera’s mobile app experiences, from discovery and concepting through detailed interaction design and launch.
- Lead complex, ambiguous problem spaces by framing opportunities, running discovery, and turning fuzzy inputs into clear, actionable design direction.
- Partner closely with product managers and engineers to shape mobile roadmap priorities, tradeoffs, and execution.
- Advocate for mobile users—especially field-based workflows—by grounding design decisions in user research, customer feedback, and usage insights.
- Drive excellence in mobile interaction design, usability, accessibility, and performance-aware UX.
- Contribute to product strategy by connecting mobile user needs with broader platform goals and business outcomes.
- Influence and evolve the design system, ensuring mobile patterns, components, and motion are scalable, consistent, and high quality.
- Facilitate design critiques, working sessions, and cross-functional reviews to align teams and raise the quality bar.
- Mentor and support other designers through feedback, collaboration, and example—without formal people management responsibilities.
- Continuously improve design processes to balance speed, quality, and clarity in a fast-moving environment.

Qualifications:

- 7+ years of product design experience, with significant ownership of mobile apps (iOS, Android, or cross-platform).
- A portfolio demonstrating end-to-end product ownership, strong interaction design, and thoughtful solutions to complex, real-world problems.
- Experience operating at a senior-level scope: owning large initiatives, influencing direction, and working independently on multi-quarter efforts.
- Deep understanding of mobile UX patterns, platform conventions, and designing for constrained, on-the-go environments.
- Strong systems thinking—able to balance craft, consistency, and scalability across features and surfaces.
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to influence product and engineering partners through clear rationale and storytelling.
- Comfort working in ambiguity and proactively setting direction rather than waiting for detailed requirements.
- Experience contributing to or scaling a design system, especially for mobile.
- Expertise with workflow-heavy, operational, or B2B products (construction, logistics, scheduling, or similar is a plus).

Why Join Us:

- Impact: Be at the forefront of transforming a $12.1 trillion industry. Make a meaningful impact on how the world builds.
- Culture: Join a smart, spirited team dedicated to innovation and excellence.
- Growth: Opportunity for professional growth and career advancement in a fast-paced start-up environment.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, stock options, benefits package, and a dynamic work environment.

## About Planera

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Planera provides a modern, cloud-native construction scheduling platform that replaces legacy tools like Primavera P6 and Microsoft Project with an AI-powered CPM scheduler.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series A-II; total funding $26.9M)
- **Headquarters**: San Ramon, California, United States
- **Founded**: 2021
- **Founders**: Erik Swenson (CEO), Saif Lodhi (CTO), Scotland Foss (Product Strategy), Travis Ortiz (Head of CS)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Construction technology (ConTech)
- **Target customers**: General contractors, specialty contractors, and owners (B2B, Enterprise, mid-market to ENR 100 firms)
- **Mission**: “Improving construction outcomes and safety through accessible planning.”

## Products & Services
- **Planera Platform (Core CPM Scheduler)**: A full Critical Path Method scheduling engine with all relationship types, lag/lead, constraints, critical path and float analysis. Cloud-native with a drag-and-drop digital whiteboard interface.
- **AI Assistant “Manny”**: An intelligent scheduling assistant that answers questions, runs what-if scenarios, and proactively surfaces risk using AI.
- **Monte Carlo Simulation & DCMA 14-Point Checks**: Built-in schedule quality analysis and risk modeling against industry standards.
- **Field Schedules**: Connect task-level field schedules to the master project plan, keeping office and field aligned.
- **Preconstruction Planning**: Seamless planning and scheduling for the preconstruction phase.
- **Enterprise Portfolio Visibility**: Real-time, cross-project dashboards for leadership.
- **Integrations**: Native integrations with Procore and Autodesk; file import/export compatibility with Primavera P6 and Microsoft Project.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation**: Not publicly disclosed
- **Key Metrics**:
  - **Total Funding**: $26.9M (last round: $8M Series A-II, ~8 months ago per CB Insights)
  - **Annual Revenue**: $4.3M (LinkedIn estimate)
  - **Headcount**: 54 employees (+71.8% YoY)
- **Notable Investors**: Sorenson Capital, Brick & Mortar Ventures, Sierra Ventures, Zachry Construction, Prudence (and 5+ others)
- **Key Customers**: Balfour Beatty, HITT Contracting, Swinerton, Hensel Phelps, Big-D Construction, Zachry, and many other ENR 100 general contractors.
- **Growth Signals**: Over 50 million scheduling days planned on the platform; SOC 2 Type 2 certified; significant headcount growth; expanding into data center and infrastructure verticals.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Full CPM depth, modern UX**: Offers the scheduling power of Primavera P6 without the desktop-only, steep learning curve—delivered in a collaborative, cloud-native interface.
- **AI-first approach**: Built-in AI (Manny) for risk analysis, scenario simulation, and schedule quality checks (DCMA 14-point).
- **Seamless interoperability**: Native integrations with Procore and Autodesk, plus file compatibility with P6 and MS Project, lower switching costs for contractors.
- **Domain expertise**: Dedicated onboarding team with deep construction experience, not just software generalists.
- **Security**: SOC 2 Type 2 certified with enterprise-grade SSO and role-based access.

## Strategic Focus
- **Replace legacy scheduling tools**: Actively targeting contractors stuck on P6 or MS Project by offering a modern alternative that still meets contract file-format requirements.
- **AI leadership**: Continued development of the AI assistant (“Manny”) to automate schedule analysis and generate real-time insights.
- **Vertical expansion**: Deepening presence in data centers, infrastructure, and large-scale commercial projects.
- **Enterprise scaling**: Growing from mid-market to top-tier ENR 100 firms with portfolio-level visibility tools.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture & team**: “Dedicated to your success” – hands-on, construction-savvy support and implementation teams. The founding team combines construction scheduling expertise with modern software engineering.
- **Growth trajectory**: 71.8% YoY headcount growth signals a fast-scaling company with expanding opportunities.
- **Engineering culture**: Building a cloud-native, AI-powered platform from the ground up – opportunity to work on challenging problems in scheduling, real-time collaboration, and machine learning.
- **Remote/Hybrid**: Based in San Ramon, CA; hybrid likely (details not publicly specified).
- **Notable perks**: Modern tech stack, meaningful impact on a historically under-served industry, SOC 2-certified secure environment.

## Sources
1. [planera.io](https://www.planera.io/)
2. [planera.io/about-us](https://www.planera.io/about-us)
3. [linkedin.com – Planera Inc](https://www.linkedin.com/company/planera-inc)
4. [cbinsights.com – Planera](https://www.cbinsights.com/company/planera)

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