About Planet DDS 

We’re on a mission to fix dental software - and we’re not playing small. Our platform replaces clunky, outdated systems with modern, cloud-based, AI-powered technology built to actually work at scale. From practice management to imaging to revenue cycle automation, we’re tearing down the old infrastructure and rebuilding the future of dentistry. Planet DDS is the fastest-growing provider of dental practice management solutions and the #1 cloud platform for DSOs and multi-location groups.

Here, you won’t just join a team - you’ll join a movement. We want bold thinkers who are ambitious enough to push limits, empathetic enough to work as one, and accountable enough to own big outcomes. Trust is our currency, collaboration is our edge, and impact is our fuel. If you’re ready to grow fast, challenge the status quo, and help reinvent an entire industry, Planet DDS is where you belong.

To learn more, visit: Planet DDS. 

Overview

The Senior Product Designer is a highly independent, experienced individual contributor who owns complex design problems end to end and drives high-impact outcomes across our SaaS product portfolio (including Denticon, Cloud9, and Apteryx). This role goes beyond feature execution—Senior Product Designers translate customer and market insights into cohesive, scalable product experiences, while balancing usability, technical feasibility, and business priorities.

You will work closely with Product Management, Engineering, and cross-functional partners to shape product direction, influence roadmap decisions, and deliver intuitive, elegant workflows used daily by thousands of dental professionals. You may mentor junior designers and serve as a design leader within your product area, helping raise the bar for craft, systems thinking, and customer-centered decision-making.

*Ability to work in our Irvine, CA office preferred.

Job Duties

• Own design for complex features or product modules from discovery through delivery, including interaction models, workflows, and visual execution. 

• Translate customer research, data, and business goals into thoughtful, user-centered design solutions. 

• Partner deeply with Product Managers and Engineers to define problems, explore solutions, and make informed trade-offs across design, technical, and business constraints. 

• Lead and contribute to user research activities, usability testing, and synthesis; apply insights to improve adoption, satisfaction, and consistency. 

• Create high-fidelity designs and prototypes in Figma, leveraging and contributing to our design system to ensure quality and scalability. 

• Present design concepts and rationale to stakeholders, clearly articulating the “why” and building alignment across teams. 

• Mentor and support junior designers through feedback, critique, and guidance on process and craft. 

• Contribute to the evolution of design standards, patterns, and best practices across the product organization. 

Skills and Qualifications

• 5–7+ years of product design experience, ideally in SaaS, B2B, or complex software environments. 

• Demonstrated ability to independently drive moderately to highly complex design initiatives with ambiguous requirements. 

• Strong portfolio showcasing end-to-end design thinking, systems-level problem solving, and high-quality execution. 

• Deep understanding of UX patterns, accessibility standards, responsive design, and interaction design principles. 

• Proven experience collaborating with cross-functional partners and navigating trade-offs to deliver customer and business value. 

• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to clearly explain design decisions to designers, engineers, product leaders, and executives. 

• Comfort operating in fast-paced, agile environments with evolving priorities. 

• Ability to connect design decisions to measurable business outcomes such as adoption, usability, efficiency, and customer satisfaction. 

Benefits:

• Medical, dental and vision insurance 
• Health Savings Account
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Telehealth
• 401(k) and 401(k) match
• Life and AD&D insurance
• Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
• FTO or Vacation
• Sick Time
• Employee Well-Being program
• 11 paid holidays
• Volunteer Time Off
• Employee Referral program
• Additional perk and voluntary benefit programs

Salary is based on a number of factors and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.  This position is also eligible for variable pay as part of the total compensation package.

PLANET DDS CORE IDEOLOGY:

To encourage measurable progress toward our vision and make the best decisions on behalf of employees and customers, we adopted a set of common values:

• Collaborative – Working independently and across teams, we create scalable solutions to enable company growth
• Empathetic – We are educated on the experience of our customers and feel vested in their success
• Accountable – We feel ownership for the quality of our work and take pride in the positive outcomes
• Trustworthy – We operate with integrity and honest, making promises we know that we can keep
• Ambitious – We are driven by our ability to make a long-term, positive impact on the lives of dental market leaders

Planet DDS is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.