Product Designer II, Partnerships & Embedded Insurance

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The Opportunity

The UX team at Root Insurance is a collaborative, high-impact group on a mission to redefine insurance by designing products and experiences our customers love. Root’s broader mission is to unbreak insurance through data and technology to improve the lives of our customers. We believe in that mission deeply—and we take it seriously.

Here are three things we think you should know about this role and our team:

Culture

We’re a small, young team working together to build something great. A core part of our vision is to create a culture and workplace that’s unique—somewhere people actually enjoy showing up to. We aim to do this by hiring people who love their craft and are passionate about what they do. We also look for people who are kind, humble, and willing to be real with each other. If that sounds like your kind of place, we’d love to meet you!

How we view product design

We believe product designers should be part researcher, part psychologist, and part product manager. Great designers could make great PMs—but we just love our craft too much to make the switch. To us, that means taking high levels of co-ownership over product vision and strategy, and feeling true accountability for building effective, robust product roadmaps—and helping ensure they’re delivered well.

What You Should Expect in This Role

This role is focused on building the future of Partnerships and Embedded Insurance—an emerging space that’s a strategic priority for Root. From integrating with car manufacturers to powering dealer experiences, we’re reimagining how and where people discover and purchase insurance. You’ll help us design experiences that feel native, trustworthy, and valuable—meeting customers where they are, often outside our core product. You’ll play a key role in understanding the needs of our partners and their customers, shaping solutions that work across complex systems, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to bring them to life. This is a fast-moving, ambiguous space with high visibility and impact—so we’re looking for someone who’s excited to tackle new challenges, contribute to a strong design culture, and help define how we build in this evolving domain.

Insurance isn’t an industry known for great design or beloved products—and we’re passionate about changing that. That said, we don’t have it all figured out yet. In this role, you’ll need to be comfortable working in a fast-paced, often ambiguous environment. While we’re committed to building the systems and structures that enable great, focused work, we know there’s still work to do.

If any or all of this excites you, we’d love to meet you.

Root is a "work where it works best" company. While we have an HQ office in Columbus, OH, where we meet a few times a year, we support working from any location in the U.S.

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Salary Range: $110,000 - $137,000 (Bonus & LTI Eligible)

How You Will Make an Impact

• Conduct research to build a strong understanding of the partner and customer needs, and contribute insights to inform strategy in your domain.

• Collaborate closely with Business Development and Product to explore new opportunities and help shape early concepts and experiences for new partners.

• Define user journeys and personas to clarify customer needs and communicate them clearly across the team.

• Support design leadership in facilitating design thinking workshops that align cross-functional teams around partner goals and user value.

• Occasionally travel to business development and client on-sites to build relationships and represent the voice of the customer in early-stage partnership discussions.

What You Will Need to Succeed

• 2-3+ years of product design experience with a proven track record of delivering high-quality, user-centered solutions

• A collaborative, relationship-driven mindset

• Strong written and verbal communication skills to clearly explain and document how you arrive at your solutions

• Ability to speak the language of product and business to effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams

• A systematic approach to design using design thinking frameworks and first