Lanai is building the Enterprise AI Navigation System to solve one of today's most critical challenges: Enterprises can't see, protect, or scale their AI usage. Unlike traditional tools that rely on static APIs or manual configurations, our AI Empowerment Platform dynamically discovers every human-AI interaction, protects sensitive data, and transforms scattered experiments into systematic success.
As the most intuitive solution for safely accelerating AI at work, we're transforming how large and scaling enterprises build, sell, serve, and grow for generations to come. Unlike tools that merely police AI use, Lanai's platform provides organizations with a first-of-its-kind solution for:
Enabling GenAI fluency
Illuminating use cases and insights
Safeguarding GenAI use
Revealing true business value
At Lanai, we're not just building software; we're crafting a culture of excellence and innovation. Our values shape our work:
Curiosity: We continuously learn, question, and share knowledge.
Community: We embrace diversity and unite in purpose.
Commitment: We maintain high standards and follow through on our promises.
Clarity: We communicate openly and make decisions efficiently.
At Lanai, we are passionate builders, relentless customer champions, and lifelong learners who believe we do our best work when we have a team that represents the diversity of the customers we serve and everyone feels welcome, safe, valued and championed. We are harnessing the power of state-of-the-art AI tools to build our platform, and we are committed to taming the complexity needed to help others benefit from all that these tools have to offer.
We're a tight-knit group of curious engineers who love to solve complex problems with solutions that make a real difference for our users. We’re leveraging the most modern development tools and practices to ensure a productive and fun environment where everyone is inspired to do their best work. We don't just build 'good enough' – we obsess over the details that create genuinely delightful experiences. We’re building a thoughtful environment where curiosity thrives and bringing your authentic selves to everything is a given.
With significant funding from enterprise tech investors like Juxtapose , Lux Capital , F7 , and BAG Ventures and a very early prototype that large enterprises are co-creating, we’re looking for our Founding Design Lead to collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including CEO, CPO (Hiring Manager), Engineering, as well as customers (F1000 employers and employees) to ensure design plays a central role in achieving business objectives and delivering customer value. Design is a critical part of our ability to win and you will be our founding, strategic design leader who drives the vision, strategy, and execution of exceptional user experience for employees and technical buyers at large enterprises.
What our partners - F2000 CIOs, CDAIOs, CISOs - reactions to Lanai’s current demo is:
Lanai is a relief valve. Today: we are using hopes and prayers for observability and security. We are giving loose high level guidance (we’re in a quiet period - no one should use LLM to do anything financial); they did and we found out too late. Lanai gives us observability, control, and audit functions.
Lanai is a great enabler. We want employees to use generative AI, but we’re afraid that employees will use it in the wrong way and there are no good, easy AI tools to help us figure out: How are people using it today? If they are asking common questions, can we train on that? If they’re making a common mistake, can we give them a gentle nudge in the right direction?
Lanai offers a software solution instead of high level training, certification and awareness building efforts to ensure people get access to GenAI and LLMs in a cost-effective, safe, and efficient manner. The platform helps companies manage the usage and costs associated with these technologies, while providing guardrails to ensure compliance and trust
As the Founding Design Lead, you will be a core part of the founding team. You’ll have the opportunity to shape the product’s design language, systems, and user experience from scratch. This is a role for a highly entrepreneurial designer who can balance creativity with practical execution and thrives in dynamic, startup environments.
Autonomously lead the entire UX design process autonomously from concept to execution, crafting intuitive, visually compelling user and enterprise experiences
Collaborate closely with the founding team to translate Lanai’s aspirations to be a trusted partner to employers and employees in F1000 companies in all things Generative AI
Bring a 0-1 mindset, spearheading the creation of a product from its earliest stage, with the ability to quickly iterate with customers and improve based on feedback.
Develop and implement design systems that are scalable and adaptable to future product evolution.
Be a thought leader in UX best practices, incorporating AI and B2B experience where relevant to create a cutting-edge and intuitive user experience
8+ years of experience in UX/UI design skills across various platforms and products
Proven experience with 0-1 startup as well as in bigger enterprise tech products having built B2B and B2C products from the ground up and solid inclination towards GenAI/ML
Robust portfolio of work that demonstrates expertise owning the entire design lifecycle: user research, product design, user interaction, customer iteration
Comfort with ambiguity, experimentation, and rapid iteration and entrepreneurial spirit with deep desire to make a significant impact in dynamic startup environment
Solid communication skills and leadership skills, to articulate design concepts and strategies to cross-functional teams, customers and early career designers
Curiosity & Empathy: A strong sense of curiosity, empathy, and the ability to create intuitive user experiences that resonate with users
Bachelor's degree in design, Human Computer Interaction or a related field
Founding equity options
Health, dental, and vision insurance
401(k)
Unlimited PTO
Your choice of tech!
Commuter benefits
Team building events
Lanai is based in Palo Alto, where our team of enterprise leaders from Google, Meta, VMware, and Splunk is building the navigation system for the AI era. Backed by Juxtapose, Lux Capital, F7 Ventures, and BAG, we're seeing unprecedented demand from Fortune 1000 design partners who recognize the critical need for AI navigation.
We're committed to providing equal treatment and opportunity to all applicants throughout the hiring process and their tenure at Lanai. We don't discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, age, disability, veteran or military status, or any other legally protected status.
Note: Research shows that men often apply for jobs when they meet only about 60% of the qualifications, while women and other marginalized groups tend to hesitate unless they meet all criteria. If you don't match 100% of the job qualifications but believe you'd be a great fit, we strongly encourage you to apply!
$200K – $250K • Offers Equity
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