Our client is a venture-backed fintech with a mission to give employees instant access to their earned wages, which solves a major problem for real people, while killing predatory financial products like payday loans. It is the fastest-growing startup in the category and was incubated by QED Capital, a top fintech venture fund.
The company’s app provides earned wage access for employees at mid- to large-sized organizations to improve their financial wellness and to increase employee engagement and productivity.
With many workers living paycheck to paycheck, financial wellness tools are an important part of any employee benefits package. The company gives employees access to the money that they have already earned whenever they need or want it, without needing to wait for the month-end paycheck. The service is mobile app-based, very easy and intuitive to use. There’s a small transaction fee and no interest to pay - a much healthier solution than payday loans or bank overdrafts with their exorbitant charges.
The company’s ultimate mission is to help people attain financial freedom, which starts with giving people full control over their income.
ABOUT THE ROLE:
We’re looking for a Head of Design to help build the future of fintech. You will be the cornerstone of a new team that develops features for our client's application, from proposing initial concepts to ensuring we deliver world-class products. In short, you’ll be responsible for making the products that millions of people use every day. You will be expected to contribute to all aspects of product design and execution, including pitching the product, designing the product (visual design, interaction design, and prototyping), leading the team, and communicating the product to the necessary audiences within the company.
The ideal candidate will embrace the team’s global culture, which is rooted in Shokunin - the Japanese philosophy of giving your very best for the general welfare of people. The company’s other core values are radical transparency and zero ego.
SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES:
● Be a leader - Our client is a design-led company and as the Head of the US Design Team you will be expected to lead projects and teams
● Build a rockstar team that designs beautiful, simple, innovative, and intuitive experiences and flows
● Regularly give and receive feedback on designs and strategic product decisions
● Identify the needs of the client's users and improve on existing features
● Help define the short and long-term roadmap across product areas
● Conceive of innovative new features and drive those concepts to reality directly with Product, Engineering, and Business leaders
● Contribute to high-level strategic decisions with the rest of the product and executive team
WORK EXPERIENCE AND REQUIREMENTS:
● 10+ years experience designing and shipping mobile applications
● A portfolio showcasing your work and strong mobile design skills
● Demonstrated ability to think strategically about a product and its positioning in a marketplace
● Proficiency in Figma, Sketch, Illustrator, or other design tools
● Excellent communication and presentation skills. You’ll be expected to clearly communicate design decisions to leadership, the rest of the team, and to engineers
● Strong leadership skills
● Strong visual design skills and passion for interaction design
● A creative thinker who has lots of ideas and sees solutions when most would not
● Ability to prototype interactive mobile experiences
● Ability to think at a high level about product strategy
● Capable of acting as a Product Manager when needed
● Self-motivated attitude with the ability to work in a fast-paced, sometimes ambiguous work environment
● Passionate about changing lives, one feature at a time