Product Design Manager, Payments/Capital Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Lightspeed; Toronto; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the financial sector is seeking a Product Design Manager to lead a team in delivering exceptional payment solutions. With a focus on user-centric design and emerging technologies, this role requires strong leadership skills and a foundation in design. The position offers professional growth opportunities and a modern tech stack in a diverse environment.

Benefits

Flexible paid time off policy

Health Insurance

Health and wellness benefit of $500 per year

Mental health online platform and counselling services

Qualifications

• 4+ years in a people management role on a Design team.
• Applied experience in the financial services sector and payment UX.
• Experience with Agile design sprint methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Translate complex business objectives into actionable solutions.
• Develop and communicate holistic design strategies.
• Provide mentorship and oversee project delivery.

Skills

Problem Solving

User-Centricity

Systems Thinking

Mentorship

Excellent Communication

Education

Bachelor of Design

Visual Arts

Architecture

Industrial Design

Communication

Tools

Figma

Google Suite

Miro

Jira

Job description

Are you actively looking for a new opportunity? Or just checking the market? Well… you might just be in the right place!

We’re looking for a Product Design Manager, Payments/Capital to join our Financial Services team. The Product Design Manager is responsible for leading a team to deliver high-impact outcomes on complex projects; focusing on team performance, driving execution, improving processes, mentoring team members and partnering with leadership to shape key initiatives.

The Financial Services team helps shape seamless, world-class experiences across Payments and Capital products. Success in this role means designing experiences that are: Integrated – Payments feel native across every surface and workflow; Invisible – Friction is eliminated; we get out of the user’s way; Instant – Funds are fast, accessible, and clearly accounted for.

What you’ll be doing?:

• Problem Solving: Translates complex business objectives into clear, actionable solutions—often identifying problems before they surface. Brings strategic thinking to both execution and problem framing, guiding teams to solve abstract challenges end-to-end. Proactively explores and integrates AI and emerging technologies to shape new approaches.
• Driving User-Centricity: Develops and communicates holistic design strategies grounded in both quantitative and qualitative insights. Partners closely with product managers to lead problem definition and ensure user needs remain central throughout the product development process.
• Embedding Systems Thinking: Demonstrates deep expertise in design system principles. AI integration and a strong grasp of industry standards. Leads teams in defining foundational components, evolving the design system, and ensuring it scales with quality and consistency across products.
• Coaching and Management: Provides mentorship and clear growth paths for each team member while fostering a high-performing, motivated team culture. Oversees project delivery, manages team workload and backlogs, and establishes processes that drive efficiency. Builds strong cross-functional relationships and holds a high bar for quality, accountability, and shared success.

You may be asked to contribute as part of the wider Lightspeed team to achieve organizational objectives even if this means doing things that aren’t strictly within the scope of your role!

What you need to bring?:

• 4+ years of industry experience in a people management role on a Design team, experience in matrix organizations a plus.
• Foundational design-related education (Bachelor of Design, or Visual Arts, or Architecture, or Industrial Design, or Communication)
• An acute self-awareness and deep empathy - for both the customer and your team’s goals.
• A tenured, evolutionary perspective on technology, product, and design practices
• Applied experience within the financial services sector, payment UX - with strong service design foundations and a mindset of optimizing your design process for efficacy.
• An appetite (and the skill) for working across all digital and physical manifestations of what we design.
• A passion for mentoring executives, product managers, and engineers to deliver user-centered solutions.
• Excellent communication and data visualization skills. You can bring internal stakeholders on your design journey and support your decisions with focus and brevity.
• A deep curiosity and ability to consider product strategy and vision. You don’t just care about “how it looks,” or “what we should design,” but “why are we designing this at all?”
• Experience with Agile design sprint methodologies, tools, and processes as well as with the Jira platform
• Fluency with product, design, and prototyping tools such as Figma, Google Suite, Miro

What's in it for you?:

• Join a fast-paced, high-growth company.
• Surround yourself with strong talent and enjoy continuous professional growth.
• Develop in a modern and proven technology stack.
• Great benefits and perks, including equity and flexible/hybrid remote work options, in a diverse and inclusive environment.
• Development of very high traffic products, used at the global scale.
• Opportunities to learn and expand your skill set
• Become a valued part of the diverse and inclusive Lightspeed family.

… and enjoy a range of benefits that’ll keep you happy, healthy and (not) hungry:

• Lightspeed equity scheme (we are all owners)
• Flexible paid time off policy
• Health Insurance
• Health and wellness benefit of $500 per year
• Paid leave and assistance for new parents
• Mental health online platform and counselling & coaching services

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Lightspeed is a proud equal opportunity employer and we are committed tocreating an inclusive and barrier-free workplace. Lightspeed welcomes andencourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations areavailable on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of theselection process.

Where to from here?
Obviously, this has to be mutually beneficial: we want you to step into a role you love, and we want to offer you a place you’re proud to come to every day. For a glimpse into our world check out our career page here .

Lightspeed is building communities through commerce, and we need people from all backgrounds and lived experiences to do that. We were founded in 2005, in Montreal’s gay village and our original members were all part of the LGBTQ+ community. The ethos of our business has been about inclusion from the very beginning, and we strive to provide a workplace where everyone belongs.

Who we are:
Powering the businesses that are the backbone of the global economy, Lightspeed's one-stop commerce platform helps merchants innovate to simplify, scale, and provide exceptional customer experiences. Our cloud commerce solution transforms and unifies online and physical operations, multichannel sales, expansion to new locations, global payments, financial solutions, and connection to supplier networks.

Founded in Montréal, Canada in 2005, Lightspeed is dual-listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: LSPD) and Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: LSPD). With teams across North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific, the company serves retail, hospitality, and golf businesses in over 100 countries.