Head of Product Design — Fintech Strategy & Design Systems

tilthq; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Home-office reimbursement

Generous equity

Flexible health plans with subsidies

Global onsite gathering

Job summary

tilthq is seeking a Head of Product Design to lead a team of six product designers and one researcher, embedded across multiple pods. You will own design vision, craft standards, and drive user impact across consumer-facing mobile money products, with a mandate to push design upstream into strategy and problem definition.

The role focuses on building a scalable design function, maturing the research practice, and expanding the design system to support rapid growth across global products.

Qualifications

• 8+ years designing and shipping consumer-facing mobile products
• 5+ years managing designers and mentoring growth
• Experience shaping product and business strategy at leadership level
• Portfolio showing craft, decision rationale and measurable outcomes
• Fluency in Figma and thinking about AI in design workflow
• Ability to present design arguments to executives without jargon

Responsibilities

• Set vision, standards, and strategy for product design across user-facing surfaces
• Lead, mentor, and grow the design team including hiring and career development
• Collaborate with Product, Engineering and cross-functional leaders to shape roadmaps and operating rhythms
• Build and mature the research function, turning early-stage research into durable capability
• Scale the design system across multiple products
• Advocate for users with evidence-based reasoning across functions
• Identify and operationalize AI and automation to improve design and delivery

Skills

Leadership

Strategic thinking

Communication

Tools

Figma

Job description

tilthq is seeking a Head of Product Design to lead a team of six product designers and one researcher, embedded across multiple pods. You will own design vision, craft standards, and drive user impact across consumer-facing mobile money products, with a mandate to push design upstream into strategy and problem definition.

The role focuses on building a scalable design function, maturing the research practice, and expanding the design system to support rapid growth across global products.