Investing Product Design Lead (Remote)

Wealthfront; Oregon; Hybrid; USD 204,000 - 276,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Vision, Dental

401K matching

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Generous time off

Parental leave

Wellness reimbursements

Professional development

Employee investing discount

Job summary

Wealthfront is seeking a Senior Staff Product Designer to lead design for Investing products, reporting to the Design Director for Self-Directed Investing. You will drive strategy, system thinking, and pixel-perfect craft, collaborating with cross-functional teams to ship high-impact experiences.

Ideal candidates have 8+ years in product design at consumer software companies, strong communication with executives, and a track record of turning vision into roadmaps.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of product design experience in a consumer software company.
• Experience working in consumer tech companies shipping exceptional quality products in a fast paced environment.
• Ability to communicate abstract design concepts visually and verbally to senior leaders and executives.
• Self-starter with the ability to manage multiple projects across teams and navigate ambiguity.
• Ability to think strategically and shape the user experience overall, beyond just design.
• Proven track record setting a vision for great customer experiences and translating into roadmaps.

Responsibilities

• Create structure and drive outcomes for high-ambiguity, high-complexity work, including organizing and driving design sprints, upleveling strategy and craft, designing and delivering world-class designs.
• Become the go-to designer for investing initiatives, with an in-depth understanding of current and future endeavors.
• Use design to accelerate strategic decision-making by harnessing skills such as rapid prototyping and broad design exploration.
• Help innovate and scale as a company by partnering with leaders across Wealthfront, pursuing impactful ideas on what we build and how we work.
• Uphold culture and team health by leading design-team wide initiatives, bolstering an inclusive environment, defining patterns and processes to mature the design team.
• Ensure productive collaboration by partnering with pm, eng, research, data science, legal, compliance, and other designers to ship high-impact opportunities across Investing products.

Skills

Product design leadership

Strategic thinking

Executive communication

Design systems

Fintech experience

Job description

Wealthfront is seeking a Senior Staff Product Designer to lead design for Investing products, reporting to the Design Director for Self-Directed Investing. You will drive strategy, system thinking, and pixel-perfect craft, collaborating with cross-functional teams to ship high-impact experiences.

Ideal candidates have 8+ years in product design at consumer software companies, strong communication with executives, and a track record of turning vision into roadmaps.