Lead Product Designer

BILL; California (MO); On-site; USD 165,700 - 198,800; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, and vision plans

HSA/FSA

Life Insurance & Disability

EAP

Holidays & paid time off

ESPP

Wellness programs

Recognition & referrals

Job summary

BILL is seeking a Lead Product Designer to shape financial tools used by thousands of businesses and accounting professionals. You will own end-to-end design across the platform, partnering with product, engineering, and research to create experiences that simplify financial operations and reduce complexity.

You'll tackle ambitious design challenges, contribute to product strategy, and help scale the design system.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of product design experience with systems thinking.
• Experience owning large design scopes end-to-end.
• Experience shaping roadmaps and contributing to product decisions.
• Strong communication skills with cross-functional partners and senior stakeholders.
• Experience designing for B2B or fintech products with financial data workflows.
• Experience designing AI-powered product experiences and AI-enabled patterns.
• Familiarity with prompt-driven interactions and human-in-the-loop workflows.
• Comfort working with front-end code or prototyping environments to accelerate design exploration.

Responsibilities

• Own design strategy and execution for one or more product areas from discovery to delivery with autonomy.
• Drive cross-functional alignment with product managers, engineers, researchers, and partners.
• Elevate design quality by building patterns and contributing to the design system.
• Lead structured workshops and design reviews translating complex workflows into testable concepts.
• Help shape AI-powered experiences with thoughtful interaction models and clear system behaviors.
• Use qualitative and quantitative signals to refine experiences post-launch.
• Mentor junior designers and contribute to the broader design organization.

Skills

Product design

Systems thinking

Cross-functional teamwork

UX research

AI-powered design

Job description

Innovate with Purpose

At BILL, we believe in empowering the businesses that drive our economy. By replacing outdated financial processes with innovative tools, we help businesses—from startups to established brands—make smarter decisions and gain control of their operations. We’re creating the future of financial automation so businesses can spend more time on what matters.

Make Your Impact Within a Rapidly Growing Fintech Company

Join BILL as a Lead Product Designer to help shape the financial tools that thousands of businesses and accounting professionals rely on every day. This role contributes to the end-to-end design of products across BILL's platform, helping create experiences that simplify financial operations and reduce complexity for our customers. You'll work at the intersection of financial workflows and user experience, partnering with product, engineering, and research to build software that genuinely improves how businesses manage and move money.

In this role, you'll take ownership of complex, ambiguous design problems across key areas of the BILL product ecosystem, driving work from early discovery through polished production. You'll set a high bar for craft and systems thinking, bringing your perspective to product strategy conversations as well as hands‑on design execution. Your work will reach hundreds of thousands of small businesses, accounting firms, and finance professionals, helping them operate more efficiently, move faster with confidence, and spend less time on manual financial tasks.

Responsibilities

• Own design strategy and execution for one or more product areas, leading work from discovery through delivery with a high degree of autonomy.
• Drive cross‑functional alignment by partnering closely with product managers, engineers, UX researchers, and technical partners to frame problems, validate solutions, and ship high‑quality experiences.
• Elevate the design quality bar across your area by establishing strong patterns, contributing to the design system, and leading critique conversations that push thinking forward.
• Facilitate structured workshops and design reviews with stakeholders, translating complex workflows into clear, testable concepts.
• Help shape AI‑powered and automation‑assisted experiences by designing thoughtful interaction models, human‑in‑the‑loop workflows, and clear system behaviors that build user trust.
• Use qualitative and quantitative signals, including usability sessions, analytics, customer feedback, and product outcomes, to continuously refine experiences post‑launch.
• Contribute to team culture and craft by mentoring junior and mid‑level designers, sharing your process openly, and helping the broader design organization grow.
• Represent the design perspective in product planning cycles, helping to shape roadmaps and scope trade‑offs in partnership with senior leadership.

We’d Love To Chat If You Have

• 8 or more years of product design experience, with a portfolio that demonstrates systems thinking and the ability to navigate complex, data‑driven workflows.
• Deep experience owning large design scopes end‑to‑end, from problem framing and research synthesis through interaction design and handoff.
• A track record of influencing product strategy, not just executing on it, including experience shaping roadmaps and contributing to product decisions.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to present design rationale clearly to cross‑functional partners and senior stakeholders.
• Experience designing for B2B or fintech products, particularly ones involving financial data, multi‑step workflows, or professional end‑users.
• Experience designing AI‑powered product experiences, such as intelligent assistants, recommendations, automations, or decision‑support tools.
• Familiarity with emerging AI product design patterns, including prompt‑driven interactions, feedback loops, confidence or uncertainty communication, and mechanisms for user control and oversight.
• Comfort working in front‑end code, prototyping environments, or AI‑enabled workflows to accelerate design exploration and strengthen collaboration with engineering.

Visa Sponsorship: Please note that this position is not eligible for visa sponsorship. Applicants must have authorization to work in the United States without requiring visa sponsorship now or in the future.

Our ranges for each role and job level are based on a variety of factors including candidate experience, expertise, and geographic location and may vary from the amounts listed below. The role is also eligible for a competitive benefits package that includes: medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance, 401(k) retirement plan, flexible spending & health savings account, paid holidays, paid time off, and other company benefits. The estimated salary ranges noted below relate to the specific geographic zones.

Zone 1: San Francisco Bay Area CA (includes HQ), New York City, Seattle, Los Angeles County

$165,700—$198,800 USD

Zone 2: CA (Non San Francisco Bay Area and Los Angeles County), Austin TX, Massachusetts

$149,100—$178,900 USD

Zone 3: Utah (includes Utah office), Dallas TX, Houston TX, Florida, North Carolina, Illinois, Colorado, Arizona, Georgia, Oregon, Pennsylvania

$140,800—$169,000 USD

What’s in it for you?

Redefining how businesses automate their work is a fast‑paced, exciting, and fun environment. But we also have benefits and perks to ensure the magic isn’t only experienced by our customers, but by our employees as well.

Here is a preview of some of the amazing benefits here at BILL:

• 100% paid employee health, dental, and vision plans (choose HMO, PPO, or HDHP)
• HSA & FSA accounts
• Life Insurance, Long & Short-term disability coverage
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• 11+ Observed holidays and wellness days and flexible time off
• Employee Stock Purchase Program with employee discounts
• Wellness & Fitness initiatives
• Employee recognition and referral programs
• And much more

BILL is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe our best ideas come from the unique stories, perspectives, and experiences of our team members. We welcome people of all backgrounds, abilities, and identities to bring their authentic selves and contribute to our culture.

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