Lead Product Designer, Banking

Hidden Jobs; United States; Remote; USD 130,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-first environment

Stock options

Health coverage

Life insurance

Retirement matching

Flexible vacation

Paid holidays

Paid parental leave

Company-provided technology

Job summary

Step is seeking a Hands-on VP-level product designer to lead end-to-end UX across mobile apps, web, and physical products. You will shape design strategy, guide a team of designers, and influence product direction while delivering polished, scalable experiences.

You will collaborate with product, engineering, and marketing to align roadmaps with growth goals, improve design processes, and drive high-quality outcomes. Remote-first environment with competitive compensation.

Qualifications

• Significant experience delivering end-to-end UX and UI for consumer-facing products.
• A portfolio demonstrating relevant product design work.
• Experience building and shipping mobile or web applications.
• Strong visual design skills, with the ability to balance scalable interface systems and expressive, brand-oriented experiences.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, including the ability to explain design decisions and their rationale.
• Ability to think beyond individual screens and contribute to product strategy, vision, and decisions about what to build.
• Experience leading complex design projects, delegating work, and raising the quality of other designers’ output.
• A high standard of craft, close attention to detail, and comfort using AI tools to explore ideas and work more efficiently without sacrificing judgment.

Responsibilities

• Design polished, interactive experiences across iOS, Android, and web.
• Own design work from early concept through production, launch, and iteration.
• Partner with product, engineering, and marketing to define strategy, priorities, and roadmaps tied to growth objectives.
• Lead design for important initiatives while delegating work and providing direction and feedback to other designers.
• Assess design processes, identify effective practices, and implement improvements that raise team quality and efficiency.
• Use and extend the product design system to create consistent, scalable experiences.

Skills

UX design

Product strategy

Cross-functional leadership

Mobile & web

Visual design

Communication

Leadership

AI tools

Tools

Design systems

AI ideation tools

Job description

Role overview

Lead product design and the broader UX strategy for a consumer banking platform spanning mobile apps, web experiences, and physical products. This is a hands-on leadership role combining end-to-end product design, product strategy, cross-functional influence, and guidance for other designers. You will help shape financial tools intended to improve financial literacy and support the next generation of customers.

Responsibilities

• Design polished, interactive experiences across iOS, Android, and web.
• Own design work from early concept through production, launch, and iteration.
• Partner with product, engineering, and marketing to define strategy, priorities, and roadmaps tied to growth objectives.
• Lead design for important initiatives while delegating work and providing direction and feedback to other designers.
• Assess design processes, identify effective practices, and implement improvements that raise team quality and efficiency.
• Use and extend the product design system to create consistent, scalable experiences.

Requirements

• Significant experience delivering end-to-end UX and UI for consumer-facing products.
• A portfolio demonstrating relevant product design work.
• Experience building and shipping mobile or web applications.
• Strong visual design skills, with the ability to balance scalable interface systems and expressive, brand-oriented experiences.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, including the ability to explain design decisions and their rationale.
• Ability to think beyond individual screens and contribute to product strategy, vision, and decisions about what to build.
• Experience leading complex design projects, delegating work, and raising the quality of other designers’ output.
• A high standard of craft, close attention to detail, and comfort using AI tools to explore ideas and work more efficiently without sacrificing judgment.

Nice to have

• Experience leading design for consumer fintech products.
• Experience creating or maintaining scalable design systems.
• Ability to translate designs into production-quality code.

Benefits and work setup

• Remote-first working environment.
• Competitive compensation, stock options, health coverage, life insurance, retirement matching, flexible vacation, paid holidays, paid parental leave, and company-provided technology.