Manager, Individual Contributor - Product Design

Capital One; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital One is seeking a Manager, Individual Contributor - Product Design to join the Experience Design team in New York. You will lead design initiatives, mentor designers, and collaborate with product, tech, and business partners to deliver human-centered solutions that balance user needs with business goals.

The role emphasizes leadership in project delivery, strong communication with stakeholders, and a deep commitment to accessibility and inclusive design across digital and physical

Qualifications

• At least 5 years of experience in product design.
• Experience with design systems and prototyping tools such as Figma.
• Strong leadership and collaboration across product, tech, and business partners.

Responsibilities

• Lead design projects and mentor junior designers.
• Co-create innovative solutions informed by user research and data.
• Partner with product, engineering, and business teams to shape product strategy.
• Communicate design work clearly to senior stakeholders.
• Develop artifacts like journey maps and prototypes.

Skills

Product design

Tools

Figma

Job description

Manager, Individual Contributor - Product Design

At Capital One, we're building a leading information-based technology company. Still founder-led by Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Richard Fairbank, Capital One is on a mission to help our customers succeed by bringing ingenuity, simplicity, and humanity to banking. We measure our efforts by the success our customers enjoy and the advocacy they exhibit. We're succeeding because they're succeeding.

Guided by our shared values, we thrive in an environment where collaboration and openness are valued. We believe that innovation is powered by perspective and that teamwork and respect for each other lead to superior results. We elevate each other and obsess about doing the right thing. Our associates serve with humility and a deep respect for their responsibility in helping our customers achieve their goals and realize their dreams. Together, we’re on a quest to change banking for good.

We’re currently seeking a Product Designer to join our Experience Design team. We’re passionate about creating memorable, meaningful product experiences that build the Capital One brand with humanity and drive business advantage and innovation.

The Experience Design team at Capital One is at the forefront of enriching our customers' digital and physical experiences. We champion a thriving environment of collaboration, authenticity and healthy critique, in which we honor diversity of thought, create a culture of belonging, and elevate one another. If you're a creative innovator who embraces an environment where you can experiment, learn, and change banking for good, we’d love to hear from you.

Role Expectations

As a Product Designer, you’ll combine your craft expertise and leadership skills with an understanding of our customers and the business to co-create innovative solutions to complex problems and influence product strategy.

Here are some of the expected competencies for this role:

• Product Design Expertise: Demonstrate a high degree of skill in product design, leveraging a variety of skills across interaction, visual and service design; in collaboration with cross-functional partners, inform the use of appropriate tools, platforms, frameworks and design systems and creates artifacts that may include journey maps, blueprints, high-fidelity designs and prototypes
• Leadership: Lead design projects, directing and delegating work for more junior team members and building strong partnerships with cross-functional stakeholders while also mentoring and helping to mature the overall product design practice at Capital One
• Human-Centered: Effectively navigate the needs of partners and stakeholders, leveraging critical-thinking skills that factor in data, research insights, scalability and tech constraints, while ensuring the team focuses on customer-centered solutions and inclusive design
• Business-Focused: Demonstrate proficiency with products and processes and apply relevant insights on customers, competitors and broader market trends to business challenges that shape a shared point of view for your team, partners and stakeholders
• Problem-Solving: Demonstrate a solid understanding of tech, data capabilities and emerging technologies and use this knowledge to inform your work and help your cross-functional team move faster and navigate technical limitations in service of the impactful solutions
• Collaboration: Leverage a rich network of partnerships across lines of business and the organization to foster collaboration and share solutions, incorporating cross-functional perspectives to bridge gaps in information and drive product strategy
• Communication: Present work across levels and job functions using a human-centered approach that integrates design frameworks, data and research insights to articulate a compelling point of view that influences strategic decision-making and direction at senior levels

The ideal candidate has a strong portfolio demonstrating your leadership, process, results and impact.

Basic Qualifications

• At least 5 years of experience in a Product Design role
• At least 5 years of experience in design and prototyping tools such as Figma

Preferred Qualifications

• At least 6 years of experience in a Product Design role
• At least 6 years of experience in design and prototyping tools such as Figma
• Experience working with and contributing to an established design system
• Experience collaborating with product, tech and business partners
• Experience leading design projects or teams
• Experience working in heavily regulated, data heavy problem spaces

At this time, Capital One will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization for this position.

The minimum and maximum full-time annual salaries for this role are listed below, by location. Please note that this salary information is solely for candidates hired to perform work within one of these locations, and refers to the amount Capital One is willing to pay at the time of this posting. Salaries fo