Principal Product Designer - Growth & Onboarding (Mobile)

Chime; New York, San Francisco (NY, CA); On-site; USD 202,000 - 290,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

In-office 4 days/wk in-office policy

Bonus eligibility

Equity

Wellbeing benefits

Parental leave

Job summary

Chime, a leading fintech company, is seeking a Principal Product Designer in New York to shape how users discover, join, and engage with our products. You will lead design across onboarding, activation, and funding, delivering clear, compelling mobile experiences.

You will set an ambitious design direction, test new ideas, and stay close to details that make experiences effortless. A strong portfolio and proven IC leadership in consumer mobile design are essential.

Qualifications

• Deep experience designing consumer mobile products with a strong visual craft and shipped work.
• Track record leading complex design initiatives as a senior individual contributor, from discovery through launch and iteration.
• Experience designing growth journeys such as acquisition, onboarding, activation, conversion, or engagement, with measurable results.
• Strong interaction design skills to simplify multi-step experiences and keep users engaged.
• Ability to establish a compelling vision and execute the details to bring it to life.
• Experience combining research, experimentation, and product data with solid design judgment.
• Ability to influence across disciplines and articulate tradeoffs clearly.
• Commitment to accessible experiences that earn member trust.
• Fintech or financial services experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead design across acquisition, onboarding, conversion, and funding within growth journeys.
• Create polished mobile experiences with typography, layout, visual hierarchy, interaction, and motion.
• Turn complex steps into intuitive experiences that build confidence and progress.
• Partner with product, engineering, research, marketing, and content design to deliver cohesive experiences.
• Develop concepts and prototypes using research and experimentation to understand resonance.
• Balance improvements to existing journeys with bold ideas for growth.
• Use data and feedback to improve conversion and activation while maintaining clarity, accessibility, and trust.
• Help growth experiences feel distinctly Chime and align with brand and product.
• Raise the quality of work through critique, mentorship, and hands-on collaboration.

Skills

Mobile product design

Senior IC leadership

Growth journeys design

Interaction design

Vision & execution

Research + data

Cross-functional influence

Accessible design

Fintech experience

Job description

Chime, a leading fintech company, is seeking a Principal Product Designer in New York to shape how users discover, join, and engage with our products. You will lead design across onboarding, activation, and funding, delivering clear, compelling mobile experiences.

You will set an ambitious design direction, test new ideas, and stay close to details that make experiences effortless. A strong portfolio and proven IC leadership in consumer mobile design are essential.