Principal Product Designer for a personal finance management company in Menlo Park, CA

Overview

Hybrid
Up to $205,000
Full Time

Skills

A/B Testing
Analytics
Business Software
Cascading Style Sheets
Collaboration
Continuous Improvement
FOCUS
Facilitation
Finance
HCI
HTML
Impact Analysis
Mobile Development
Presentations
Product Design
Product Engineering
Product Management
Information Architecture
Sketch
Specification Gathering
Sprint
Usability
Information Assurance
Innovation
Leadership
Mentorship
Prototyping
React.js
User Research
Wireframe

Job Details

We re looking for an experienced Principal Product Designer to join our team. This is an opportunity to work at a customer-driven company with a collaborative team that values technical excellence, innovation, and creativity while working together and having fun!

In this role, you will work in a fast-paced and iterative environment that moves from sketch to ship in rapid design sprints. You ll collaborate closely with Product Management and Engineering to surface customer insights, prototype bold solutions, and validate them with rapid concept tests and user research. You will be responsible for creating designs that solve complex financial problems, reinforce market leadership, and set the standard for both usability and visual craft across web and mobile.

Responsibilities:

  • Design Leadership: Collaborate with Product Managers and Engineers to drive the design vision and create the deliverables for the product. Coach and mentor senior and mid-level designers, providing clear, constructive feedback and fostering continuous improvement.
  • Strategic Collaboration & Influence: Partner with Product, Engineering, and other Designers to translate business goals into measurable design outcomes. Proactively surface new design concepts, opportunities, and risks based on user research and analytics.
  • User Research & Insight: Independently plan and run studies (interviews, usability tests, A/B experiments); synthesize findings into strategic recommendations. Use quantitative data (metrics, funnel analysis) to validate designs and iterate toward business objectives.
  • Experience Architecture & Systems: Architect complex user flows, IA, wireframes, and high-fidelity prototypes across web and mobile. Establish, evolve, and evangelize a scalable design system; enable consistency and efficiency across teams.

Qualifications:

  • 8+ years in product design (experience in fin-tech or small-business software is a plus).
  • Expert in Figma, including Dev Mode, with a focus on streamlined, developer-friendly handoff processes and delivering precise, production-ready design specs.
  • Well-versed in modern web and mobile design patterns, with a strong understanding of Material Design and Apple's Human Interface Guidelines (familiarity with HTML/CSS and React component libraries is a plus).
  • Proven track record of planning and synthesizing end-to-end user research, including A/B testing (experience with analytics tools, e.g., Mixpanel, a plus).
  • Exceptional storytelling, presentation, and cross-team facilitation.
  • Ability to conduct Product/Customer Discovery efforts to understand user needs and problems to be solved.
  • Bachelor s degree or higher in design, HCI, or equivalent work experience.

Location: Menlo Park, CA (onsite 2 days/week)

Type: Full-Time

Salary Range: $185-$205K + Bonus (DOE)

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