About the Client:Our client is focused on improving employee financial wellness, and their platform goes beyond simple on-demand pay. Their platform combines flexible payout options with financial education, rewards, and engagement tools that help employers boost retention and satisfaction.The Opportunity:Our client is at an inflection point. They are transforming from a scrappy Series A startup into a maturing Series B company.Their product design has gotten them here, but to get where they're going, it's time to level up.Your mission will be to elevate design from good to GREAT!This means building the operational maturity, systems thinking, and design excellence that transforms the product experience.The scope of the role will include leading 3 product designers who are ready to grow. You'll be the voice of design at the leadership table, championing craft, advocating for the user, and ensuring design has the strategic influence that builds financial products people trust.This is a builder role. You will be hands-on (15-20% of your time), but your real impact will be in how you develop your designers, how you influence product strategy, and how you establish the processes and standards that enable our client to move fast without compromising quality.The Skills/Requirement Needed to Succeed:DESIGN EXCELLENCE & LEADERSHIP PRESENCEExceptional design taste with high personal standards that translate to team outputStrong enough to be the credible voice of design at the product leadership tableNatural thought leader with directional thinking and a point of view on product strategyPEOPLE LEADERSHIPExperience directly managing 2-5 direct reports DESIGN SYSTEMS MASTERYMust have evolved a design systemBrings operational maturity to design systems thinkingPLATFORM & PRODUCT DIVERSITYExperience across both web AND mobile platformsExposure to both B2B and B2C is valuable BUILDER & OPERATOR MINDSETSelf-starter who can build processes and operations without heavy infrastructureComfortable working at startup/scale-up paceExperience transitioning companies from Series A Series B maturityMore operator than designer today, but still hands-on (15-20% IC work)FINANCIAL PRODUCTS EXPERIENCE (STRONG PREFERENCE)Deep understanding of creating trust within financial productsIf from large enterprise (bank/insurance): must also have scrappy startup experienceMartyn Bassett Associates:Martyn Bassett Associates is a team of recruiters solving the ambitious goals of startups and scale-ups by recruiting world-class sales, marketing, and product management talent who deliver growth and scale. Weve helped over 1500 candidates land their next big opportunity at companies like Shopify, Extreme Networks, Wattpad, Loopio, Readdle, ClearCo, Workleap, Invicti, Resolve Pay, The Herjavec Group, GE Energy, GE Health, Enable, RBC Ventures, Unibuddy, Cognota, Thalmic Labs (now Google Glass), Eloqua (now Oracle Marketing Cloud) to name a few.AI assisted in drafting this posting. Our recruiters personally review all applications.
Job Title
Design Manager