Lead Product Designer, Banking

Step is a company focused on improving the financial future of the next generation through innovative banking products. They are seeking a Lead Product Designer to lead the product, design, and UX strategy for their core banking platform, collaborating with cross-functional teams to create engaging mobile solutions.

Responsibilities:

• Design high quality interactive experiences across mobile, both iOS and Android, and web
• Lead projects throughout the entire design process; from creative conception to production and release
• Collaborate with Product, Engineering and Marketing to help define strategy, and the roadmap to achieve business objectives (growth)
• Collaborate and give feedback/direction to other designers to continually push the level of quality on the team
• Evaluate current processes, identify best practices, develop plans to reach goals and implement improvements
• Utilize and contribute to the Step Design System

Requirements:

• Significant demonstrated experience with end-to-end (hybrid UX and UI) product design for consumer-facing products
• The ideal candidate has significant experience leading design for consumer fintech products
• Thinks in systems, designing solutions that scale across products, adapt to future needs, and create consistency beyond individual features
• Strong visual design sensibility with the range to move fluidly between systemized UI and more expressive, brand-forward moments
• A craft-obsessed designer who strives for quality and has an amazing attention to detail
• The ability to lead design for important projects with experience delegating work and giving direction to other designers
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills (you should be able to clearly articulate your design decisions and the logic behind them)
• The ability to think at a high level about product strategy and vision (not just 'how it should look' but 'what we should build')
• Experience in building and shipping applications or software (mobile/web)
• Uses AI as a creative and productivity multiplier — able to move faster and explore more ideas without sacrificing craft or judgment
• Must have a portfolio featuring examples of design work
• Education: Bachelor's degree or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience
• Experience building and maintaining scalable design systems
• Ability to translate designs into production-quality code