Coast · 6 days ago
Director, Product Design
New York, NY
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$215K/yr - $240K/yr
9+ years expCoast is re-imagining the U.S. B2B card payments and expense management infrastructure, focusing on commercial fleets and vehicles. They are seeking a Director of Product Design to define and scale design, lead a team, and influence product strategy while ensuring exceptional user experiences.
Credit CardsFinancial ServicesFinTechFleet ManagementPayments
Responsibilities
Set the vision and bar for product design at Coast, ensuring exceptional user experiences across our product portfolio
Lead and develop the design team - starting with 2 IC designers - and grow the team thoughtfully as the company scales
Partner closely with Product Management and Engineering to influence product strategy, roadmap prioritization, and execution
Establish foundational design practices, including: design principles, critique, feedback loops, and quality standards
Drive the creation of a design system that improves consistency, velocity, and product coherence over time
Advocate for user-centered decision-making through research, testing, and data-informed design
Balance hands-on IC design work with coaching, mentorship, and organizational leadership as the team scales
Help develop future design capabilities, including UX research and UX writing, as the organization grows
Act as hands-on product designer on a product team, owning discovery, interaction design, and delivery
Qualification
Required
At least 9 years of experience building and shipping high-quality and impactful products
At least 3 years of design leadership experience growing and managing multidisciplinary design teams at high-growth, product-led organizations
Experience shipping both 0-to-1 and 0-n-1 products in ambiguous environments
A strong product mindset; you think in terms of outcomes, not just outputs
Exceptional cross-functional leadership skills with the ability to influence and partner at the executive level
Relentless attention to detail and a passion for exceptional design craft with the ability to raise the bar across a team
Comfort operating as both a design leader and an individual contributor in an early-stage, evolving organization
Preferred
Experience building AI products
Experience building in financial, enterprise, or other domains requiring complex systems thinking
Benefits
Company-sponsored 401(k)
Medical, dental, and vision insurance
Flexible paid time off (vacation, personal well being, paid holidays)
Paid parental leave
$400 accessories allowance (a keyboard, mouse, headphones, etc.)
Education stipend
Tools to help manage your financial wellness, including webinar, and access to an equity tax advisory service
Free lunch on Fridays
Company
Coast
Coast is a financial services platform that provides fleet fuel cards and expense management solutions for various industries.
51-200 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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2025 (2)
2024 (4)
2021 (1)
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$165.5MKey Investors
ICONIQ GrowthBetter Tomorrow Ventures
2024-07-18Series B· $40M
2024-03-21Series A· $25M
2024-03-21Debt Financing· $67M
Leadership Team
Daniel Simon
Founder and CEO
Recent News
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