Varo Bank · 20 hours ago
Lead Product Designer
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$125K/yr - $175K/yr
7+ years expVaro Bank is a next-generation bank built on technology and innovation, empowering consumers to take control of their financial lives. The Lead Product Designer will define and elevate the customer experience for Varo's core banking products, guiding cross-functional teams towards user-centered outcomes while managing multiple large-scale projects.
Banking
Responsibilities
Lead end-to-end design for the core banking experience. Take complex financial flows and turn them into seamless, trustworthy experiences
Manage multiple, large-scale projects simultaneously, maintaining a holistic perspective in every decision
Develop frameworks that enable scalable, data-driven design decisions across teams
Influence decision-making at the senior leadership level across disciplines, set design direction, and align strategy
Partner with leadership to connect design strategy to company goals and measurable outcomes
Partner with Product, Engineering, User Research, Data Science, and Operations to define vision and roadmaps, align stakeholders, present to leadership, and deliver outcomes tied to user and business goals
Collaborate with user research to run usability tests and gather feedback to validate hypotheses and iterate on features
Evangelize design thinking within the company and mentor junior team members as the team grows
Grow our design system to ensure consistency across multiple products and platforms
Qualification
Required
7+ years of product design experience with a proven ability of driving end-to-end design across complex, multi-surface experiences in fast-paced environments
A strong portfolio showcasing your design process, not just final visuals. We want to see how you solve problems
Banking domain expertise: You are comfortable with ambiguity, move fast, and can pivot when necessary. You are a strategic architect of complex financial workflows
You have experience in design systems, both contributing to and maintaining. You don't just design screens; you design flows and systems
Experience leading design through ambiguity and influencing strategy through storytelling and systems thinking. You can guide and persuade executives, engineers, and other stakeholders on your design decisions clearly
You have a mentorship mindset and a proven track record of helping other designers grow
Bachelor's degree (BA/BS) or equivalent practical experience
Benefits
Bonus
Equity
Competitive benefits
Company
Varo Bank
Varo is an entirely new kind of bank. All digital, mission driven, FDIC insured and designed for the way our customers live their lives.
501-1000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Colin Walsh
Founder and CEO
Max Doerfler
Chief of Staff to CEO
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