Prosper Marketplace · 4 hours ago
Manager, User Experience Design
San Francisco, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid, Senior Level
$153K/yr - $190K/yr
8+ years expProsper Marketplace is a leading fintech company dedicated to advancing financial well-being through innovative products. They are seeking an experienced UX Design Manager to lead the design strategy for their Credit Card and Core Experience verticals, focusing on team leadership, user-centric design, and collaboration with various stakeholders.
CrowdfundingFinancial ServicesFinTechLendingMarketplaceMortgagePersonal Finance
Responsibilities
Adopt a human-centered approach to leadership: foster a culture of empathy, prioritize work-life balance, and focus on retention by keeping your team happy while upholding high expectations of professional excellence and productivity
Foster a culture of creative safety where designers are empowered to take calculated risks, challenge the status quo, and push the boundaries of what’s possible to deliver world-class experiences
Manage, mentor, and advocate for your team of experienced talent
Build a culture that elevates the team’s morale and performance, focusing on lessons learned and continuous improvement
Partner closely with Product, Engineering, and senior leadership to drive the vision for our Credit Card and Core products
Utilize a sophisticated approach to conflict resolution. You will rally the team and manage stakeholders with a mature, reflective, and solutions-oriented mindset
Champion user needs to inform product decisions, ensuring a strategic balance between user desirability, technical feasibility, and business viability
Guide the team toward a cohesive, user-centric quality standard without necessarily designing the assets yourself
Evolve our design systems, playbooks, and Design Ops processes to ensure efficiency across multiple squads
Work with product leaders to scope projects, prioritize tasks, and align resources correctly within an agile development environment
Qualification
Required
8+ years of experience in UX/Product Design, with a demonstrated history of people leadership (teams of 2–4+) including hiring, performance management, and career development
BA/BS degree in Interaction Design, HCI, User Experience Design, Psychology, Anthropology, or a related field (or equivalent work experience)
Deep experience in UI/UX design at a high-tech company with a strong portfolio showcasing utilization UX methodologies, creative problem solving, and process leadership
Expert understanding of Figma, in order to facilitate design critiques and enforce best practices
A servant leader mindset. You have high emotional intelligence and experience navigating complex stakeholder maps
Strong presentation skills with the ability to effectively communicate design solutions and resolve conflict constructively
Comfort leveraging the pragmatic value of AI tools while also understanding their limitations and advocating for responsible, ethical usage
Experience working on consumer engagement, growth, and FinTech experiences
Experience managing senior-level individual contributors (Staff/Principal Designers)
Benefits
Flexible time off
Comprehensive health coverage
Competitive salary
Paid parental leave
Wellness benefits including access to mental health resources, virtual HIIT and yoga workouts
A bevy of other perks including Udemy access, childcare assistance, pet insurance discounts, legal assistance, and additional discounts
Company
Prosper Marketplace
Prosper Marketplace is an online lending platform that connects people who want to borrow money with individuals and institutions.
201-500 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$503.46MKey Investors
Neuberger BermanEight Roads VenturesAssured Asset Management
2022-11-17Debt Financing· $75M
2018-01-01Series Unknown
2017-09-22Series G· $50M
Leadership Team
David Kimball
Chairman and CEO
Usama Ashraf
President
Recent News
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