Staff Product Designer / Payments / Remote

New York, New York100% RemoteFull Time$180k - $220kJob DescriptionA rapidly growing global fintech company is transforming how people send money across borders, making financial services more accessible to underserved communities around the world. Its digital platform connects families and communities across more than 70 markets, helping customers move money through faster, more accessible mobile-first financial experiences. Backed by leading venture investors and a team of more than 250 employees across 50+ nationalities, the company is expanding its product offering to include new financial services, cards, savings, and payments capabilities.As a Staff Product Designer, you'll help define the visual identity and product experience of a global consumer fintech platform. You'll own the evolution of the brand, expand the design system into scalable infrastructure, and lead new product offerings from early concepts through launch. Working across Product, Engineering, Growth, Compliance, and Go-to-Market, you'll have significant influence over product direction and the quality of experiences delivered across mobile, web, and internal tools.This is an opportunity for a highly experienced designer who wants to shape both the products and the systems behind them. You'll work on ambiguous, high-impact challenges involving new markets, financial products, and evolving regulatory requirements, with the freedom to prototype quickly, test ideas, and bring new experiences to customers in weeks rather than quarters. You'll also establish the design quality bar for a growing team, using strong craft, systems thinking, and AI-powered workflows to accelerate execution.The ideal candidate brings a portfolio demonstrating both exceptional visual design and end-to-end consumer product development. You'll be comfortable operating as the most senior designer in the room, influencing roadmaps through research, prototypes, and shipped work rather than authority. This is a remote opportunity with the ability to work across a globally distributed organization, with locations including New York and London.Required Skills & ExperienceExtensive experience in product design, with a portfolio demonstrating both depth and versatilityExperience taking consumer-facing mobile products from ambiguous concepts through launchStrong visual design fundamentals, including typography, visual hierarchy, information architecture, and content strategyExperience developing and scaling design systems beyond component libraries, including tokens, patterns, documentation, and reusable infrastructureAbility to translate complex customer needs and business challenges into intuitive, polished product experiencesStrong systems thinking, with an understanding of how individual screens connect to broader workflows and product architectureExperience collaborating closely with Product, Engineering, Growth, and other cross-functional stakeholdersStrong ownership and ability to independently drive ambiguous projects from concept through executionExperience influencing product roadmaps and decisions through research, prototypes, and tangible deliverablesExcellent attention to detail, with the judgment to balance visual polish against speed and practical constraintsStrong customer empathy and a commitment to designing around real user needsComfort operating in a fast-paced environment with changing priorities and high expectations for executionDesired Skills & ExperienceExperience in fintech, payments, remittances, marketplaces, or other high-trust consumer product categoriesExperience designing products for international markets or diverse customer populationsFamiliarity with financial services and the challenges of designing for regulated environmentsExperience evolving a consumer brand while maintaining customer trust and usabilityExperience designing motion, micro-interactions, and content patterns across mobile and webHands-on use of AI tools for prototyping, component generation, code-assisted design, and workflow automationAbility to deliver front-end prototypes or implementation-ready work that closely reflects the intended designExperience launching new product categories or building products from the ground upExperience mentoring designers and raising craft standards across a growing teamWhat You Will Be Doing Daily Responsibilities Define and evolve the visual identity and product experience of a global consumer fintech brandOwn the expansion of the design system, including design tokens, motion, content patterns, reusable components, and documentationLead new product offerings from early hypotheses through design, launch, and measurement of customer and business impactEstablish and maintain high standards for visual quality, interaction design, and overall product craftCollaborate with Product, Engineering, Growth, Compliance, and Go-to-Market teams to deliver cohesive customer experiencesTranslate ambiguous business challenges, new market opportunities, and regulatory constraints into practical product solutionsUse research, prototypes, and customer insights to inform product strategy and roadmap decisionsLeverage AI-powered tools to accelerate prototyping, explore more concepts, and streamline design-to-development workflowsPartner with engineers to deliver high-quality implementations across mobile, web, and internal toolsDetermine when design details require pixel-level precision and when pragmatic tradeoffs are appropriateHelp define the standards for what constitutes a complete, high-quality product experienceRaise the design capabilities of the broader organization through strong execution, collaboration, and thoughtful decision-makingThe OfferYou will receive the following benefits and opportunities:Full-Time PositionRemote Work EnvironmentOpportunity to Work Across a Global Fintech Platform Serving More Than 70 MarketsSignificant Ownership Over Brand Direction, Design Systems, and New Product DevelopmentOpportunity to Influence Product Strategy and RoadmapsCollaborative, International Team EnvironmentOpportunity to Use Emerging AI Tools to Accelerate Design and Product DevelopmentMeaningful Opportunity to Improve Access to Financial Services for Global CommunitiesThe company is an equal opportunity employer committed to building an inclusive and diverse workforce. Candidates are encouraged to apply even if they do not meet every listed qualification.Applicants must be authorized to work in the US on a full-time basis now and in the future.