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"Good design is obvious. Great design is transparent."
— Joe Sparano
Own and drive design initiatives for embedded financial experiences, delivering high-impact, customer-centric solutions. Collaborate cross-functionally with product, engineering, data science, marketing, and external partners to drive innovation and deliver seamless, intuitive experiences.
Responsibilities
- Own and drive design initiatives for embedded financial experiences, delivering high-impact, customer-centric solutions that align with business objectives.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with product, engineering, data science, marketing, and external partners to drive innovation and deliver seamless, intuitive experiences.
- Embrace agility—iterating quickly, adapting to change, and making data-driven decisions while maintaining a strong vision for the future.
- Shape frameworks and ways of working that empower teams to move faster and make great decisions.
- Balance shipping now with scaling for the future, ensuring coherence across platforms.
- Push the envelope—challenge the status quo, think outside the box, and take calculated risks to drive meaningful innovation in financial products.
- Bring exceptional visual and interaction design skills to craft delightful, polished experiences that build trust and confidence.
- Champion a test-and-learn mindset, leveraging experimentation, research, and analytics to continuously refine and optimize user experiences.
Requirements
- Exceptional Craft & Visual Skills: You have a keen eye for detail, design systems, and interaction patterns that elevate user experiences.
- Strong Product Sense: You deeply understand user needs, business goals, and technical constraints—and can balance them effectively in your design decisions.
- Strategic Influencer: You’ve shaped direction across multiple product areas and can partner with senior leaders to align on big bets.
- Systems Thinker: You create frameworks, systems, and ways of working that scale design impact across teams.
- Mentor & Multiplier: You coach senior designers, foster leadership skills, and raise the design bar across the org.
- Proactive & Adaptable: You thrive in fast-paced, evolving environments and take initiative to drive progress.
- Data-Informed & Risk-Taking: You use data to guide your thinking but aren’t afraid to challenge assumptions and explore bold ideas.
- Collaborative & Humble: You value diverse perspectives, work well with cross-functional partners, and are open to feedback to make the best decisions for our users.
- Passion for Innovation: You’re excited about the challenge of designing financial products that improve people’s lives and want to push the industry forward.
- Proficiency with modern design and collaboration tools (Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, G Suite, Notion).
- This position requires either equivalent practical experience or a Bachelor’s degree in a related field and 7+ years of product design experience.
Key Skills
- Exceptional Craft & Visual Skills
- Strong Product Sense
- Strategic Influencer
- Systems Thinker
- Mentor & Multiplier
- Proactive & Adaptable
- Data-Informed & Risk-Taking
- Collaborative & Humble
- Passion for Innovation
- Proficiency with modern design and collaboration tools (Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, G Suite, Notion)
Benefits
- Health care coverage - Affirm covers all premiums for all levels of coverage for you and your dependents
- Flexible Spending Wallets - generous stipends for spending on Technology, Food, various Lifestyle needs, and family forming expenses
- Time off - competitive vacation and holiday schedules allowing you to take time off to rest and recharge
- ESPP - An employee stock purchase plan enabling you to buy shares of Affirm at a discount
About Affirm
At Affirm, we’re using today’s technology to bring significant disruptive innovation to the financial industry. We focus on improving the lives of consumers by delivering simple, honest and transparent financial products. We have roles across a variety of teams, including engineering, product, finance, operations, revenue, marketing, people and more. A note to applicants: Fake job and recruiting scams are on the rise. Affirm will never ask you to pay any upfront fees or send you any checks to purchase equipment during any part of the recruiting process. Affirm only uses legitimate company email address domains (either “@affirm.com” or "@us.greenhouse-mail.io”) to communicate with candidates via email. Affirm is also proud to be a remote-first company! Attracting great people starts by finding talent in different places. That's why we built remote work into the DNA of how we do business—but if an office space is more your style, we have offices in Chicago, New York City, Pittsburgh
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