Senior Product Designer

Kernel is hiring a Senior Product Designer to shape the user experience of their financial tools across web and mobile platforms.

Responsibilities

• Lead design work across Kernel’s product verticals (Invest, KiwiSaver, Savings, and Direct) helping create a cohesive experience that supports Kiwis in managing their money across different goals
• Collaborate closely with Armin, Jade, engineers, and product managers to shape concepts, define scope, and deliver thoughtful, user-centred solutions
• Contribute to both product and marketing initiatives, including the mobile app, dashboard transformation, and website design, ensuring consistency across all touchpoints
• Use customer insights, data tools, and team feedback to inform design decisions and advocate for the best outcomes
• Help evolve Kernel’s design system, with opportunities to influence both product and brand direction
• Build strong relationships with users to understand their needs and behaviours, and translate those into meaningful design improvements
• Bring energy and initiative to the team, facilitating workshops, sharing ideas, and helping others move forward
• Support a collaborative, inclusive culture and contribute to mentoring as the design team grows

Requirements

• Experience designing customer-facing products, ideally in a senior or lead capacity, with a clear focus on user outcomes
• A product mindset, comfortable shaping direction, asking the right questions, and connecting design decisions to business and customer impact
• High proficiency in Figma, using it across wireframes, prototypes, and design systems with confidence
• Experience designing for both mobile and web, and an ability to move fluidly between them
• Ownership of your work from early exploration through delivery and iteration, with a bias toward action and clarity
• Strong communication skills, you can explain your thinking, collaborate across disciplines, bring others on your journey and contribute to shared understanding
• Curiosity about customers and the domain, with a drive to improve how people experience financial tools
• A collaborative approach, with a willingness to share knowledge and help grow the capability of the team

Key Skills

• Customer-facing product design
• Product mindset
• Figma proficiency
• Mobile and web design
• Ownership of work
• Communication skills
• Curiosity about customers
• Collaborative approach

Benefits

• Competitive compensation package
• Flexible hybrid work and support for remote setups
• Health insurance, parental leave top-up, and professional development support
• Extra staff holidays, office snacks, coffee, and a dog-friendly environment