Director of Product Design, Affirm
CA$179-259k
+ ESPP
More information about location
POS installment loans
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POS installment loans
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
CA$179-259k
+ ESPP
More information about location
1001+ employees
Company mission
To deliver honest and transparent financial products that improve users' lives.
Role
Who you are
- 10+ years of working across a wide range of products, leading design teams, and driving creative solutions
- A portfolio of relevant design work (from UX design to brand design to visual design identity systems), executed either by yourself or a team that you led, that showcases your ability to inspire stakeholders and ship compelling product experiences that people love
- Outstanding written and verbal communication skills
- A user-centered design approach
- A highly collaborative, low-ego approach to design and leadership
- Experience working with engineers, product managers, product marketing managers, brand, content design, and user researchers to drive consistent strategy, vision, and execution
- Experience building teams of high-quality design talent
- Ability to simultaneously lead teams across different workstreams and surfaces
- A track record of developing product vision and strategy, and helping peers translate that into product roadmaps and experiences
- Experienced knowledge and strong capabilities relevant to design and collaboration software (Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, G Suite, Asana, Notion)
- This position requires either equivalent practical experience or a Bachelor’s degree in a related field
What the job involves
- At Affirm, we use design to rethink what personal finance can do for our customers by building experiences that give clarity into those decisions, turning a world of financial limitations into one of possibilities
- Design serves a vital role at Affirm: from building narratives through data to creating products and experiences that help people make important financial choices
- As a Product Design Director, you are responsible for guiding the Product Design Team in crafting experiences that solve the problems people struggle with every day
- You will uphold high quality standards and help others build the skill sets they need to succeed in our design organization
- You will empower your designers to make decisions on the day-to-day, while maintaining the holistic vision of where the team's initiatives are pointing the company and driving them towards it
- As the leader of the Direct to Consumer design team, your core role is to reinforce the north star of where DTC design is going at Affirm and let your team's work shine
- The DTC team is constantly developing new ways to bring more value to our millions of users
- From new products, different ways to use existing Affirm products, and compelling offers to help people with better ways to pay, we are always thinking across the whole journey of our customers
- You will work with hyper-collaborative cross-functional teams, continuously explore new design languages to evolve our brand, and learn deeply about all of our customers to deliver personalized experiences
- Manage and develop a team of product designers and design managers
- This requires setting clear goals, managing project loads, and allocating Product Design resources accordingly to ensure deadlines are met and team members are set up for success
- Foster a creative, collaborative, and high performing culture that encourages innovation and continuous improvement
- Translate qualitative and quantitative inputs into a clear direction that guides the team in creating the right experience
- Effectively communicate recommendations and strategy direction to multiple stakeholders
- Demonstrate the ability and interest to be an effective ‘hands-on’ player/coach leader
- Guide the team to develop best practices for ensuring a high bar of quality
- Guide the team towards simple and intuitive solutions for our customers
- Collaborate cross-functionally with product management, engineering, user research, content design, and product creative to ensure a smooth product development process
- Work closely with product and design leadership to ensure a cohesive user experience across all products and services
- Help define and communicate the design strategy and vision for the company
- Help continue our work in creating a design system that integrates our brand, speeds our development, and creates a high-quality experience for our customers
- Recruit new designers and actively participate in the hiring process
- Contribute as a designer when necessary
- Execute in a fast-paced and highly fluid environment
- Gauge the performance of individual contributors and managers, and have candid conversations focused on helping them improve
- Receive feedback and continuously improve yourself as a design leader
Our take
Affirm offers point-of-sale loans to consumers, working with merchants like Shopify, KAYAK, and Walmart. Buy now, pay later transactions have grown in popularity in recent years, and this business is tapping into the market with a totally different approach to credit - by delivering the Affirm card, the first US debit card with the option to pay-over-time.
Boating over 15 million customers and 245,000+ merchants, the company offers flexible payback options, ranging from 3 to 36 months. The interest rates run between 0% and 30%, so, while they are not necessarily the cheapest option, Affirm prides itself on having no fees for late payments, no hidden charges, and total transparency about what people will pay before they take out a loan.
Affirm collects payments from the customers and pays the merchants directly, shouldering the risk itself. The company has boosted its market share, expanding its availability beyond the US to include most of Canada, and continues to launch new features and create new partnerships towards bettering its offering.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-11% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Sep 2020
$500m
SERIES G
Apr 2019
$300m
SERIES F
Total funding: $1.1bn
Company benefits
- Spending wallets
- Supportive communities
- Remote-first workforce
- Generous time off
- Health benefits
- Mental healthcare
- Birth and non-birth parents get 18 weeks’ paid leave. Plus, a 4-week return-to-work transition program, at full base pay
- We have a simple, flexible, and transparent remote-first compensation structure so you can make the best decisions for yourself and your family
- We offer 24 company-wide paid days off—which help our teams collectively pause to recharge
- Learning & development
Company HQ
Chinatown, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Max Levchin
(CEO)Has founded/co-founded numerous companies, holding various executive positions at each, including Paypal, Slide, Glow, HVF Labs, and SciFi VC. Also worked at large brands including Google, Yelp, Yahoo, and Evernote.
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