Head of Design, Shakepay
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Platform to buy and earn Bitcoin
Open for applications
Platform to buy and earn Bitcoin
21-100 employees
Open for applications
+ Stock options
More information about location
21-100 employees
Company mission
To usher in the Bitcoin Golden Age.
Role
Who you are
- Proven experience: 10+ years in product design, with at least 3 years leading design teams in high-growth consumer tech or fintech companies
- Strategic influence: You’ve partnered directly with executives and senior leaders to shape product direction
- Operational excellence: Experienced in building design systems, frameworks, and DesignOps practices that enable teams to ship faster while maintaining quality
- Customer obsession: You believe design starts with listening. You know how to balance customer insights with product strategy to guide high-impact decisions
- Mentor and multiplier: You inspire, coach, and grow your team - setting clear expectations and holding teams accountable to high standards
- Cross-functional collaborator: You thrive in close partnership with Product, Engineering, Marketing, and Operations, ensuring design is fully integrated into decision-making and execution
- Entrepreneurial mindset: Comfortable with ambiguity and complexity, you know how to chart a path forward, make tough calls, and rally teams around a bold vision
- Clear communicator: You excel at distilling complex ideas into crisp narratives that resonate with stakeholders, from designers and engineers to executives
- A genuine interest in Bitcoin and cryptocurrency: Experience working on cryptocurrency or FinTech products is preferred
What the job involves
- As Head of Design, you will define and drive the long-term design strategy that shapes how millions of Canadians interact with Shakepay. You’ll lead a high-performing design team, strengthen Shakepay’s design culture, and ensure our products set the standard for clarity, trust, and delight in financial services.
- This is a senior leadership role where you’ll influence company strategy, champion design excellence, and guide your team to consistently deliver experiences that build confidence and drive engagement
- Define Shakepay’s design vision and strategy: Establish a long-term roadmap for product design, ensuring it aligns with business goals and customer needs
- Elevate design as a strategic function: Partner with Product, Engineering, Marketing, and Executive leadership to shape product direction
- Cultivate a high-performing design team: Strengthen design culture by fostering creativity, collaboration, and a relentless pursuit of excellence - helping push boundaries and deliver consistently delightful experiences
- Champion customer-centricity at scale: Oversee user research and insights programs, embedding data-driven design decisions into product development
- Mature design systems and operations: Drive the evolution of frameworks, tooling, and processes that allow design to scale efficiently and consistently across products
- Ensure design quality: Set high standards for UI, UX, and product storytelling, ensuring every touchpoint strengthens trust in Shakepay
Our take
Shakepay is a major platform in Canada for buying and trading Bitcoin, boasting a user base exceeding 1M amid the ongoing surge in cryptocurrency adoption.
In navigating the dynamic digital economy, Shakeypay must balance agility with maintaining trust among both seasoned crypto users and newcomers. The company's strategic decision to focus on Bitcoin and Ethereum, complemented by initiatives like the Shakepay rewards card, reflects its commitment to simplicity and accessibility in a complex market landscape.
Shakepay is focused on enhancing its user-friendly cryptocurrency interface to sustain growth. Recent engagement with regulators highlights its commitment to safe digital asset transactions. Following a data breach, Shakepay swiftly implemented security measures and offers free credit monitoring, reinforcing its dedication to customer data security. As it innovates and expands, Shakepay remains dedicated to advancing Bitcoin and cryptocurrency adoption.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-25% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Jan 2022
$31.4m
SERIES A
Feb 2018
$0.8m
SEED
Total funding: $32.2m
Company benefits
- Equity benefits: We believe everyone at Shakepay should benefit from building a generational company, so every shaker owns stock options
- Get paid in bitcoin: You can choose to take a percentage of your salary in bitcoin. Whether you opt for some or none, the choice to be paid in the hardest, soundest money the world has ever known is yours
- Remote friendly: With a flexible schedule, you can work on your own time, from home or anywhere. And if you're close by, you’re welcome to work in our Montreal or Toronto offices whenever you want. Being a remote-first company is awesome, but there’s value in spending time with your teammates and deepening these bonds. So, each shaker is entitled to 15 days of travel and accommodation to any Canadian city each year, covered by Shakepay
- Generous vacation: Time off is essential, and we highly encourage it. We trust you to take as much as you need, when you need it. Every team member is expected to take at least 20 days of vacation each year. To help make sure you do, after taking 20 days, shakers receive a $1,000 bonus to put towards their next vacation
- Insurance coverage: We offer health, dental, paramedical, disability, life, and travel coverage so you're always at your best. On top of our insurance coverage, all shakers also get access to a health and wellness spending account
- Personal development: It's a marathon, not a sprint. We're here to help you define and hit your personal career goals so that you can get where you want to be. To support our team, every shaker gets a $2,000 yearly budget to spend on learning and development
- Working from home: Working from home should be comfortable. Every shaker gets $1,200 to spruce up their home office and a monthly stipend for home and internet expenses
- Self-sovereignty: The path to self-sovereignty means being in full control of your coins. We offer a budget for shakers to get a self-hosted wallet and to build a self-hosted node
Company HQ
Old Montreal, Montreal, QC
Leadership
Jean Amiouny
(CEO)Previously worked as a Business Analyst at Booz & Company, before moving on to co-found White Payments - which was subsequently acquired by Payfort.
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