Product Design Manager, Affirm
£97-145k
+ Employee stock purchase plan
More information about location
POS installment loans
Job no longer available
POS installment loans
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
£97-145k
+ Employee stock purchase plan
More information about location
1001+ employees
Company mission
To deliver honest and transparent financial products that improve users' lives.
Role
Who you are
- 5+ years experience in product design focused roles, of successful B2B and/or B2C products with a global presence
- 2+ years experience of design management with direct reports under your guidance and leadership
- Demonstrated experience of growing a strategic practice of experience design which includes hiring UX/UI designers and building strong design teams
- Strong eye for executional craft with an obsession for design details with knowing how to make trade offs to get in market to learn
- Demonstrated high bar of quality of design craftsmanship from ideation to shipped product
- Demonstrated ability of operational rigor to improve the culture of the team and cross functional partnerships
- Fluent in writing and speaking in English (required)
- Demonstrated portfolio of you/your team working cross-functionally, thinking strategically across the experience and shipping successful experiences in a fast-paced environment. (required)
- Experience in Fintech, BNPL, Marketplace/Shopping, or Banking is highly desirable
- A qualified candidate for the Manager of Product Design role will be able to demonstrate delivering high quality consumer and B2B experiences through building high functioning design teams that are inspired by insights and data to solve real human problems
- They are passionate about improving our consumers' lives through payments and see an opportunity for a win-win-win relationship for our consumers, merchants and Affirm
- They are opinionated about product direction down to the pixels, words, and are steadfast about improving the user experience
What the job involves
- We're looking for a Manager of Product Design in the UK to help expand our global presence
- You’ll be responsible for leading the design organization in Europe to build an operation of excellence, which includes a small design team to start, but will expand as our cross functional teams expand
- The team will partner with research and content leaders to ensure cohesion a cross the design organization and help champion our merchants and consumers
- This role will report to the Head of Design and User Research, based in the US
- Lead the Europe Product Design presence for Affirm and global collaboration with US based team
- Build a healthy team culture of hardworking designers through periods of change as we expand into the UK market
- Establish operational rigor for design through use of frameworks, qualitative and quantitative insights to guide your team for continuous growth of the function and the product
- Proactively raise issues to ensure a cohesive customer experience
- Contribute cycles as a highly-skilled IC designer while we grow the team and transition to leading a larger team
- Engage internally with partners & execs to enable the team's success for short term and long term results
- Directly address conflicts or disagreements with fairness, respect and diplomacy
- Understand how to delegate work to leverage the team’s strengths and provide coaching for growth
- Co-develop product strategies with product management and engineering that are aligned with business outcomes
- Foster an inclusive environment for teams to thrive
Salary benchmarks
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.
Boasting over 21M consumers and 337,000+ 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
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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
- Compensation: We have a simple, flexible, and transparent remote-first compensation structure so you can make the best decisions for yourself and your family
- Spending Wallets: Access tech, food, lifestyle, and family planning wallets for your expenses
- Supportive Communities: Get involved with our employee resource groups and community groups
- Remote-first Workforce: If your role is remote, you can set up shop anywhere in your home country
- Generous Time Off: Take the time you need when life happens
- Health Benefits: Get a plan that fits your needs
- Mental Healthcare: Take care of your mind with great mental health programs
- Parental Leave: Birth and non-birth parents get 18 weeks’ paid leave. Plus, a 4-week return-to-work transition program, at full base pay
- Away Days: We offer 20 company-wide paid days off—which help our teams collectively pause to recharge
- Learning & Development: Engage in exciting learning programs to level up your growth
Company HQ
Chinatown, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Max Levchin
(Co-Founder & 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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