Principal Product Designer, Propel
$215-250k
+ Equity
Financial services & products for low-income Americans
Job no longer available
Financial services & products for low-income Americans
101-200 employees
Job no longer available
$215-250k
+ Equity
101-200 employees
Company mission
To enable Americans with low income to improve their financial health.
Role
Who you are
- Our ideal candidate is a systems thinker who possesses the ability to view the app holistically and the challenges that come with organizing a set of features for our users - such as information architecture, navigation, and discoverability
- You should have strong visual design skills and the ability to rapidly iterate and prototype new features in Figma
- Outstanding UX ability, visual design and product thinking for mobile apps
- 10+ years of product design experience, with the majority of those experiences working on consumer facing products that serve millions of active users
- A strong product design portfolio that showcases your best work. To be considered for this role, a portfolio is required with application submission. If your portfolio is password protected, please include the password
- Experience applying research, usability tests, and metrics to inform design decisions
- Strong analytical, technical, and strategic chops
- Expertise using Figma. You are an expert user of our core design tool, enabling you to explore widely on modest timelines
- Strong visual design aesthetic. You have a command of composition, color, typography and art direction in interface design
- Clear and concise written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to tell a compelling story about design strategy
What the job involves
- We’re hiring a Principal Product Designer to assist in leading our small and agile team on projects that span all surfaces of the app. This is an IC design position that will be a key member of our design leadership team, which currently includes the Head of Design and the Director of Brand Design
- Lead product design for a small and agile team working across the entire Providers app experience
- Collaborate closely with Design and Product Leadership to lead product strategy and contribute to the overall direction of the Providers app
- Routinely solve complex problems with simple and engaging user experiences
- Utilize your full range of product design, interaction design, and visual design skills
- Contribute as a member of design leadership along with the Head of Design and Director of Brand Design to define, implement, and iterate on design process, culture, and rituals at Propel
- Ideate and test new features that would have a large impact on our business and our users
- Regularly participate in user research and internalize the voices of the people we serve
- Guide the organization to follow along with learnings to drive common knowledge and inspire more hypotheses for more impact
- Act as a mentor for other designers in order to continually raise our bar for quality
- In this role, you’ll have support from colleagues across Product Design, Brand, and UX Research
- During onboarding, you’ll quickly gain a deep understanding of user needs and drive alignment around solutions to core business problems
- As the most senior IC on the design team, you’ll set the tone for how to be the voice of the user while also driving business impact
Application process
- To be considered for this role, a portfolio is required with application submission. If your portfolio is password protected, please include the password
Our take
SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) benefits are used by millions of Americans, but the scheme has long been hampered by a lack of innovation or digitization. Propel offers instant access to balances, plus local offers and discounts, and support in finding work. It also provides a free debit card that can be used for everyday shopping, bills, savings, and online transactions.
Formerly known as Food Stamps, SNAP benefits can be a hassle to use, with some recipients still having to make phone calls to gauge their budget. Propel's users can keep track of and manage their government-provided SNAP benefits from its mobile app, enabling low-income Americans to make use of this critical safety net more easily.
The Providers app has been used by upwards of 5 million of a potential roughly 40 million people who use SNAP benefits, showcasing both the current reach of the company and how much space it has in which to grow. With a presence in all 50 states, as well as some territories, Propel is investing in expanding its debit card services, and widening its reach to a growing customer base.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
14% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Aug 2024
$3.5m
GRANT
Mar 2022
$50m
SERIES B
Total funding: $88m
Company benefits
- Remote-first, with offices in Brooklyn, Salt Lake City, and San Francisco
- We bring everyone together once or twice a year
- 99% of the premium for medical, dental, and vision
- 16-week parental leave
- 20 vacation days
- 401k matching eligibility on day 1
Company HQ
Downtown Brooklyn, NY
Leadership
Jimmy Chen
(Co-Founder & CEO)Having studied at Stanford, they worked for 2 years as a LinkedIn Associate Product Manager, before spending a further 2 in the same position at Facebook. They left to co-found Propel in May 2014.
Jeff Kaiser
(Co-Founder & COO)Graduated from Yale University with a B.A. in Political Science and Government. Before co-founding Propel, they were a Project Manager at Dalberg Global Development Advisors.
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