Lead Product Designer, Wealthfront
Growth
$180-225k
Plus equity and discretionary bonus
Automated investment management
Job no longer available
Automated investment management
201-500 employees
Job no longer available
$180-225k
Plus equity and discretionary bonus
201-500 employees
Company mission
To build a financial system that favors people, not institutions.
Role
Who you are
- 6+ years of experience in a product design role in consumer tech
- Experience successfully shaping focus and strategy for initiatives that span multiple projects and guide team focus on impactful user and business opportunities
- Experience successfully working across the product entire development lifecycle from project definition to shipping (and learning from) high quality product experiences
- Strong ability to turn complex problems into simple and engaging customer experiences for web and mobile
- Strong visual and interaction design craft
- Strong ability to use both quantitative data and qualitative insights to inform design and broader strategic decisions
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Experience both working with and contributing to a design system
- Visual communications or animation experience a plus
What the job involves
- Wealthfront is looking for a staff product designer to lead design for our Growth team
- In this role, you will focus on identifying and defining the most impactful opportunities for the Growth team and then handling design from exploration to iteration, shipping, and synthesizing insights to inform the next round of opportunities
- You’ll collaborate with the other area leads and executives to define area strategy and focus
- You’ll lead projects ranging from quick data-driven interaction and content experiments on Wealthfront’s core products to strategic initiatives tackling deep human problems like helping people discuss finances more comfortably or understand what risk actually means so they can confidently invest. Most importantly, you’ll drive significant positive impact for Wealthfront’s users and business
- Shape team vision, strategy, and priorities for the Growth team in partnership with product, engineering and data science team members to deliver on Wealthfront’s overall strategy
- Lead projects and broader initiatives: deliver high quality execution on high impact opportunities for the team and the company
- Set a high bar for design craft and ensure consistent, high quality execution
- Design across the entire product development lifecycle—from initial exploration and definition through to shipping and post-launch iteration
- Collaborate with broader design team to share feedback, learnings, and elevate Wealthfront’s overall product quality
- Identify new opportunities, build and test hypotheses, and make key user experience decisions in collaboration with data science and UX research teams
Our take
Wealthfront's platform takes the hassle and stress out of investing, financial planning, borrowing, and saving with automated services and financial advice. Its robo-advisor allows customers to set a financial limit on their accounts, anything above the limit is moved into an investment account or another account chosen by the customer.
Indeed, it has some similarities to round-up apps like Acorn, which round up purchases and put the spare change into savings. There are other companies working on robo-advisors too, such as Morgan Stanley and Betterment.
Nonetheless, with an impressive and steadily increasing list of clients, and more than $50B of assets under its management, Wealthfront achieved Unicorn status in September 2022. Now it is diversifying its offerings, branching into high-interest checking accounts and investment advice and reportedly seeking a valuation of up to $2.05B in its upcoming IPO, a move that puts the company in a strong position for even more growth.
Steph
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Insights
-4% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Jan 2018
$75m
SERIES E
Oct 2014
$64m
SERIES D
Total funding: $204.5m
Company benefits
- Lunch and snacks on the house: Enjoy lunches, snacks, coffee and stipends to go out to lunch with coworkers.
- More tools in your toolbox: Join one of our affinity groups, attend leadership trainings and receive 1:1 mentorship. We give team members a quarterly learning stipend so we can all continue to grow and improve.
- Commuting made easy: We’re a short walk from the Palo Alto Caltrain and all employees receive a Caltrain pass. Our co-working space in San Francisco is great for days when you need to work from the city. An additional transportation stipend and relocation bonuses make getting to the office a breeze.
- Prioritize Wellness: Stay happy and healthy however you choose with our monthly wellness reimbursement. You define what wellness means for you — a massage, running sneakers, or dance classes? It’s your call.
- Work/life balance (no, really): We have flexible working hours, a discretionary time off policy and offer 16 weeks of paid parental leave (both parents). We work hard, but we rejuvenate too.
- Your health matters: We provide comprehensive medical, dental and vision coverage for you and your family, including HSA contributions for high deductible plans.
Company HQ
University South, Palo Alto, CA
Leadership
Dan Carroll
(Founder & CSO)They studied Finance and Entrepreneurship at the University of Arizona before using this expertise to co-found Wealthfront in December 2008.
David Fortunato
(CEO)David has been at Wealthfront since 2009, joining the company as CTO. He then became the President in 2019 and CEO in 2021.
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