Product Designer, Betterment
Growth
$110-130k
+ Equity package
3 days a week in office
Automated investing & financial planning
Job no longer available
Automated investing & financial planning
501-1000 employees
Job no longer available
$110-130k
+ Equity package
3 days a week in office
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To empower people to build wealth with confidence and ease.
Role
Who you are
- At Betterment, we hire designers who are passionate about personal finance, and building intuitive, delightful experiences for customers to manage their money
- You approach problems holistically, and are self-motivated, learning new skills quickly, with a sense for what you’ll develop next
- We seek out folks who are talented and eager to both learn from their colleagues and help make them better. As a design team, we're focused and always strive for excellence
- 3+ years of relevant experience as a product designer (previous titles may have been different)
- Portfolio of extraordinary product design work that demonstrates a strong visual design foundation, positive business impact and experience shipping designs to real people, across web and mobile
- Experience working within established accessible design systems and evolving when appropriate
- Excellent communication skills, both written and spoken
- Strong collaborative skills with experience working through lots of cross-functional feedback
- Experience working in a data-informed test and learn environment
- Ability to identify user needs and pain points through research, usability testing, and data analysis
- Strong organizational skills and ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects with tight timelines
- Strategic thinker with a big-picture view of how design drives product and business goals
What the job involves
- We’re looking for a Product Designer to create compelling and impactful growth experiences that engage prospective customers and improve our high level acquisition funnels. You will bring creative, analytical, and technical design skills to collaborate closely with a strong cross-functional team and stakeholders across our consumer platform
- Design and iterate on key acquisition flows, funnels, and tools that drive growth, balancing business goals and user needs
- Create engaging landing pages and website experiences that bring the Betterment brand to life and resonate with prospective customers
- Make informed, data-backed design decisions by leveraging research, customer insights, usability principles, and site performance metrics
- Contribute to our design system, ensuring everything we create is accessible, cohesive, and aligned with our brand
- Collaborate closely with product management, engineering, brand designers, content strategists, product design, marketing, and many others, working closely in a cross-disciplinary team
- Help shape our product direction by identifying new opportunities, proposing A/B tests, and staying current with design and industry trends
- Take ownership of your work from start to finish—seeing your designs through to launch
- Grow your skills as part of a talented, supportive design team that values open feedback and works toward a unified customer experience across all touchpoints
Application process
- We’ll take a few weeks to review all applications. If we’d like to spend more time with you, we’ll reach out to arrange next steps, which will include 3-4 sets of meetings with your future colleagues
- In the interview process, we’ll look to learn more about your skills, experiences, capabilities, and motivators. Many of our questions will be aimed at understanding how you might operate here at Betterment. Depending on the role, we may ask you to complete a case study exercise or technical assessments, as we want to collect a robust set of data points to better inform our decisions
- On average, it takes us around 3-5 weeks to make a hiring decision, depending on your availability and sense of urgency. As a best practice, we aim to interview at least 2-3 final round candidates before making a hiring decision. Please note that, as we usually receive an overwhelming number of applications for open positions, we’re unable to offer individual feedback during the interview process
- We recognize that interviewing for a new role is a big deal. We appreciate you considering Betterment as the next step in your career, and our Recruiting Team is here to support and advocate for you through the interview process!
Our take
Betterment is an app-based investment platform that provides personal finance data and guidance to retail users through a range of real-world data and AI analytics to deliver investment advice to customers.
The company has become the largest independent digital investment advisor in the U.S. Having expanded its 401k business, Betterment has entered the world of Crypto, partnering with Gemini to offer customized crypto portfolios and its "Crypto Investing by Betterment" platform.
Betterment has a wealth of competition in this increasingly crowded space. Other robo advisors offering similar services include Moneyfarm, Wealth Simple, M1 Finance and Personal Capital. Going forward, Betterment hopes to further distance itself from rivals as it further innovates its platform.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-6% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Sep 2021
$60m
SERIES F
Jul 2017
$70m
SERIES E
Total funding: $335m
Company benefits
- Get comprehensive medical, dental, and vision, plus a free subscription to One Medical.
- We encourage you to take time off (seriously) and get the rest you need to do your best work.
- Employees welcoming little ones are eligible for our robust parental leave policy after six months of employment.
- We offer a 401(k) match and a match on qualified student loan payments.
- Gain a stake in Betterment’s success with company equity grants.
- Snacks, beverages, and catered lunches at our NYC HQ.
- We provide LGBTQIA+ transition and fertility support.
- Make connections through seven employee affinity groups and a social calendar of hybrid events.
Company HQ
Chelsea, New York, NY
Leadership
Sarah Kirshbaum Levy
(CEO)Prior to joining Betterment in 2020, Sarah served as the COO for Viacom Media Networks.
Salary benchmarks
We don't have enough data yet to provide salary benchmarks for this role.
Submit your salary to help other candidates with crowdsourced salary estimates.
Share this job