Lead Product Designer, Step

• Significant demonstrated experience with end-to-end (hybrid UX and UI) product design for consumer-facing products
• Strong visual design sensibility with the range to move fluidly between systemized UI and more expressive, brand-forward moments
• A craft-obsessed designer who strives for quality and has an amazing attention to detail
• The ability to lead design for important projects with experience delegating work and giving direction to other designers
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills (you should be able to clearly articulate your design decisions and the logic behind them)
• The ability to think at a high level about product strategy and vision (not just 'how it should look' but 'what we should build')
• Experience in building and shipping applications or software (mobile/web)
• Uses AI as a creative and productivity multiplier — able to move faster and explore more ideas without sacrificing craft or judgment
• Must have a portfolio featuring examples of design work
• Education: Bachelor's degree or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience
• We encourage you to apply even if you don't meet every single qualification. Strong candidates rarely check every box, and we'd rather meet you than miss you

Desirable

• Step is looking for an experienced product designer who can lead the overall product, design, and UX strategy for growth initiatives (e.g. signup/onboarding, rewards and gamification)
• We are a design-focused consumer banking product that works on physical products, digital products, and mobile apps
• We're looking for someone to roll up their sleeves, lead design on individual features and make design decisions in a role with plenty of room to grow
• The ideal candidate is a passionate designer who is proactive in product ownership, comfortable working closely with cross-functional teams to influence product strategy and rally them around elegant, innovative mobile solutions that delight our customers
• Design high quality interactive experiences across mobile, both iOS and Android, and web
• Lead projects throughout the entire design process; from creative conception to production and release
• Collaborate with Product, Engineering and Marketing to help define strategy, and the roadmap to achieve business objectives (growth)
• Collaborate and give feedback/direction to other designers to continually push the level of quality on the team
• Evaluate current processes, identify best practices, develop plans to reach goals and implement improvements
• Utilize and contribute to the Step Design System
• Reports to: Head of Design