About the Role :

We are looking for a seasoned Product Design Manager to lead the design efforts across our Credit Card, Loans, Peer-to-Peer Lending, and Insurance verticals. This role is critical to ensuring our products deliver intuitive, delightful, and high-impact experiences. You will play a key part in shaping strategy, guiding execution, and mentoring a team of talented product designers.

This is a high-impact, cross-functional leadership role requiring deep user empathy, exceptional craft, and the ability to operate at both strategic and tactical levels.

Key Responsibilities :

Design Leadership & Execution :

- Lead end-to-end design strategy and execution for key product verticals : credit cards, loans, lending, and insurance.

- Set and maintain a high bar for design qualityfrom wireframes and prototypes to polished, production-ready UI.

- Champion user-centric design decisions by embedding research, data, and customer feedback into the design process.

- Translate complex user problems and business goals into elegant, scalable, and technically feasible design solutions.

- Partner with engineering and product teams to ensure timely delivery and pixel-perfect execution.

Team Management & Mentorship :

- Manage and mentor a team of product designers, helping them grow in both craft and impact.

- Drive design critiques, provide actionable feedback, and help the team navigate stakeholder relationships.

- Foster a collaborative design culture built on curiosity, critical thinking, and accountability.

Cross-Functional Collaboration :

- Work closely with Product, Engineering, Data Science, and Research to align design efforts with product roadmaps.

- Act as the voice of the user across departments, advocating for meaningful, inclusive, and accessible design.

- Participate in strategic planning, product reviews, and metrics definition to ensure design contributes to measurable outcomes.

Design Systems & Standards :

- Contribute to and evolve our design systems to maintain visual consistency and design efficiency.

- Ensure accessibility, usability, and brand alignment across all customer touchpoints.

Culture & Strategy :

- Promote a feedback-rich environment that embraces iteration and learning.

- Hire, onboard, and develop top-tier design talent.

- Position design as a strategic driver of innovation and differentiation within the organization.

Qualifications & Requirements :

- 8+ years of hands-on experience designing user-centered digital products.

- 2+ years in a design management or leadership capacity.

- Strong portfolio showcasing end-to-end product design work with measurable business impact.

- Expertise in UX/UI design, interaction design, and visual design principles.

- Experience working in consumer-tech or fintech environments is highly preferred.

- Proficiency with modern design and prototyping tools (Figma, Sketch, Adobe CC, etc.).

- Strong analytical skills with the ability to use data to inform design decisions.

- Working knowledge of AI/ML-powered tools and design applications is a strong plus.

- Excellent communication, facilitation, and storytelling skills.

- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, agile startup environment.