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Product Design Manager

Plaid
Hybrid - New York City OfficeUpdated 168d ago
Base salary
$208k–$318k
Published base salary range · Top quartile for Design (52 listings)
Location
Hybrid - New York City Office
Remote eligibility
Employment
Full-time
Lead / Manager
Role family
Design
Fintech
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About the job

About Plaid

Plaid powers the tools millions of people rely on to live a healthier financial life. We work with thousands of companies like Venmo, SoFi, several of the Fortune 500, and many of the largest banks to make it easy for people to connect their financial accounts to the apps and services they want to use. Plaid’s network covers 12,000 financial institutions across the US, Canada, UK and Europe. Founded in 2013, the company is headquartered in San Francisco with offices in New York, Seattle, Washington D.C., Raleigh, London, and Amsterdam.

Role

As a Product Design Manager on the Dashboard team, you will manage a multidisciplinary team of product designers and a researcher, leading design efforts across multiple product areas at Plaid. As a member of each area’s cross-functional leadership team, you will partner closely with product and engineering to shape direction and outcomes. Your day-to-day responsibilities will include coaching individual contributors, driving high-quality design execution, and collaborating with PM leads to develop product strategy. Alongside owning near-term delivery, you and your team will also define and advance the long-term vision for how Plaid’s products evolve.

Responsibilities

  • Shipping delightful and easy-to-use experiences, whether they’re for customers or partners
  • Working on all types of problems: complex, ambiguous, large redesigns, small wins, internal demos, etc
  • Closely collaborating with engineering, product, and marketing teams from planning through execution
  • Producing high-quality work that not only pushes the experience forward, but inspires others and raises the quality bar
  • Working directly with design, product and engineering leaders, helping craft compelling narratives, strategies, and inspiring demos
  • Managing a team of ICs at different stages of their careers and coaching them to grow
  • Joining a team of talented designers and contributing to our design culture through collaboration and leadership

Qualifications

  • 8+ years of product design experience
  • 3+ years of product design management experience
  • A portfolio demonstrating outstanding visual design, interaction design, problem-solving, and prototyping skills
  • Experience leading large-scale redesigns or net new products, working on ambiguous problems, and on complex B2B applications
  • Experience managing a team of product designers to produce great work at scale
  • An outstanding communicator, storyteller, and facilitator, who can bring people together and build a shared understanding with an inspiring vision and narrative
  • Someone who is proactive, organized, curious, pragmatic, and can prioritize their own work independently to maximize their impact at the company

Compensation & Benefits

Target Base Salary $207.6K – $317.5K • Offers Equity. Plaid provides a comprehensive benefit plan, including medical, dental, vision, and 401(k).

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