Lead Product Designer
Stellar is an open-source blockchain network designed to facilitate fast, low-cost cross-border payments and financial transactions globally.
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About Stellar
Stellar is an open-source blockchain network focused on improving global financial access by enabling fast, secure, and low-cost cross-border transactions. It connects financial institutions, payment systems, and individuals to transfer digital and fiat assets. With a mission to promote financial inclusion, Stellar is designed to serve both developed and underserved markets, offering interoperability between traditional and blockchain-based financial systems.
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About the Role
You will set the product design vision and lead high-impact product work from concept through shippable designs. You will manage and mentor a product designer, maintain and scale the design system, use AI-assisted design and prototyping tools, and partner with product and engineering stakeholders. You will conduct user research and usability testing to validate decisions and deliver polished, user-centered experiences.
Requirements
- 7+ years of product design experience with a strong portfolio of shipped end-to-end work
- Exceptional visual and interaction design skills
- Experience managing or mentoring designers
- Demonstrated use of AI tools to accelerate design work
- Expert knowledge of modern design tools including Figma and Framer
- Experience building and scaling design systems
- Strong stakeholder communication, presentation, influence, and alignment skills
- Experience with user-centered design, research, and usability testing
Responsibilities
- Set and champion a clear product design vision aligned with company goals and brand values
- Lead high-impact projects with exceptional visual and interaction design craft
- Manage, mentor, and grow a product designer
- Maintain and scale the design system
- Leverage AI design and prototyping tools to improve design quality and velocity
- Partner with Product and Engineering to ship pixel-perfect, user-centered experiences
- Conduct user research and usability testing to validate design decisions
- Champion user-centered design across the organization
Benefits
- Health, dental, and vision coverage with most plans fully covered for employees and dependents
- Flexible time off and 15 company holidays, including a company-wide holiday break
- Paid parental leave and paid pregnancy disability leave
- Gym reimbursement of $80 per month
- Life and accidental death and dismemberment insurance
- Short- and long-term disability coverage
- 401K with 4% match
- Health and Dependent Care FSA accounts
- Commuter benefits with $250 monthly employer contribution
- Health Savings Account with monthly employer contribution
- Family-building benefits through Kindbody
- Wellbeing benefits through One Medical, Rightway, and Headspace
- Daily lunch and snacks in the office
- Company retreats