Vice President of Design

Skills

About the Role

You will lead the end-to-end design quality of client-facing product, web, and other touchpoints. You will set the long-term design vision, own design performance metrics, lead operational planning, and scale a unified design system. You will partner with Product, Marketing, Engineering, Compliance, Security, and AI teams to create cohesive, secure, and trust-building experiences. You will oversee research, journey mapping, usability testing, and customer discovery, and recruit, mentor, and lead a remote multidisciplinary design organisation.

Requirements

• 10+ years of digital design experience.
• At least 4+ years in an executive design leadership role managing multidisciplinary design teams.
• Experience in a high-growth fintech, neobank, or digital asset platform.
• Portfolio demonstrating complex interactive product design and established brand identity work.
• Track record of improving business and design metrics through design-led initiatives.
• Experience streamlining design workflows and partnering with marketing, product, and engineering.
• Knowledge of iOS and Android platform guidelines and modern web standards.
• Experience scaling enterprise-grade design systems.
• Familiarity with UX and trust challenges in fintech, banking, and digital assets.
• Executive communication and storytelling skills.
• Experience leading in a fully remote, globally distributed environment.
• Dedicated workspace.
• Reliable internet connection.

Responsibilities

• Define, champion, and execute the long-term design vision for client-facing mobile and web touchpoints.
• Own metrics that demonstrate design's business impact and report them quarterly at the executive level.
• Run design as an accountable business function, including headcount planning, prioritisation, and delivery.
• Partner with Marketing to ensure consistent brand expression throughout the user journey.
• Oversee user research and journey mapping to improve complex financial, banking, and crypto payment flows.
• Scale and govern a unified design language and Figma system.
• Embed regular usability testing and customer discovery before handoff.
• Collaborate with Product and Engineering leadership on strategy and product requirements.
• Establish a safe, governed framework for AI tools in asset creation and UX personalisation.
• Recruit, mentor, and lead a remote multidisciplinary design organisation.

Benefits

• 100% remote work from anywhere.
• Flexible PTO plan.
• Flexible work schedule.