Product Design Lead

Collective

. Deeply understand our customers’ needs, business objectives, and state of the industry to imagine & bring to life paradigm-changing experiences.

Posted 4/22/2026full-timeSan Francisco • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $185,000 - $215,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Deeply understand our customers’ needs, business objectives, and state of the industry to imagine & bring to life paradigm-changing experiences.
Establish a high bar for visual polish and intuitive interaction patterns.
Clearly define customer and business problems. Explore broad-to-narrow solutions with thoughtful designs.
Pioneer the integration of AI tools and generative design techniques into our core design workflows to accelerate ideation, increase output efficiency, and unlock entirely new product experiences.
Ideate, design, launch and improve products to help advance Collective’s mission.
Work with a cross functional product development team (product managers, engineers, designers, operations, sales & marketing) to ship innovative and well-crafted experiences, for scale
Optimize for execution velocity while maintaining a high quality bar, making tradeoffs between design choices and resources available.
Contribute to growing a robust & refined design system

Requirements

What you’ll need

6 - 8+ years of experience as a Product Designer
Demonstrated impact on product strategy and customer experience in previous roles, preferably within Fintech or Consumer Tech.
Outstanding UX capabilities and strong visual design competency, including visual, UI/UX, copy writing and systems-design.
Experience with and a high bar for visual polish and intuitive, simple design patterns.
Passion for turning complex problems into simple & engaging solutions.
Proven ability to leverage AI/ML tools (e.g., generative AI, automated testing) to enhance the speed and quality of the design process.
Innate understanding of the end-to-end design process - from identifying customer needs and pain points to delivering exceptional customer experiences.
The ability to apply consumer insights and metrics to inform design decisions and influence the product roadmap
Strong systems thinker with the ability to connect the dots across the entire customer journey.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Hybrid Work Model: Based in San Francisco with a balance of in-office and remote flexibility.
Fresh Lunch: Provided on in-office days.
Commuter Support: $150 monthly reimbursement for transit expenses.
Health & Wellness: $200 quarterly reimbursement to support your well-being.
Time Off: Flexible PTO plus 14 company holidays.
Comprehensive Coverage: 100% medical, dental, and vision for employees; 75% coverage for dependents.
Parental Leave: 16 weeks fully paid.
Retirement & Ownership: 401k plan plus an equity package.
Team Connection: Quarterly virtual events and an annual in-person summit.

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Hard Skills & Tools

product designUX designvisual designUI designsystems designcopywritingAI toolsgenerative designautomated testingcustomer experience

Soft Skills

problem solvingcreativitycollaborationcommunicationsystems thinkingcustomer empathystrategic thinkingadaptabilityattention to detailexecution velocity