Product Designer, Finance

Gusto

Product Designer defining AI-first financial UX across Gusto’s Money and Risk products. Shaping strategy, design systems, and trustworthy experiences for small businesses and employees.

Posted 8/18/2026full-timeSan Francisco • California, Colorado, New York • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorLead💰 $202,000 - $253,000 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates extensive experience in Product Design with a focus on AI-first financial UX, leading design direction across multiple teams, and advancing experience architectures. Proven ability to influence product strategy and mentor designers while ensuring high-quality user experiences in high-stakes environments.

Highest-signal resume keywords

10+ Years Of Product Design ExperienceExperience Designing High-Trust ExperiencesCoaching And Mentorship ExperienceActive Use Of AI In Design PracticeFintech Or Financial Services Background

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Hard Skills

High Craft BarPrototypingIterationShippingExperience ArchitectureService ModelsDesign DirectionUser Agency RepresentationError HandlingTrust In Automated Decisions

Soft Skills

InfluenceAnticipate Organizational FrictionCoordinate Design Across Teams

Tools & Technologies

Design SystemsScalable PatternsFrameworks

Industry Keywords

FintechFinancial ServicesProduct StrategyRoadmap PrioritiesCustomer Understanding Practices

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Set the UX vision and strategy across the Money and Risk teams, connecting multiple pods and ensuring a cohesive platform experience
Identify and drive high-impact design opportunities across Money and Risk
Influence product strategy, roadmap priorities, and team OKRs alongside product directors and engineering leaders
Define AI-first financial UX, including clear uncertainty representation, graceful error handling, preserved user agency, and trust in automated decisions
Own customer-understanding practices across Money and Risk by setting learning priorities and synthesizing insights
Raise experience quality through hands-on design, direction-setting, and direct IC work on specific projects
Develop designers through coaching, critique, and structured mentorship
Evolve Gusto’s design system and platform standards with scalable patterns and frameworks

Requirements

What you’ll need

10+ years of Product Design experience
Track record leading design direction across multiple teams, pods, or product domains simultaneously
Experience designing high-trust, high-stakes experiences where errors have real consequences
Experience shaping product strategy at domain or portfolio level with product and engineering leaders
High craft bar with hands-on prototyping, iteration, and shipping
Coaching, critique, and mentorship experience
Experience advancing experience architectures and service models spanning multiple teams
Ability to lead through influence, anticipate organizational friction, and coordinate design across teams
Active use of AI in design practice and ability to critically evaluate and course-correct AI-generated outputs
Point of view and demonstrated action regarding AI’s impact on product design
Fintech or financial services background is a plus

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive base pay
Health insurance
401(k)
HR benefits
Equity (RSUs)
Competitive compensation package
Strong emphasis on equity-based compensation
Secure, reliable, and consistent internet connection required when approved to work outside a Gusto office
Equal opportunity employment
Reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans