Lead Product Designer

Stellar Development Foundation

Lead Product Designer at Stellar Development Foundation enhancing blockchain technology for equitable financial access. Spearheading design vision and mentoring a designer in a hybrid role.

Posted 6/30/2026full-timeSan Francisco • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $170,000 - $235,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Ramp on our products, design system, and roadmap; partner with PMs and engineers; and start contributing directly to active design work.
Own the design vision for key product areas, establish how the team works (including AI-assisted workflows), and support the growth of the designer you manage.
Set and champion a clear product design vision aligned with company goals and brand values.
Lead by example as our most senior designer — contributing directly to our most important projects with exceptional visual and interaction craft.
Manage, mentor, and grow another product designer; provide thoughtful feedback and career development.
Maintain and scale our design system to ensure consistency and speed across products.
Leverage AI design and prototyping tools to increase the team’s leverage and the quality and velocity of what you ship.
Partner closely with Product and Engineering to ship pixel-perfect, user-centered experiences.
Conduct user research and usability testing to validate decisions, and champion user-centered design across the organization.

Requirements

What you’ll need

7+ years of product design experience with a strong portfolio of shipped, end-to-end work.
Exceptional visual and interaction design skills and a critical eye for detail.
Experience managing or mentoring other designers (formal management a plus).
Demonstrated use of AI tools to accelerate and elevate design work.
Expert knowledge of modern design tools (Figma, Framer, etc.) and experience building and scaling design systems.
Strong communication; you can present, influence, and align stakeholders at all levels.
A strong understanding of user-centered design, with experience in research and usability testing.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive health, dental & vision coverage with most plans covered at 100% for the employee + any dependents
Flexible time off + 15 company holidays including a company-wide holiday break
Generous paid parental leave for all parents, plus paid pregnancy disability leave for birthing parents
Gym reimbursement ($80 per month)
Life & ADD (up to $50K)
Short & Long term disability
401K with 4% match
Health & Dependent Care FSA Accounts
Commuter benefits with $250/month employer contribution
Health Savings Account (HSA) with monthly employer contribution
Family building benefits through Kindbody
Wellbeing benefits (One Medical, Rightway, Headspace)
L&D budget of $1,500/year
Daily lunch and snacks in office
Company retreats

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Hard Skills & Tools

Product DesignVisual DesignInteraction DesignUser ResearchUsability TestingDesign System DevelopmentPrototypingEnd-To-End DesignDetail OrientationMentoring

Soft Skills

Strong CommunicationStakeholder AlignmentInfluencing