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Trustly

VP, Design

Trustly

VP of Design leading a team to shape Trustly's design vision and standards for global products. Focused on quality and usability in a fast-paced fintech environment.

Posted 7/6/2026full-timeSan Francisco • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $250,000 - $350,000 per yearWebsite

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Demonstrates extensive product design leadership with a focus on building and mentoring design teams, establishing design culture, and integrating design into product development. Possesses deep expertise in design systems, interaction design, and visual design, particularly within payments, fintech, or enterprise SaaS contexts.

Highest-signal resume keywords
Product Design LeadershipDesign Systems ExpertiseTeam Building and MentoringUser Research and Usability TestingCross-Functional Communication

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Hard Skills
End-to-End Design LeadershipInteraction DesignVisual DesignDesign Language DevelopmentDesign Quality Standards
Soft Skills
Influential CommunicationStrategic Advocacy
Industry Keywords
PaymentsFintechEnterprise SaaSConsumer ProductsB2B Products

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Own the design vision and quality bar for Trustly's global product surfaces.
  • Build and lead a team of product designers, protect the integrity of the consumer experience through periods of rapid growth.
  • Act as a key voice in shaping what Trustly builds and how it feels.
  • Set and defend the design vision, design language, and quality standard for Trustly's consumer and merchant-facing products.
  • Build, lead, and mentor a team of product designers across multiple product surfaces; establish design culture, processes, and ways of working that scale with the organization.
  • Own Trustly's design system – ensuring consistency, accessibility, and efficiency across teams and platforms.
  • Partner closely with Product and Engineering leadership to integrate design deeply into every stage of the product development cycle.
  • Drive user research and usability testing practices that ground design decisions in real user needs and behaviors.
  • Act as a strategic design voice in executive conversations – advocating for design investment and articulating the business value of exceptional experience.

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • 12+ years of product design experience, with at least 4 years leading design teams at a fast-growing technology company.
  • Strong portfolio demonstrating end-to-end design leadership across consumer and/or B2B products – from vision and strategy through to polished, shipped execution.
  • Deep expertise in design systems, interaction design, and visual design; high standards for craft and an eye for what separates good from great.
  • Proven ability to build and grow design teams and culture in a fast-paced environment – you know how to hire great designers and create the conditions for them to do their best work.
  • Payments, fintech, or enterprise SaaS design experience a strong plus – comfort designing for complex, regulated, or high-stakes user contexts.
  • Effective cross-functional partner and communicator – you influence without authority and can bring engineering and product along on design decisions.

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Flexible paid time off & generous PTO accrual plans
  • Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and other insurances
  • FSA & HSA plans for medical and dependent care
  • Home office set-up allowance
  • Internet stipend
  • Retirement plan match for 401k and RRSP
  • Gender-neutral paid parental leave, and more!