Product Design Lead

Summary

Join Forage, a mission-driven payments company, as a Product Designer to design consumer-facing products and features. You will work with engineers and a product manager to improve EBT online payment tools for low-income Americans. This role requires 4-8 years of experience in designing consumer software products and building 0 to 1 products, preferably in early-stage startups. You will lead the design of new consumer products, iterate on designs based on user feedback, and contribute to Forage's design system. As the first designer, you will shape the role of design at Forage. Forage offers a competitive salary, equity, 100% medical, dental, and vision coverage, a remote-first work environment, and a positive work culture.

Requirements

• 4 - 8 years of experience designing successful consumer software products or consumer-grade B2B products with several examples of these projects in a portfolio that you can share with us
• Experience building 0 to 1 products, preferably at earlier stage (approximately seed to Series B) startups
• Proficiency using leading design tools (e.g., Figma) and methodologies to create consistent, implementable designs and rapidly iterating upon them in collaboration with others
• Demonstrated ability to hone a product concept from high-level requirements to engineering-ready specs. You’re comfortable leading user research with initial prototypes and dialing in the level of detail as you build conviction in your approach solving users’ problems
• High velocity. You bias towards getting fresh designs in front of users to keep up a high rate of learning, and you reliably hit your targets for deliverables
• Strong communication skills. Ability to clearly communicate timelines, to acknowledge and act on peer feedback, and to exert a positive influence on both strategy and execution

Responsibilities

• Lead the design of new consumer products, leveraging our preexisting user research and prototypes to build delightful, easy to use consumer iOS and Android apps and to build new features to deepen the value of our web apps to consumers and B2B customers
• Rapidly iterate on designs by collaborating with and distilling insights from end-users as well as your colleagues in engineering, product, and beyond
• Contribute to Forage’s design process and components building towards a design system for the future of our consumer products, upleveling the company’s approach to design and capacity to produce compelling, visually consistent, and pixel-perfect designs
• As the first designer on the team, help to shape the role of design at Forage, including how design influences product strategy and collaborates with product and engineering

Preferred Qualifications

Experience navigating and simplifying complex problems preferred, especially in consumer fintech and/or ecommerce

Benefits

• Compensation:$150k-195k USD base + equity + benefits
• Meaningful work that makes a positive impact on our society
• 100% of Medical, Dental and Vision premium coverage for yourself and dependents
• A remote-first work environment with opportunity for onsite meetings
• A fun and caring environment that prioritizes transparency, growth, and ownership
• A talented, diverse, high-achieving, and humble team with diverse backgrounds and viewpoints