What is the type of contract for this position?

The contract for this position is a Full-time contract

What's the salary range for the Sr. Product Designer position?

The suggested salary for this position is $125,000-$150,000

Is telecommuting possible for this position?

No, telecommuting is not possible for this position

Sr. Product Designer job at Betterment

About Betterment

Betterment is a leading, technology-driven financial services company that offers investing and retirement solutions for retail investors and investment advisors as well as financial wellness solutions, including a 401(k) for small and medium-sized businesses. Our team is passionate about our mission: making people’s lives better. We’re headquartered in NYC, and offer hybrid NY-based (three days/ week in-office) and select, non-NY-based remote positions.

About the role

We’re looking for a Senior Product Designer for our rapidly-growing Betterment at Work platform, which provides modern financial benefits for today’s diverse workforce, empowering small-to-medium-sized businesses to attract and retain happy employees. You’ll lead projects that focus on the experiences of the employees of Betterment customers who use the education savings, student loan management, and financial planning benefits on our award-winning web and mobile apps.

At Betterment, we hire designers who are passionate about personal finance, and building intuitive, delightful experiences for customers to manage their money. You approach problems holistically, and are self-motivated, learning new skills quickly, with a sense for what you’ll develop next. We seek out folks who are talented and eager to both learn from their colleagues and help make them better. As a design team, we're focused and always strive for excellence.

This role is based out of our NYC office. Below we've reflected the base salary range we would offer for this position. Actual salaries may vary depending on factors including but not limited to location, experience, and performance. The range listed is just one component of Betterment’s total compensation package for employees.

New York City: $125,000 - $150,000

We offer a competitive equity package, health, dental and vision benefits, and a 401(k) offering with employer match as well as flexible PTO policy. This job is eligible for variable compensation in the form of a discretionary company incentive bonus.

A day in the life

Lead projects on our rapidly growing Betterment at Work platform, with a focus on building out the customer-facing experiences of financial wellness benefits—education savings and student loan management—across web and mobile
Contribute to product strategy by identifying new opportunities, generating innovative and inclusive solutions, crafting emotionally-engaging designs, and improving existing features
Partner with product management, engineering, and many others, working closely in cross-disciplinary teams across consumer-facing and business-to-business product areas
Be responsible for all aspects of design for your projects from inception through launch
Make informed design decisions based on competitor analysis, customer feedback, metrics, and usability tests
Further develop your design chops, working among a talented team of designers, providing one another feedback and perspective, aiming for a cohesive experience across all touchpoints
Establish and maintain design principles and patterns to be used across all channels and experiences
Mentor designers across other teams

What we’re looking for

5+ years of relevant experience working in product design (though your job title may look different)
Portfolio of extraordinary product design work and experience shipping great products to real people
Holistic, cross-platform experience and accessibility-first design thinking
An iterative, customer-centric approach to designing experiences
Excellent communication skills, both written and spoken
Experience with and appreciation for user research and usability testing
Strategic product thinking and vision

What being at Betterment means for you

We change lives

Join a community of innovators working to transform financial outcomes for real people. Your work will make an impact, always laddering up to our mission: making people's lives better.

We set audacious goals

We set them for the company, our customers, and ourselves—and we won’t stop until we reach them. We don’t just show up; we give our all, then celebrate our wins.

We value all perspectives

When we collaborate, we're at our best. We believe diverse perspectives lead to better outcomes and strive to uphold our supportive and inclusive community.

We invest in you with:

A competitive suite of benefits, including: medical, dental, and vision insurance; life and AD&D insurance; STD and LTD benefits, including infertility support and World Professional Association for Transgender Health approved benefits; and generous parental leave.
Flexible paid time off (and encouragement to use it!)
Meaningful opportunity for community building through our 6 Employee Resource Groups
Empowerment to own and lead change and affect the business
Dedicated professional development opportunities
Complimentary financial advice from our team of CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNERS™️
Lunch from our in-house chef three days a week at our NYC headquarters

What happens next

We’ll take a few weeks to review all applications. If we’d like to spend more time with you, we’ll reach out to arrange next steps, which will include 3-4 sets of meetings with your future colleagues.

In the interview process, we’ll look to learn more about your skills, experiences, capabilities, and motivators. Many of our questions will be aimed at understanding how you might operate here at Betterment. Depending on the role, we may ask you to complete a case study exercise or technical assessments, as we want to collect a robust set of data points to better inform our decisions.

On average, it takes us around 3-5 weeks to make a hiring decision, depending on your availability and sense of urgency. As a best practice, we aim to interview at least 2-3 final round candidates before making a hiring decision. Please note that, as we usually receive an overwhelming number of applications for open positions, we’re unable to offer individual feedback during the interview process.

We recognize that interviewing for a new role is a big deal. We appreciate you considering Betterment as the next step in your career, and our Recruiting Team is here to support and advocate for you through the interview process!

Please note that Betterment is dedicated to providing accommodations to candidates upon request. If you need accommodations at any point throughout the interview process, please reach out to your recruiter.

Come join us!

We’re an equal opportunity employer and comply with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practices laws. We strictly prohibit and do not tolerate discrimination against employees, applicants, or any other covered persons because of race, color, religion, creed, national origin or ancestry, ethnicity, sex, gender (including gender nonconformity and status as a transgender or transsexual individual), sexual orientation, marital status, age, physical or mental disability, citizenship, past, current or prospective service in the uniformed services, predisposing genetic characteristic, domestic violence victim status, arrest records, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state or local law.

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We collect and store personal information for the purposes of candidate tracking (for this role and future opportunities). The information you provide in the course of completing your application will be kept for up to 24 months. We use tools provided by third-party service providers but do not share candidate information for any purpose other than for recruiting. To access the data that is collected, request deletion or to make updates to your candidate profile, please email [email protected].

For jobs based out of our NYC HQ, we require in office attendance Tuesday through Thursday, weekly.

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Sr. Product Designer