Sr. Product Designer

Ripple is transforming the world of finance with innovative crypto solutions that increase access to financial services to people around the world.  As a Senior Product Designer, you’ll be flexing your product design skills in a variety of ways to help ensure Ripple’s financial customers have a great experience with our products.  We’re looking for an ambitious, self-motivated, and curious individual to dive right in and translate user problems into thoughtful and elegant design solutions.  Your strong design skills will propel Ripple forward as a business while transforming the financial industry.

WHAT YOU'LL DO:

• Prototype user experiences from start to finish, owning all aspects of the design - strategy, architecture, interaction design, and visual design
• Work iteratively to craft and validate designs, collaborating closely with other designers, product managers, documentation writers, and a fast-moving team of developers who are passionate about UX
• Actively solicit input from customers and customer-facing stakeholders, and be responsive in incorporating feedback
• Identify opportunities to improve the user experience and champion your ideas, so they get prioritized and implemented
• Approach designs from a systems perspective, developing patterns that get adopted by others
• Contribute guidelines and components to Ripple’s holistic design system and component library
• Partner with user researchers to identify and plan and develop valuable research studies that improve the understanding of Ripple’s enterprise users and their needs
• Champion design thinking and user-centric practices across the company, and be a strong advocate for users in cross-functional meetings
• Mentor designers within Ripple’s centralized design organization

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR:

• 5+ years of experience of designing useful products for several types of use cases, including Enterprise applications
• A proven track record and a strong portfolio featuring examples of your work, your design process, and the outcomes/results
• Has a bias toward action -- there’s tons of greenfield opportunity here, and you’ll need to lean into the ambiguity and find a path to completion
• Is effective at working with an Agile engineering team and others across the company to solve hard problems, actively multiplying others’ intelligence and surfacing their good ideas
• Great verbal and written communicator with the ability to write copy that is human, clear and concise
• Can craft engaging presentations that clearly communicate design ideas and inspire people
• Moves effortlessly between developing and communicating high-level UX strategies and executing the fine details
• Driven by a deep understanding of how products get used, advocating for research such as concept validation, contextual inquiry, and usability testing
• Takes on the detailed aspects of visual design such as icon design and illustration, or can direct visual designers toward solutions that balance form and function
• Has a strong understanding of product design’s role in ensuring user adoption and engagement in a new product offering
• Values over-communication, especially when collaborating with remote coworkers located in different time zones across the globe
• Excited for the chance to shape the design culture at a growing company and to inspire people with your unique perspective

Preferred, but not required

• Experience documenting complex customer journeys and internal business processes
• Data visualization expertise

Bonus Points

• Fintech experience, specifically in trading platforms
• An interest in Cryptocurrency and Blockchain Technology

WHAT WE OFFER:

• The chance to work in a fast-paced start-up environment with experienced industry leaders
• A learning environment where you can dive deep into the latest technologies and make an impact
• Competitive salary and equity
• 100% paid medical and dental and 95% paid vision insurance for employees starting on your first day
• 401k (with match), commuter benefits
• Industry-leading parental leave policies
• Generous wellness reimbursement and weekly onsite programs
• Flexible vacation policy - work with your manager to take time off when you need it
• Employee giving match
• Modern office in San Francisco’s Financial District
• Fully-stocked kitchen with organic snacks, beverages, and coffee drinks
• Weekly company meeting - ask me anything style discussion with our Leadership Team
• Team outings to sports games, happy hours, game nights and more!