Wise are hiring a

Product Design Director

Company Description

Wise is a global technology company, building the best way to move and manage the world’s money.
Min fees. Max ease. Full speed.
Whether people and businesses are sending money to another country, spending abroad, or making and receiving international payments, Wise is on a mission to make their lives easier and save them money. As part of our team, you will be helping us create an entirely new network for the world's money.
For everyone, everywhere.
More about our mission and what we offer.

Job Description

Your mission
Create a world-class, cohesive onboarding experience that reduces friction for users and increases engagement, conversion, and adoption for the business. In this role, you’ll be leading designers (of all crafts) working in the cross-functional teams that make up Wise’s Onboarding squad. Together you’ll help people and businesses onboard to Wise — ensuring they can move and manage their money anywhere in the world.

Here’s how you’ll contribute

• Partnering with PM and Engineering you’ll provide unified leadership, ensuring design work is aligned with both tribe and business objectives
• Leading the designers in the squad, you’ll set the vision, define strategy and coach teams to deliver it
• Overseeing the design process from concept to execution, you’ll ensure the creative vision is implemented consistently across key surfaces
• You’ll manage, mentor and motivate the squad’s designers — providing guidance, fostering creativity, pushing creative boundaries and strengthening our design culture
• You’ll level up design quality, maturity and alignment across the tribe and other squads
• Working with design leaders from other squads, you’ll help build a single, cohesive experience for every Wise customer

This role will give you the opportunity to:

• Support and grow a talented design team, and be the best lead they’ve ever had
• Guide teams to deliver impact, and ship work they’re proud of
• Be hands on, leading through the work and setting the bar
• Elevate product quality. You define what good looks like in the squad, and you ensure it’s delivered
• Be part of a positive change in the world. We’re fixing a broken, greedy system and putting people and businesses in control of their money.

About you:

You’re an accomplished design leader with several years' experience leading teams to ship world-class consumer products.
You have an eye for quality and cohesion, and know how to support designers to deliver both.
You’re influential and inspiring, able to lead others in a culture that values autonomy and empowerment.
You’re highly empathetic, to customers and the people you work with.
You’re a trusted partner, building effective relationships with your peers across the business.

Additional Information

For everyone, everywhere. We're people building money without borders — without judgement or prejudice, too. We believe teams are strongest when they are diverse, equitable and inclusive.
We're proud to have a truly international team, and we celebrate our differences.
Inclusive teams help us live our values and make sure every Wiser feels respected, empowered to contribute towards our mission and able to progress in their careers.
If you want to find out more about what it's like to work at Wise visit Wise.Jobs.
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