About the company
We’re hiring a Principal Product Designer to help shape the future of financial peace of mind for millions. In this role, you will lead the design vision for high-impact, member-facing experiences that set a new standard in consumer fintech.
You bring a strong strategic mindset paired with exceptional craft. You’re equally comfortable defining long-term product vision and executing polished, intuitive experiences that improve members’ financial lives.
You will play a key role in shaping the quality and direction of design within the Chime app—advocating for thoughtful, member-centered solutions and partnering closely with cross-functional teams to deliver meaningful impact.
This is a high-ownership role for a senior design leader who thrives in ambiguity, drives clarity through strategy and vision, and leads through influence and collaboration.
Responsibilities
- Set the design vision: Lead the product and design vision for complex, cross-functional initiatives, defining strategic direction and ensuring experiences align with both member needs and business goals.
- Elevate design quality at scale: Raise the bar for design execution across the organization by championing strong craft, thoughtful interaction design, and scalable visual systems.
- Drive cross-functional strategy: Partner closely with Product, Engineering, Research, Marketing, and Analytics to define holistic, user-centered strategies that drive measurable outcomes.
- Leverage AI-driven workflows: Apply AI-powered tools within the design process to accelerate ideation, exploration, and prototyping while expanding creative possibilities.
- Simplify complex problems: Translate ambiguous product challenges into clear, elegant, and accessible design solutions.
- Lead through influence: Provide design leadership and mentorship across teams, guiding projects and elevating the work of others without formal people management.
Requirements
- A strategic, high-impact portfolio: A portfolio demonstrating strong product thinking, clear design strategy, and excellent craft across complex digital experiences.
- Consumer product experience: A track record of designing and shipping impactful consumer products at scale across mobile and web.
- Strong craft and prototyping skills: Expertise in tools like Figma and modern prototyping workflows, including the effective use of AI-powered design tools.
- Design systems expertise: Experience working with and evolving design systems to ensure consistency and scalability across products.
- High ownership and autonomy: The ability to take a product vision from concept through execution while maintaining high design quality.
- Exceptional communication: Strong storytelling and communication skills that help align teams, influence stakeholders, and bring ideas to life.
- Member obsession: A deep commitment to creating intuitive, thoughtful experiences that genuinely improve people's financial lives.
Conditions
- The base salary offered for this role and level of experience will begin at $222,000 and up to $290,000. Full-time employees are also eligible for a bonus, competitive equity package, and benefits.
- Our in-office work policy is designed to keep you connected - with four days a week in the office and Fridays from home for those near one of our offices, plus team and company-wide events depending on location.