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• The Head of Design will play a critical role in scaling design solutions to support extensive feature sets, mentoring other designers to ensure team growth, and ensuring design outputs resonate with our diverse user groups.
• They must be capable of working independently, conducting research to fully understand products, and fostering a fast-paced design cycle with continuous iterations.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead design initiatives across all company platforms, ensuring design strategies are both innovative and user-centered, with a deep understanding of banking and remittance products for individuals and businesses.
• Manage and coordinate asset design, including illustrations, motion graphics, and other forms of design, ensuring all visual elements align with the company’s brand identity.
• Drive brand scalability and consistency by enhancing brand identity across multiple touchpoints, ensuring that design executions resonate with each unique user group.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including product, engineering, and marketing, to ensure alignment on product vision, scalability, and user experience.
• Conduct independent research to fully understand product needs, competitive landscapes, and user expectations, and translate insights into actionable design frameworks.
• Lead by example, mentoring and guiding other designers to scale up their skills and performance, fostering a culture of continuous learning and design excellence within the team.
• Act as a player-coach, balancing hands-on design work with the strategic alignment of business, platform, and customer needs, while staying responsive to rapidly changing product requirements.
• Build scalable design systems that support massive feature sets, ensuring the design process remains agile and adaptable to changes as new features are rolled out.
• Ensure fast and continuous shipping of design assets and products, maintaining a design process that delivers within impressive timelines, while still adhering to quality and user experience standards.
• Champion user-centered design principles, incorporating feedback from user testing, product stakeholders, and market insights to drive product decisions that solve key pain points for both individuals and businesses.
• Stay ahead of design trends and innovations in fintech, ensuring that the company’s products remain competitive and appealing within a fast-evolving industry landscape.
• Reports directly to the Chief Product Officer (CPO), ensuring alignment between design strategy and overall product goals.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Design, UI/UX Design, Interaction Design, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in UX design, interaction design, or related roles, with at least 3 years in a leadership capacity. Experience in fintech, banking, or B2B products is essential.
• Demonstrated experience in asset design, illustration, and motion graphics, with a portfolio showcasing user-centered design solutions across desktop, mobile, and web platforms.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, with a proven ability to lead design initiatives, manage stakeholders, and mentor a team of designers.
• Proficient in design thinking, rapid prototyping, and design systems, with the ability to scale designs for complex, multi-feature products.
• Deep understanding of fintech products, particularly banking and remittance services, with experience designing for both individuals and businesses.
• Ability to manage fast-paced design processes with continuous improvements and fast shipping of products.
• Skilled at collaborating with cross-functional teams and influencing decisions at all organizational levels.

What We Offer:

• Competitive salary
• Health benefits package.
• Opportunity to work with a passionate and innovative team.
• Professional growth and development opportunities.

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Job Description:

• We are seeking a highly organized Project Manager who will be responsible for overseeing the successful execution of projects from start to finish.
• The ideal candidate will manage the entire software development life cycle of the organization and have strong knowledge of Agile methodologies and project management tools.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop comprehensive project plans, including timelines, budgets, and resource allocation.
• Oversee all phases of project life cycle from initiation to closure, ensuring projects are delivered on time and within budget.
• Lead cross-functional teams, including leadership, finance, developers, designers, and QA, to achieve project objectives.
• Provide clear direction, assign tasks, and manage team performance to ensure project success.
• Act as the primary point of contact for stakeholders, providing regular updates and managing expectations.
• Develop and maintain the company-wide product/product roadmap, cutting across all teams and quarters, ensuring it is updated regularly to reflect changes and align with business priorities.
• Track and manage the customer onboarding process to ensure that all timelines are met and that clients are onboarded seamlessly into various products.
• Coordinate with engineering and product teams to monitor feature development and delivery, ensuring they stay on track and are completed within the required timelines.
• Set and manage dependencies across all projects, ensuring that they are properly planned for and addressed on time to avoid bottlenecks.
• Facilitate communication between internal teams and external clients, ensuring alignment on project goals.
• Identify potential risks and develop mitigation strategies to minimize impact on project timelines and deliverables.
• Monitor project risks and adjust plans as necessary to address challenges.
• Implement and manage Agile project management practices, including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, and retrospectives.
• Continuously improve processes to enhance team productivity and project outcomes.
• Manage project budgets, ensuring cost-effective use of resources.
• Track project expenses and adjust as necessary to avoid budget overruns.
• Ensure all deliverables meet the highest quality standards and adhere to company guidelines.
• Conduct regular project reviews to identify areas for improvement and implement corrective actions.
• Maintain detailed project documentation and reports, ensuring clear visibility of project status for all stakeholders.
• Prepare and present project status reports to senior management, ensuring timely communication of project updates, challenges, and changes.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Computer Science, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in project management, with a strong background in fintech.
• Proven experience in leading cross-functional teams and managing multiple projects simultaneously.
• Strong knowledge of Agile methodologies and project management tools (e.g., Asana, Google Suite, Jira, Trello).
• Proven experience in planning and updating product/project roadmaps and managing dependencies across teams and projects.
• Excellent communication, leadership, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, ensuring continuous delivery of projects and products within tight deadlines.
• PMP, PRINCE2, or Agile certification is a plus