This role is for one of the Weekday's clients
Salary range: Rs 2400000 - Rs 3800000 (ie INR 24-38 LPA)
Min Experience: 10 years
Location: Mumbai
JobType: full-time
We are seeking an Associate Vice President – Product Design to lead and scale the design function, driving end-to-end UX/UI strategy for a high-impact fintech product. This role will be responsible for shaping intuitive, data-driven user experiences across web and mobile platforms, ensuring clarity, usability, and visual excellence in complex financial workflows.
You will work closely with product, engineering, and business teams to translate requirements into structured, user-centric designs while maintaining consistency across platforms. As a design leader, you will also play a critical role in building and mentoring a high-performing team, establishing design standards, and embedding a culture of innovation and excellence.
Requirements
Key Responsibilities
- Define and lead the overall UX/UI strategy across Android, iOS, and web platforms
- Design intuitive, structured, and data-driven interfaces that simplify complex financial information
- Build and scale a strong design team through mentorship, hiring, and capability development
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align design outcomes with business and product goals
- Develop and maintain scalable design systems to ensure consistency and efficiency
- Drive user-centered design practices through research, usability testing, and continuous feedback
- Lead prototyping and validation of design concepts before development
- Ensure high standards of design quality, performance, and user experience across all touchpoints
- Stay updated on fintech trends, design innovations, and competitive landscapes
- Partner with marketing teams to ensure cohesive branding, high-quality visual communication, and impactful customer-facing assets
What Makes You a Great Fit
- Strong experience in leading product design, preferably in fintech or data-intensive platforms
- Proven ability to design user-centric experiences with a focus on clarity and usability
- Expertise in building and managing design systems across multiple platforms
- Experience mentoring and leading high-performing design teams
- Strong understanding of UX research, usability testing, and design validation techniques
- Ability to translate complex business and financial concepts into simple, intuitive interfaces
- Excellent collaboration and stakeholder management skills
- Strong sense of visual design, branding, and consistency across digital products
- Hands-on experience with prototyping and modern design tools
- Strategic mindset with the ability to balance user needs, business goals, and technical constraints
Skills Required
- Minimum 10 years experience in product design or related field
- Proven experience leading product design teams and mentoring designers
- Experience defining and leading UX/UI strategy across Android, iOS, and web platforms
- Expertise in building and managing scalable design systems across multiple platforms
- Strong understanding of UX research, usability testing, and design validation techniques
- Hands-on experience with prototyping and modern design tools
- Ability to translate complex business and financial concepts into simple, intuitive interfaces
- Strong visual design, branding, and consistency skills across digital products
- Excellent collaboration and stakeholder management skills
- Strategic mindset balancing user needs, business goals, and technical constraints
- Experience in fintech or data-intensive platforms
What We Do
Weekday is an AI-powered recruitment platform that helps startups hire top-tier engineering and product talent. By leveraging a massive database of white-collar professionals and advanced outreach tools, the company streamlines the hiring process through automated sourcing, AI-driven resume screening, and white-glove contingency services. Their mission is to modernize recruitment by enabling companies to discover and engage passive candidates efficiently, ensuring high-quality hires for critical roles.
