Senior Product Designer

Forbes Advisor is a new initiative for consumers under the Forbes Marketplace umbrella that provides journalist- and expert-written insights, news and reviews on all things personal finance.

We are an experienced team of industry experts dedicated to helping readers make smart decisions and choose the right products with ease. Marketplace boasts decades of experience across dozens of geographies and teams. The team brings rich industry knowledge to Marketplace’s global coverage of consumer credit, debt, health, home improvement, banking, investing, credit cards, small business, education, insurance, loans, real estate and travel.

About the Role

We are hiring a passionate and highly experienced Senior Product Designer to join our driven team. In this role, you will be pivotal in shaping products that unlock tangible value for our consumers. You will report into a Design Lead and will support and lead design initiatives as well as work in cross-functional teams from product, data, CRO, and publishing. If you are excited about shaping the future of digital publishing, and building products that help millions of people make complex decisions confidently -  this role is for you.

Responsibilities:

• End-to-End Design Ownership: Oversee the complete design lifecycle for multiple, sometimes overlapping, product features—from research and concept ideation to high-fidelity prototyping and final handoff. You will also produce detailed documentation (annotated mockups, style guides) for smooth development handoffs and coordinate with QA post-launch to gather user feedback and continuously refine the user experience. 

• Strategic Influence: Partner with product, engineering, and research teams to shape roadmaps, ensuring design solutions align with user needs and business goals.

• Design System Evolution: Identify opportunities to improve and expand the design system. Create new components, refine interaction patterns, and champion best practices for consistency and scalability. 

• Web-based Visual Design: Demonstrated strength in information architecture, layout, typography, and color theory for both web and mobile platforms.

• Growth-oriented Design: Analyze both qualitative and quantitative data (e.g., usage metrics, conversion funnels) to validate design hypotheses and guide iterative enhancements.

• Advanced Prototyping & Interaction: Develop interactive prototypes showcasing intricate user flows, micro-interactions, and motion elements that clarify and enhance the user experience. 

• Team Mentorship: Provide guidance to junior and mid-level designers, facilitate design critiques, and foster a culture of feedback and continuous learning.

• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Cross-disciplinary skill sharing by organizing workshops or pairing sessions with engineering, experimentation teams, and product managers to broaden the team’s perspective.

Requirements:

• At least 7 years of experience in a Product Design or UI/UX Design role (Minimum of 2 years in a Senior role) with an emphasis on mobile-first, web-based, proactive conversion optimization and feature development.

• You care fiercely about crafting meaningful, impactful user experiences and continuously level up your craft.

• Remote-first experience - at least one-two years thriving in a fully distributed team - strong asynchronous communication habits and tooling fluency.

• Your work is grounded in ideation, well tested, and fundamentally driven by data. Analyze both qualitative and quantitative data (e.g., heatmaps, user funnels, user feedback, usage metrics) to refine product features and validate design hypotheses. Familiarity with Google Analytics, Microsoft Clarity is a plus. 

• Conduct or oversee in-depth usability tests, user interviews, and other research activities, synthesizing findings into actionable design improvements.

• Experienced in structuring information and user journeys across diverse platforms (web, mobile), balancing aesthetics with usability.

• Deep familiarity with maintaining and evolving large-scale component libraries, ensuring brand consistency and accessibility.

• Ability to craft detailed animations and transitions that enhance user comprehension and delight in moderately complex workflows.

• Comfortable iterating quickly in a fast-paced environment; you distill clarity and direction from open-ended problems.

• You bring people together—articulate vision, build alignment, and foster cross-team collaboration through inspiring narrative.

Must haves:

• Minimum of 7 - 10 years experience in a product design/UI/UX capacity

• Portfolio of at least 3-4 projects with clear design rationale and execution

• Timezone: IST, with flexibility to overlap for 2-3 hours with U.S. (EST) timezone

• Solid grasp of Figma

Nice to haves:  

• Experience with user testing platforms and developing user testing interviews and surveys 

• Experience with conversion optimization and feature development

• Experience with Google Analytics

• Aptitude for AI-based workflows

Perks:

● Day off on the 3rd Friday of every month (one long weekend each month)

● Monthly Wellness Reimbursement Program to promote health well-being

● Monthly Office Commutation Reimbursement Program

● Paid paternity and maternity leaves

Any Bachelor's degree