Sr. Product Designer (Remote)

EMPOWER OVERVIEW

Empower is shaking up an outdated financial system by providing real opportunity for our customers: the opportunity to get the cash they need, to access fair credit, and to change their financial story. Today, we’re helping millions of people find financial security through machine learning models that evaluate creditworthiness using a more inclusive lens and mobile-first products: Cash Advance, Thrive line of credit, and Petal credit cards. Tomorrow? Creating even more financial paths for our customers (and their wallets) to succeed. 

This year, Empower ranked #65 on Inc. 5000’s Fastest-Growing Private Companies list — our third year in a row cracking the top 100 — and was named by Forbes as one of the 25 Next Billion-Dollar Startups for 2024. Empower was also featured by Forbes on America’s Best Startup Employers list in 2023, and our Thrive line of credit product was named by Fast Company as one of 2022’s Next Big Things in Tech.  

Empower is backed by Sequoia Capital, Blisce, and Icon Ventures. Ready to grow your impact and accelerate your career? Take a look at our open roles — we can’t wait to meet you.

THE EMPOWER WAY

Great Expectations: We come up with bold, audacious goals for ourselves and go all out for impact

Owner Mindset: We give every employee latitude to act independently, make smart choices, and move the business forward

Spirited Debate: We love skeptics and seek counter opinions to challenge our personal assumptions and expand our view

Customer Obsession: We listen to understand, empathize, and create a memorable, rewarding experience for our community

Inclusive Collaboration: We believe diverse teams make the best decisions, and we strive to give diverse voices a seat at the table

No Jerks Allowed: We value our relationships and take the time to build trust and connection and communicate respectfully

WHAT EMPOWER OFFERS

Competitive salary

Generous equity package

Full healthcare benefits

Technology expense reimbursement

Work from anywhere

 JOB DESCRIPTION

As a Senior Product Designer at Empower, you’ll be integral to the entire design process. Our Product Designers are customer-centric and collaborate closely with other designers, product managers, and engineers to bring innovative ideas to life, ensuring our products positively impact our customers’ financial lives.

Successful Senior Product Designers are ambitious and relentlessly pursue excellence. Design thinking is at the core of their creative process. They push boundaries and innovate, applying design thinking principles to solve complex problems and create user-centered solutions. This involves empathizing with users, defining clear and actionable insights, ideating on potential solutions, prototyping, and rigorously testing their designs to ensure they meet the highest standards. Their ambition drives them to continuously improve and refine their skills, staying ahead of industry trends and delivering exceptional value through thoughtful, well-crafted design.

Empower is a remote-first company. We drive connectivity through regular company offsites. Travel for company offsites is expected at a minimum 2 times a year.

Qualifications

• 4-5+ years of work experience in product design, visual design, UI/UX and mobile app design

• Own design projects across the entire product lifecycle and iterations that follow

• Work closely with our product, engineering, and ops teams to find visually appealing and practical solutions to business problems

• Influence and help shape the design culture at Empower

• Strong customer empathy and experience shaping product’s User Experience and execution based on customer needs

• Strong strategic thinking, problem-solving, and logical structuring abilities

• An excellent portfolio that demonstrates love and care for their craft (Please submit your portfolio)

• Proven experience building high-quality consumer-facing mobile products

• Experience quickly iterating and building prototypes

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

• Expert level skills in Figma or Sketch

• Relevant fintech experience is a plus

At Empower, we hire for people that push themselves to understand others and seek out ways to challenge their personal assumptions. Our hope is that by fostering such an environment, we strengthen our business and relationships by putting people first. We are committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and equitable workspace where everyone (regardless of age, education, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, or any personal characteristics) feels like they belong. Even if your experience doesn’t exactly match up to our job description, you should feel empowered to apply regardless! 

At Empower, we hire for people that push themselves to understand others and seek out ways to challenge their personal assumptions. Our hope is that by fostering such an environment, we strengthen our business and relationships by putting people first. We are committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and equitable workspace where everyone (regardless of age, education, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, or any personal characteristics) feels like they belong. Even if your experience doesn’t exactly match up to our job description, you should feel empowered to apply regardless!