Venmo
UX Product Design Lead, Venmo
Venmo, San Jose, California, United States, 95199
The Company
PayPal has been revolutionizing commerce globally for more than 25 years. Creating innovative experiences that make moving money, selling, and shopping simple, personalized, and secure, PayPal empowers consumers and businesses in approximately 200 markets to join and thrive in the global economy.
We operate a global, two-sided network at scale that connects hundreds of millions of merchants and consumers. We help merchants and consumers connect, transact, and complete payments, whether they are online or in person. PayPal is more than a connection to third-party payment networks. We provide proprietary payment solutions accepted by merchants that enable the completion of payments on our platform on behalf of our customers.
Our beliefs are the foundation for how we conduct business every day. We live each day guided by our core values of Inclusion, Innovation, Collaboration, and Wellness.
Job Description Summary:
As a Product Design Lead for the Venmo growth team, you will lead a small design team focused on growth and reimagining end-to-end experiences for Venmo consumers globally. You will work closely with your product and engineering partners to define and drive the strategy and roadmap.
Responsibilities:
Partners with design, engineering, design systems, and product management team members in the execution and delivery of PayPal’s products and services, using a customer-focused, iterative design process.
Contributes to the planning and estimating work and participates in broader work stream coordination and expectation setting.
Creates high-quality deliverables and executes based on product design goals and priorities without prescriptive guidance or direction.
Leverages and extends the use of established product design techniques, templates, presentations, and assets in the creation of product design analysis, solutions, and materials.
Contributes to the adaptation of PayPal product design tools, methodology, and software, and proposes new solutions or optimizes existing ones.
Creates opportunities to foster collaborative cross-discipline dynamics.
May lead one or more individuals in experience and design initiatives. Informally mentors junior product design practitioners in best practices, process, and methodology.
Requirements:
8+ years experience.
Bachelors or Master Degree in the study of design including one of the following; Design, Information Architecture, Human Factors or equivalent project/portfolio experience.
Thorough understanding of product design methodology and lifecycle across significant channels and platforms.
Customer-focused, with experience using design research methods to uncover customer insights.
Effectively operates within an iterative design team, managing product design responsibilities against defined milestones and plans.
Thorough knowledge of essential channels and platforms, with experience in mobile, dedicated, web, and native solution design.
Experience with resources such as pattern library, repositories, and internal communication tools.
General awareness of technology mediums (i.e., JavaScript, HTML/CSS) including differences between them.
PayPal is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. Actual Compensation is based on various factors including but not limited to work location, and relevant skills and experience.
For the majority of employees, PayPal's balanced hybrid work model offers 3 days in the office for effective in-person collaboration and 2 days at your choice of either the PayPal office or your home workspace.
Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion:
PayPal provides equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.
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PayPal has been revolutionizing commerce globally for more than 25 years. Creating innovative experiences that make moving money, selling, and shopping simple, personalized, and secure, PayPal empowers consumers and businesses in approximately 200 markets to join and thrive in the global economy.
We operate a global, two-sided network at scale that connects hundreds of millions of merchants and consumers. We help merchants and consumers connect, transact, and complete payments, whether they are online or in person. PayPal is more than a connection to third-party payment networks. We provide proprietary payment solutions accepted by merchants that enable the completion of payments on our platform on behalf of our customers.
Our beliefs are the foundation for how we conduct business every day. We live each day guided by our core values of Inclusion, Innovation, Collaboration, and Wellness.
Job Description Summary:
As a Product Design Lead for the Venmo growth team, you will lead a small design team focused on growth and reimagining end-to-end experiences for Venmo consumers globally. You will work closely with your product and engineering partners to define and drive the strategy and roadmap.
Responsibilities:
Partners with design, engineering, design systems, and product management team members in the execution and delivery of PayPal’s products and services, using a customer-focused, iterative design process.
Contributes to the planning and estimating work and participates in broader work stream coordination and expectation setting.
Creates high-quality deliverables and executes based on product design goals and priorities without prescriptive guidance or direction.
Leverages and extends the use of established product design techniques, templates, presentations, and assets in the creation of product design analysis, solutions, and materials.
Contributes to the adaptation of PayPal product design tools, methodology, and software, and proposes new solutions or optimizes existing ones.
Creates opportunities to foster collaborative cross-discipline dynamics.
May lead one or more individuals in experience and design initiatives. Informally mentors junior product design practitioners in best practices, process, and methodology.
Requirements:
8+ years experience.
Bachelors or Master Degree in the study of design including one of the following; Design, Information Architecture, Human Factors or equivalent project/portfolio experience.
Thorough understanding of product design methodology and lifecycle across significant channels and platforms.
Customer-focused, with experience using design research methods to uncover customer insights.
Effectively operates within an iterative design team, managing product design responsibilities against defined milestones and plans.
Thorough knowledge of essential channels and platforms, with experience in mobile, dedicated, web, and native solution design.
Experience with resources such as pattern library, repositories, and internal communication tools.
General awareness of technology mediums (i.e., JavaScript, HTML/CSS) including differences between them.
PayPal is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. Actual Compensation is based on various factors including but not limited to work location, and relevant skills and experience.
For the majority of employees, PayPal's balanced hybrid work model offers 3 days in the office for effective in-person collaboration and 2 days at your choice of either the PayPal office or your home workspace.
Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion:
PayPal provides equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.
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