Lead Product Designer - Melio

As a Product Design Lead at Melio, you’ll drive the end-to-end design strategy and execution, ensuring solutions are user-centered, accessible, and aligned with business objectives. Leading a team of designers, you’ll partner closely with cross-functional teams to translate complex financial concepts into clear, intuitive experiences—blending strategic vision with hands-on design, research, and data-informed decisions

Qualifications: 

• 7+ years of experience in product design.
• Experience collaborating on and guiding design direction for sophisticated B2B products in technical or financial contexts.
• You’re comfortable navigating ambiguity and finding the right balance between quality, speed, and experimentation
• Excel at balancing detail-oriented design with big-picture strategy
• Are passionate about building a deep understanding of the needs of a broad range of users, from individual developers and small businesses to large platforms and marketplaces with complex payment workflows
• Are relentless in delivering customer-focused experiences, combining user insights with business goals to drive meaningful outcomes
• Thrive in cross-functional collaboration, aligning design efforts with Product, Engineering, and Leadership stakeholders
• Have exceptional communication skills, using storytelling to clarify complex problems and inspire teams
• A strong portfolio that demonstrates excellence in UX/UI design and showcases work.
• An understanding of the product life cycle, from research through prototyping to design & usability testing

Bonus points:

• Experience designing for B2B enterprise financial tools, including operations, risk, and compliance workflows
• Expertise in data visualization and hierarchy within workflows. Expertise in creating coherent and readable information
• Having a Bachelor of Design in Visual Communication isn’t a must, but it’ll definitely count in your favor.

A day in the life and how you’ll make an impact:

• Lead End-to-End Design Execution: Guide the full design process—from discovery and user flows to high-fidelity UI and interaction design—to deliver exceptional, user-centered experiences.
• Collaborate Across Disciplines: Partner with Product Managers, Engineers, Data Scientists, and Content Designers to align on vision, explore feasibility, and ensure seamless implementation.
• Mentor and Develop Designers: Strengthen team outcomes by advocating for high design standards, exchanging feedback, and encouraging skill development across the team.
• Design with Purpose and Insight: Leverage both qualitative research and quantitative data to inform decisions, validate solutions, and iterate based on user feedback.
• Champion Design Thinking: Advocate for the user, and craft compelling narratives that clearly communicate design intent and strategy to a broad range of stakeholders.
• Help build and evolve our design system for consistency across touchpoints.