Job Description

This is a W2 engagement. The rate reflects a W2 engagement.

Remote but San Jose, CA, Austin, TX, NYC, or Chicago preferred

The Paypal Risk & Identity Team is looking for a Lead UX Designer to work on a project to bring all PayPal products together, high impact role, a lot of leadership visibility.

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, managing their work to

a more extensive schedule.

• 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.
  
  

Drives product design team delivery excellence, furthering influence to

achieve product design goals.

• May lead one or more individuals in experience and design initiatives.
  
  

Informally mentors junior product design practitioners in best

practices, process and methodology.

• Rapidly prototype new user experiences.
• Iterate quickly to turn ideas into testable concepts.
• Work closely with your team, prioritizing beauty and usability.
• Craft solutions focused on the end-user's needs and experiences.
• Find innovative ways to integrate design and engineering.
  
  

Requirements:

• 8+ years of relevant UX Design experience - incl. leading small design teams + strong cross-functional collaboration
• Fintech/Financial Services experience a big plus
• 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 plan with little day-to-day oversight.

• 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, Figma.

• Are experienced with motion and storytelling.
• Can work on multiple projects from concept to launch.
• Are committed to creating beautiful, user-centric designs prioritizing usability and accessibility.
• Have a relentless drive for perfection.
• Enjoy collaborating in a team-focused environment.
• General awareness of technology mediums (i.e., JavaScript, HTML/CSS) including differences between them