Senior Staff Product Designer, Finance

The role

You will set the UX vision and strategy across the Money and Risk product areas. You will define AI-first financial UX and drive high-impact design opportunities. You will also coach other designers and contribute to platform patterns.

What you will do

• Set the UX vision and strategy across the Money and Risk teams
• Identify and drive high-impact design opportunities across the Money and Risk teams
• Influence product strategy, roadmap priorities, and team OKRs
• Define what AI-first financial UX looks like at Gusto
• Own how the Money and Risk teams build and share customer understanding
• Shape and raise the quality bar for experiences through hands-on design work
• Develop other designers through coaching, critique, and structured mentorship
• Champion and evolve Gusto's design system and platform standards

Required qualifications

• 10+ years of Product Design experience
• Experience leading design direction across multiple teams, pods, or product domains simultaneously
• Experience designing for high-trust, high-stakes experiences
• Experience shaping product strategy at the domain or portfolio level
• High bar for craft including prototyping, iterating, and shipping
• Experience advancing experience architectures and service models that span multiple teams
• Ability to lead through influence across teams
• Active use of AI in design practice
• Ability to articulate a point of view on how AI is changing product design

Nice to have

• Fintech or financial services background

Benefits

• Competitive base pay
• Benefits
• Equity (RSUs)

Before you apply

• AI experience will be assessed during the interview process

About the company

Gusto handles payroll, health insurance, 401(k)s, and HR for small businesses. They support more than 500,000 small businesses nationwide.