Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Kraken is one of the world's longest-standing crypto platforms, trusted by over 10 million individuals and institutions. They are seeking a Staff Product Designer to lead the design direction of their flagship app, creating exceptional user experiences and elevating their brand in the crypto space.
Responsibilities
- Set and elevate the design vision across key product areas, defining what great looks like and driving it through execution
- Lead the design of complex, ambiguous problem spaces, turning them into clear, elegant, and scalable user experiences
- Raise the bar for the industry by creating visually rich, forward-thinking designs that elevate Kraken’s brand and set new benchmarks for excellence
- Shape and evolve Kraken’s design system and visual language, ensuring consistency and scalability across the product
- Partner deeply with product, engineering, and leadership to influence product strategy and roadmap decisions, not just execution
- Drive alignment across teams, bringing clarity and direction to cross-functional initiatives
- Mentor and support other designers, contributing to their growth and raising the overall quality of the design team
- Champion a high standard of craft and user experience, influencing stakeholders to uphold excellence across the organization
- Use customer insights, data, and experimentation to inform decisions and continuously improve product outcomes
- Lead design critiques and contribute to a strong culture of feedback, rigor, and continuous improvement
Skills
- 7+ years of experience in product design, with a portfolio demonstrating exceptional craft and impact, particularly in mobile app experiences
- Proven ability to lead design direction for large, complex product areas and deliver high-quality outcomes
- Strong UX and visual design skills, with a track record of solving ambiguous problems with clarity and elegance
- Advanced prototyping skills, with the ability to communicate complex interactions and ideas effectively
- Experience influencing product strategy and cross-functional decision-making at a team or organizational level
- Strong systems thinking, with experience contributing to or evolving design systems at scale
- Ability to mentor and elevate other designers through feedback, collaboration, and example
- Data-informed mindset, balancing user needs, business goals, and technical constraints
- Excellent communication and storytelling skills, able to clearly articulate and defend design decisions to diverse stakeholders
- Deep understanding of human-centered design principles and research methods, and the ability to apply them in complex environments
- Experience designing trading or financial products is a plus
Benefits
- Offers Equity
- Offers Bonus
- REMOTE
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