Drive high-velocity execution in close collaboration with product and engineering, holding the bar on both craft and speed
Bridge user needs and business goals, making sure design has a clear voice in shaping what gets built and why
Conduct and synthesize user research to deeply understand customer problems, translating insights into clear, intuitive experiences that reduce complexity and guide users toward confident outcomes
Design experiences that help millions of employees and thousands of finance teams seamlessly manage expenses, cards, and invoice processing.
Prototype rapidly using tools like Claude and Cursor to explore interaction patterns early, accelerate decision-making, and shorten the path from idea to shipped product
Stay current on emerging AI trends and product patterns, building a clear point of view on what matters and bringing that perspective into how we design at Perk
Push design practice forward: championing the user inside the triad, contributing to a culture of high craft, and moving toward more iterative, AI-native ways of working
Requirements
Experience that counts: 5+ years of product design experience at a fast-growing tech company. Experience with Expense Management, FinTech, or SaaS products is a strong plus.
Payments domain strength: Proven experience in at least one core payment area (e.g., payments processing & orchestration, payment methods, subscription management) and familiarity with financial concepts (e.g., reconciliation, invoicing).
Strong customer empathy and design thinking, with a passion to understand the business traveler's journey — from booking intent through spend management — and the friction points unique to managed travel
Strong customer empathy and design thinking
Fluency in data, using qualitative and quantitative signals to validate design decisions, measure impact, and inform tradeoffs
Demonstrated ability to influence product direction inside cross-functional teams
Ability to collaborate with multiple stakeholders and large cross-functional teams
Strong communication and storytelling skills, able to articulate design rationale, tradeoffs, and vision to product, engineering, and senior stakeholders
Passion for AI, shown through hands-on building, prototyping, or side projects, and staying current on research and tools.
Fluency with modern prototyping tools (e.g. Cursor, Bolt, Claude Code) and comfort with design/collaboration environments like Figma and Git.