Staff Product Designer, Investing

Wealthsimple is on a mission to help everyone achieve financial freedom by reimagining what it means to manage your money. They are seeking a Staff Product Designer to work on their Brokerage product, partnering closely with engineering and product teams to deliver high-quality experiences for clients.

Responsibilities:

• Understand the investing needs of our customers, empowering both new and sophisticated investors with the tools and knowledge to make informed decisions
• Partner closely with engineering, data science and product management to find refined but practical solutions to design challenges
• Create multiple concepts and prototypes, recognizing when meticulous attention to detail is needed and when low-fidelity sketches are adequate for visualizing ideas
• Listen to users to develop the right product strategy and find solutions that delight our customers
• Leverage data to inform your design solutions
• Understand the strategic direction and vision for your working areas and ensure all UX efforts are aligned with that direction
• Raise the craft quality bar at Wealthsimple not just through your own work, but through the mentoring and development of Designers in your domain
• Become a subject matter expert in Stock & Option Trading
• Stay on top of industry trends and emerging technologies to integrate innovative solutions into our product design

Requirements:

• A deep interest or experience with Trading and how we might build simpler, more accessible services for everyone
• Is an expert practitioner in the craft of product design, capable of delivering thoughtful, polished experiences, including motion and interaction design
• Demonstrated experience designing and shipping consumer-facing products
• Proven ability to turn complex problems into simple experiences
• Strong understanding of how design, product and engineering can work together to ship high-quality experiences quickly and at scale
• Can effectively communicate ideas and project direction to internal teams and stakeholders
• Experience generating user insight by shaping and leading research studies
• Ability to work independently, biasing towards action to drive projects forward