Product Design Manager (Fintech)

TL;DR

Product Design Manager (Fintech): Leading and scaling the design organization, ensuring high usability and clarity as the company grows with an accent on improving design operations and integrating AI-powered workflows. Focus on building the design team, resource planning, and cross-team coordination.

Location: Remote (US)

Salary: $190K – $235K • Offers Equity CA$200K – CA$270K • Offers Equity

Company

Monarch is a personal finance platform designed to simplify finances.

What you will do

• Lead and grow the design team through hiring, mentoring, and day-to-day management.
• Allocate design resources across product initiatives, ensuring teams stay focused on the highest-impact work.
• Partner closely with product and engineering leadership to shape product direction.
• Establish scalable design operations and planning processes.
• Introduce and operationalize AI tools to improve design workflows.

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in product design, with 2+ years managing or leading designers.
• Strong product design judgment with a high bar for usability, clarity, and craft.
• Experience hiring, mentoring, and growing designers.
• Hands-on experience designing and shipping complex digital products (web and/or mobile).
• Comfort adopting and experimenting with AI tools to improve design workflows and productivity.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with experience working closely with product and engineering teams.

Nice to have

• Experience working at a company known for strong product design.
• Early-stage startup experience.
• Experience contributing to or maintaining a design system.
• Familiarity with modern AI tools used in design, research, or prototyping workflows.

Culture & Benefits

• Work remotely from anywhere.
• Competitive cash and equity compensation.
• Stipend to set up your ideal working environment.
• Competitive Benefit Plans for employees based on your location.
• Unlimited PTO.
• 3 day weekend every month.

Hiring process

• Recruiter Video Call
• Hiring Manager Video Call
• Take Home Assignment
• Final Presentation