Head of Design

About the Company

Luminary is the AI-native system of action for wealth transfer services. High net worth households controlling more than $90 trillion in assets are meaningfully underserved by technology built for the mass market. As private client investment and banking products have commoditized, these clients seek more tax and wealth transfer advice, which has previously been impossible to deliver at scale. Luminary solves this problem by transforming complex estate planning and ownership documents into a structured, proprietary data asset that powers verticalized, agent-driven workflows for tax and wealth transfer services.

Our built-in multi-firm collaboration connects a client's full advisor ecosystem and serves as the core infrastructure enabling highly personalized, end-to-end wealth transfer service offerings at scale. Our 1,000+ customers include leaders across the private client services ecosystem—wealth managers from exclusive multi-family offices, top private banks and trust companies, national tax advisory practices, and AM Law 100 law firms. Our focus and proprietary data position us to rapidly expand from a wedge in wealth transfer advice into large, adjacent markets, including trust administration and estate distribution.

Founded and led by CEO David Barnard, former Head of Wealth Management at AllianceBernstein, Luminary is backed by 8VC, Fin Capital, Rockefeller Capital, Focus Financial Partners, and several family offices.

About the Role

At Luminary, we consider design a competitive advantage. As Head of Design, you will lead and evolve our design organization as we build the next generation of software for wealth advisors, trust companies, and the families they serve. This is a highly hands-on leadership role where you will:

• Oversee our design function, manage our two Principal Designers, and build a plan to grow the design organization
• Partner closely with our Head of Product and Head of Engineering to shape product strategy and how design operates across the company
• Set the vision and quality bar for design, ensuring a cohesive, intuitive, and polished user experience
• Drive end-to-end design for our most strategic initiatives—from research and product definition through high-fidelity design and launch
• Establish scalable design processes, critiques, and feedback loops to enable the team to move quickly without compromising quality
• Continue evolving our design system to improve consistency, speed, and usability across our products
• Champion a culture of customer empathy, experimentation, and continuous improvement

We’re looking for someone who is deeply customer-centric, passionate about solving complex workflow problems, and believes exceptional product design comes from thoughtful systems, close collaboration, and relentless attention to detail. You are an excellent user experience and visual designer, energized by creating best-in-class products that meaningfully impact people's financial lives.

Qualities

• 12+ years of product design experience, with experience leading and managing high-performing product design teams
• A strong portfolio demonstrating exceptional product thinking, interaction design, and visual design across complex software products
• Experience partnering closely with product and engineering leaders to define product strategy and organizational priorities
• A track record of building, mentoring, and developing designers while creating an environment where great design work can thrive
• A systems-oriented mindset with experience building and maintaining scalable design systems and design operations
• Exceptional communication skills and the ability to influence decisions across disciplines and organizational levels
• Experience designing complex B2B SaaS products (financial technology or enterprise software experience is a plus)
• Experience designing for both web and mobile platforms
• Familiarity with HTML/CSS or front-end technologies is a nice-to-have

Why Join Us

• Work side by side with our CPO, CEO, and CTO—industry and technology leaders with decades of experience who have built and run multiple billion-dollar+ companies
• Be part of an extremely fast-moving company where we constantly ship new product, learn from customers, and where your work has measurable impact on the business
• Assume a critical role in building foundational product that will define the future of wealth management
• Enjoy a fast-paced environment where we believe Luminary represents a one-of-a-kind opportunity to have massive impact at profitable scale—and to have fun along the way

Benefits

• 100% employee health insurance coverage (plus 50% dependent coverage)
• Monthly wellness stipend
• 20 days per year of PTO, plus holidays
• NYC office near Bryant Park
• 401(k) plan
• Parental leave policy