Lead Product Designer

About the role

We're looking for a Lead Product Designer I to shape the next phase of design at Allocate, a leadership-track role combining project ownership, cross-functional influence, and early people management. You'll lead projects end to end, coordinate across squads, and partner closely with PMs, engineers, and stakeholders to ship experiences that feel distinctly Allocate while holding up under real engineering constraints.

Responsibilities

• Lead design for initiatives end to end — research, UX, UI, prototyping, and handoff.
• Build interactive prototypes in Figma, Magic Patterns, or with Claude/Cursor when code is the fastest path — validating ideas, aligning stakeholders, and pressure-testing flows before engineering invests heavily.
• Coordinate design across squads: run design syncs, manage dependencies, keep projects moving.
• Collaborate closely with PMs, engineers, and stakeholders to define problems, shape solutions, and deliver high-quality work.
• Identify user- and system-level opportunities to improve usability, performance, and consistency.
• Improve how the team works: design systems, tooling, and process.
• Mentor designers (IC2 and below) through feedback, reviews, and 1:1 coaching.
• Support recruiting and begin operating as a hiring manager for junior design roles.
• Communicate design decisions clearly, framing the work in terms of user value and business outcomes.

Requirements

You should already be comfortable working this way, or excited to lean in. You have 5+ years in product design with increasing responsibility over time, led projects and/or squads through full design cycles, and are genuinely curious about complex financial topics. You are comfortable building interactive prototypes (ideally Figma and Magic Patterns) and willing to use Claude and Cursor for code-backed prototypes when that's fastest. You are pragmatic and experiment-friendly, and have experience with design systems and component libraries.

Qualifications

• Strong systems thinking and a track record of scalable, maintainable interfaces.
• Strong collaboration with engineers, PMs, and stakeholders — clarity and flexibility both.
• Experience with design systems and component libraries.
• Strong communication and storytelling, 1:1 and in front of larger groups.
• Experience mentoring or managing junior designers, even informally.

Skills

• Familiarity with fintech or private markets is a strong plus.

Benefits

Medical, dental, vision, responsible time off (RTO), 401(k)

Pay

Base Salary of $175K-$215K, plus performance-based bonus, equity, and comprehensive benefits.

Schedule

Remote