Senior Product Designer

About the role

Private asset markets (PE, Private Credit, VC, Real Estate) have grown 10x to $9.8T in AUM over the past decade and are projected to reach $17T in the next five years. However, digital infrastructure has not kept pace, with most of the market operating on error-prone, internal-only software solutions. PactFi provides secure, end-to-end operational infrastructure for managing complex private credit transactions. Our web-based application brings together all parties involved in such a transaction to more efficiently allocate capital, complete KYC, share documents, manage funds flow, and more. The platform is secured to a bank-grade standard, and we have received our SOC 2 Type 2 attestation. PactFi was developed in close partnership with two of the industry's largest players, both of whom represent the top 3 players in the private credit space by size (AUM) and deal activity.

The product is transitioning from a screen-first build model—where the underlying system is designed first and the interface follows—to integrating AI as a first-class participant and interaction modality. Workflows are tied to assets that can live 5–7 years, resurfacing repeatedly at different cadences over that lifetime, with multiple parties holding different views and permissions each time. Clients regularly introduce new deal and asset structures the platform hasn’t seen before, requiring the product to accommodate structural variation it can’t fully anticipate. Permissioning is layered, as participants often have downstream stakeholders who need visibility into subsets of the same information. A perspective on how AI reshapes what a "product" is—balancing where a great interface is still needed versus where well-exposed data itself becomes the product—is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Own one or two major product surfaces end-to-end—from problem framing through shipped, polished detail.
• Design and ship the platform’s first real AI-native interaction pattern in an otherwise fully deterministic product, with no existing pattern to extend from.
• Design for dense, structured financial data at scale, and for multi-party, long-running workflows with layered permissions.
• Work closely with the PM and engineers on your surface to develop the strategy and rationale behind what you build, not just execute a spec.
• Contribute to and help shape a design system built for extensibility across evolving workflows and asset structures.
• Set an example in critique and day-to-day work for how design is done here—the work itself is the signal, not a title or mandate.

Requirements

• Prior experience in product design roles shipping software to users, working closely with cross-functional teams on the strategy and rationale for features, not just executing handed-off specs.
• Real, hands-on experience designing AI-native interaction patterns, or clear fluency and specific examples of exploring them—not just general enthusiasm.
• Comfort designing for dense, data-heavy interfaces, not just typical consumer-style layouts.
• An outstanding portfolio with case studies showing typography, interaction, and visual design craft, plus product sense and idea generation.
• Comprehensive experience using prototyping to explore and convey design solutions.
• Excellent written, verbal, and storytelling skills.

Benefits

• Competitive salary + equity.
• Healthcare coverage.
• 401k.

Pay

Compensation Range: $280K - $310K