Product Design Lead, Growth

About the Role

Chime is looking for a senior/lead-level Product Designer to join our Growth Design team. As a Product Designer, you’ll partner closely with cross-functional teams to design experiences that help grow the business while delivering meaningful value to our members.

You’ll work alongside product managers, engineers, researchers, and data partners to design and ship high-quality consumer experiences across the member journey. Our products help make personal finance accessible to the millions of Americans living paycheck to paycheck, and we’re looking for designers who are motivated by impact, craft, and collaboration.

The base salary offered for this role will range from $176,490 to $245,100, depending on location, skills, and experience. Full-time employees are also eligible for a bonus, competitive equity package, and benefits.

[This is an in-office role based in San Francisco - Mon-Thurs in person]

What You Can Expect

Act as an advocate for design excellence and for our members across the product development process

Partner with cross-functional stakeholders to design experiences that drive member growth and positive financial outcomes

Apply a human-centered design process to identify problems, explore solutions, and iterate based on feedback and data

Lead design work across key growth initiatives, from concept through execution

Participate in design critiques and provide thoughtful feedback to help elevate the quality of work across the team

Contribute to Chime’s design standards and help evolve them as the product and organization scale

To Thrive in This Role, You Have

A consistent track record of designing and shipping successful consumer mobile products

A strong portfolio demonstrating high-quality visual and interaction design, with clear problem framing and rationale

The ability to balance business goals with user needs, making thoughtful design decisions that support both

A first-principles approach to solving complex problems, with the ability to clearly articulate design decisions

A growth mindset—you’re adaptable, optimistic, and comfortable working in a fast-moving environment

Experience prototyping or coding is a plus

A little about us

At Chime, we believe that everyone can achieve financial progress. We created Chime—a financial technology company, not a bank*—on the premise that core banking services should be helpful, easy, and free. Through our user-friendly tools and intuitive platforms, we empower our members to take control of their finances and work towards their goals. Whether it's starting a savings account, purchasing a first car or home, launching a business, or pursuing higher education, we're proud to have helped millions unlock their financial potential.

We're a team of problem solvers, dreamers, and builders with one shared obsession: our members. From day one, Chimers have worked tirelessly to out-hustle and out-execute competitors to bring our mission to life. Their grit and determination inspire us to work harder every day to deliver the very best experience possible. We each bring an owner's mindset to our work, refusing to be outdone and holding ourselves accountable to meet and exceed the highest bars for our teams, our company, and our members.

We believe in being bold, dreaming big, and taking risks, while also working together, embracing our diverse perspectives, and giving each other honest feedback. Our culture remains deeply entrepreneurial, encouraging every Chimer to see themselves as stewards of our mission to help everyday Americans unlock their financial progress.

We know that to achieve our mission, we must earn and keep people's trust—so we hold ourselves to the highest standards of integrity in everything we do. These aren't just words on a wall—our values are embedded in every aspect of our business, serving as a north star that guides us as we work to help millions achieve their financial potential.

Because if we don't—who will?

*Chime is a financial technology company, not a bank. Banking services provided by The Bancorp Bank, N.A. or Stride Bank, N.A., Members FDIC.

What we offer for our full-time, regular employees

💻 In-office perks including backup child, elder, and/or pet care, plus a subsidized commuter benefit to support your regular commute

🏝 Generous vacation policy and company-wide Chime Days, bonus company-wide paid days off

🫂 1% of your time off to support local community organizations of your choice

👟 Annual wellness stipend to use towards eligible wellness related expenses

👶 Up to 24 weeks of paid parental leave for birthing parents and 12 weeks of paid parental leave for non-birthing parents

👪 Access to Maven, a family planning tool, with $15k lifetime reimbursement for egg freezing, fertility treatments, adoption, and more.

🎉 In-person and virtual events to connect with your fellow Chimers—think cooking classes, guided meditations, music festivals, mixology classes, paint nights, etc., and delicious snack boxes, too!

💚 A challenging and fulfilling opportunity to join one of the most experienced teams in FinTech and help millions unlock financial progress

Perks also available to Chime Interns.

We know that great work can’t be done without a diverse team and inclusive environment. That’s why we specifically look for individuals of varying strengths, skills, backgrounds, and ideas to join our team. We believe this gives us a competitive advantage to better serve our members and helps us all grow as Chimers and individuals.

Chime is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We consider qualified applicants without regard to race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital or family status, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other legally protected basis under provincial, federal, state, and local laws, regulations, or ordinances. We will also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of state and local laws, including the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, Cook County Ordinance, NYC Fair Chance Act, and the LA City Fair Chance Ordinance, and consistent with Canadian provincial and federal laws. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation during any stage of the application process, please contact: benefits@chime.com.

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