Job description
Director of Product Design
About Sezzle:
With a mission to financially empower the next generation, Sezzle is revolutionizing the shopping experience beyond payments, blending cutting-edge tech with seamless, interest-free installment plans that make shopping smarter and more accessible. We’re not just transforming payments; we’re redefining how people discover, interact with, and purchase the things they love while driving real impact on merchant sales through increased conversions and higher order values. As we continue to shape the future of fintech and retail, we’re building an innovative, dynamic team passionate about creating more than just a transaction but a truly unique shopping journey. If you’re excited about pushing boundaries in tech and delivering a game-changing experience for consumers and merchants alike, come join us at Sezzle and help create the future of shopping!
Why this role exists
Sezzle’s products are scaling fast—no longer just your traditional BNPL but also subscriptions, shopping tools, and rewards. We’re looking for a leader who designs with urgency, balances vision with execution, and leverages AI/ML tools to elevate user experiences. If you can steer a Material-UI-based design system, mentor a high-caliber team, and prototype with Gen-AI to cut time-to-market, then Sezzle is for you.
Compensation
The compensation range for the role is $120,000 - $150,000 USD per year. Our ranges are very broad to accommodate all types of candidates and encourage growth. Specific compensation offered to a candidate may be dependent on factors such as education, experience, qualifications, and alignment with market data.
The impact you’ll have
- Set the product design vision across our native app and web and convert it into shippable roadmaps, OKRs, and ruthless prioritization.
Make “speed to learning” our default—shorten the loop from concept → prototype → data → production → iterate → repeat
Establish AI/ML-powered design tactics (Figma Make, Midjourney, and other LLM tools) that 10× concept throughput without sacrificing quality or compliance.
- What You’ll Do:
Strategy & Outcomes
Partner with Product, Engineering, Marketing, and Data to align design priorities with quarterly OKRs—then lead your team in delivering experiences that help us achieve the goals.
Collaborate with the Marketing and Creative Director to ensure brand and interaction consistency across every shopper touchpoint.
Own and evolve our design system in Figma (tokens, accessibility, motion), aligned to Material UI and Sezzle brand.
Build decision frameworks that balance conversion, accessibility, and regulatory constraints (lending, cards, payments).
Drive governance, contribution, and adoption across web (MUI/React/Next.js) and React Native apps.
Identify opportunities for elevating icons, illustrations, and micro-interactions throughout the Sezzle experience.
Operationalize AI in workflows:
Rapid prototyping with tools like Figma Make, Midjourney or equivalent; LLM-assisted user-flows and microcopy.
Auto-generate design variants; cluster user feedback; synthesize research signals.
Build prompt/playbooks and CI checks to keep content on-brand and accessible.
Team & Leadership
- Lead, mentor, and grow a team of 3-4 product designers; recruit and develop future talent
- Create a culture of critique, speed, and accountability; make quality measurable.
- Tell compelling stories to stakeholders —moving from designs to impact with clarity.
You’ll excel if you have:
- 10+ years in product/UX design, including 3+ years leading senior ICs and/or managers.
- A portfolio of high-volume consumer fintech, e-commerce, or subscription products with measurable outcomes.
- Deep fluency in graphic design principles (layout, typography, motion, brand systems).
- Real-world experience using AI-assisted design/research tools (e.g., Figma plugins, image/video generation).
- Proven delivery and maintenance of a multi-platform design system (web + native).
- Comfort interpreting data and experiment results to inform design decisions.
- Exceptional communication that connects design decisions to business impact.
Nice to have:
- Experience in lending, card issuing, or payments (and the compliance that comes with it).
- Familiarity with React Native handoff nuances.
- Public speaking or published thought-leadership.
- Comfort with Lottie/After Effects for motion specs.
About You:
- You have relentlessly high standards - many people may think your standards are unreasonably high. You are continually raising the bar and driving those around you to deliver great results. You make sure that defects do not get sent down the line and that problems are fixed so they stay fixed.
- You’re not bound by convention - your success—and much of the fun—lies in developing new ways to do things
- You need action - speed matters in business. Many decisions and actions are reversible and do not need extensive study. We value calculated risk-taking.
- You earn trust - you listen attentively, speak candidly, and treat others respectfully.
- You have backbone; disagree, then commit- you can respectfully challenge decisions when you disagree, even when doing so is uncomfortable or exhausting. You have conviction and are tenacious. You do not compromise for the sake of social cohesion. Once a decision is determined, you commit wholly.
- You deliver results- you focus on the key inputs and deliver them with the right quality and in a timely fashion. Despite setbacks, you rise to the occasion and never settle.
What Makes Working at Sezzle Awesome:
At Sezzle, we are more than just brilliant engineers, passionate data enthusiasts, out-of-the-box thinkers, and determined innovators. We believe in surrounding ourselves with only the best and the brightest individuals. Our culture is not defined by a certain set of perks designed to give the illusion of the traditional startup culture, but rather, it is the visible example living in every employee that we hire.
Perks & Benefits:
- Competitive salary
- Unlimited PTO, volunteer hours and sabbatical
- Life, STD/LTD, medical, dental and vision insurance
- Highly discounted LifeTime gym membership
- 401k with match
- Collaborative fun co-workers
- The opportunity to join the fastest growing FinTech alongside a team of motivated and driven individuals
CCPA Disclosure: Sezzle Inc. is committed to protecting the privacy of our job applicants. In compliance with the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), we inform California residents about the personal information we may collect, the purposes for its collection, and your rights under the CCPA. For details about the categories of personal information we collect and your rights under the CCPA, please visit the California Office of the Attorney General’s CCPA page. By submitting your application, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this CCPA disclosure.
Equal Employment Opportunity: Sezzle Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other legally protected status. Sezzle recognizes and values the importance of diversity and inclusion in enriching the employment experience of its employees and in supporting our mission.
