Director​/Head of Product Design

Hi there, we're Yendo, and our vision is to empower everyday people to build a stronger financial future. In less than 2 years, we’ve saved customers over $100 million in unnecessary interest and fees.

Hi there, we're Yendo, and our vision is to empower everyday people to build a stronger financial future. In less than 2 years, we’ve saved customers over $100 million in unnecessary interest and fees.

We are using AI to unlock the $1.1 Trillion in vehicle equity trapped within cars owned by Americans in the form of a high limit, standard rate credit card for those traditionally excluded from mainstream financial offerings.

Yendo Credit Cards have similar APRs to those issued for prime borrowers with no hidden fees or overdraft charges and help build their customers' credit score. Yendo's credit limits are 4x higher than cards typically available for non-prime borrowers.

Reporting into the Chief Product Officer as Director of Product Design, you’ll define and drive Yendo’s design vision, strategy, and execution. Your work will focus on crafting seamless, intuitive, and inclusive experiences for our customers. This is a hybrid role: you’ll lead by example as the dedicated IC product designer, while also mentoring and growing a high-performing design team.

You’ll partner closely with Product, Growth, Engineering, and Credit to create ground-breaking experiences that inspire trust, solve real customer problems, and drive measurable impact across the business. You’ll turn user research and product data into actionable insights, and guide your team through rapid experimentation, tight feedback loops, and high-velocity execution.

As a design leader, you’ll maintain a lean, efficient team that delivers outsize impact. Since we expect to double the overall team over the next 12-18 months, you will also hire new high-performing designers that level up and complement our design team.

You’ll thrive in a fast-paced, high-growth environment where customer obsession, creativity, and speed matter. You’ll challenge assumptions, advocate for the user, and ship meaningful work that drives both business results and long-term impact. You bring a continuous learning mindset and a drive to elevate both your craft and the team around you.

• Define and drive Yendo’s design strategy, aligning user needs with business goals
• Build, lead and mentor a high-performing team, fostering a collaborative, feedback-rich environment
• Partner closely with Product, Growth, Engineering, Compliance and Credit to create intuitive, high-performing experiences that inspire trust and drive measurable results
• Own the end-to-end product design process for core experiences, from research and concept to execution and iteration
• Champion a culture of user-centered design, using research and data to inform decisions and improve outcomes
• Evolve and maintain our design system and visual identity to ensure consistency and scalability across products
• Foster a transparent and collaborative working environment, communicating the design vision and insights to stakeholders clearly and effectively
• Develop a deep understanding of the finance industry including internal and external forces that will continually shape our business

• 7+ years of experience in product design, with 3+ years in design leadership roles with people management responsibilities
• Experience designing and shipping digital products in fintech, consumer tech, or fast-paced startups
• A strong portfolio demonstrating thoughtful, user-centered design and measurable outcomes
• Proficiency in Figma and AI tools, with daily usage LLMs for analytics, writing and prototyping
• Experience leading user research and applying qualitative and…