Lead Product Designer and Manager

Tala is on a mission to unleash the economic potential of the Global Majority—4 billion individuals overlooked by traditional financial systems. With nearly half a billion dollars raised from equity and debt, we are supporting millions of customers across multiple continents. Tala has been consistently recognized in prominent lists, including Fortune's Impact 20 and CNBC's Disruptor 50, emphasizing our impact in the fintech landscape.

Our innovative platform empowers individuals in emerging markets to start and grow small businesses, manage everyday needs, and confidently pursue their financial goals. Currently, over nine million people in Kenya, the Philippines, Mexico, and India have benefited from Tala's products. We are proud to work with a remote-first team and maintain offices in Santa Monica, CA (HQ), Nairobi, Kenya, Mexico City, Mexico, Manila, the Philippines, and Bangalore, India.

If you're excited by the opportunity to make a meaningful impact at Tala, we want to hear from you!

• Create user-focused experiences and intuitive features in collaboration with other Product Designers and development teams, ensuring consistent delivery of high-quality products.
• Lead initiatives that extend beyond the immediate roadmap, engaging with designers and stakeholders to identify user challenges and develop effective, lasting solutions.
• Produce a variety of design assets, including user flows, wireframes, low and high-fidelity mockups, prototypes, and thorough design specifications.
• Guide a team of designers by promoting best practices in processes and methodologies, while aiming to achieve business KPIs and meet customer needs.
• Coach the team on using established design systems, style guides, and patterns in the creation of UX deliverables.

• 5+ years of professional UX/UI design experience in a fast-paced technology setting.
• Proven experience with Design Systems, approaching design with a holistic system mindset rather than focusing on isolated interface elements.
• Experience in usability research, requirement gathering, and rapidly translating insights into actionable design experiments and deliverables.
• Proficiency in Figma with a bonus for other UX/UI tools.
• A robust portfolio demonstrating your design work, aesthetic sensibilities, problem-solving processes, and deliverables.

Our vision is to create a financial ecosystem where everyone can access the tools they need to achieve financial health on equal terms. We believe that diversity fosters innovation, and we take pride in our inclusive, global team that reflects a wide range of backgrounds and experiences. We welcome talented individuals from all walks of life, irrespective of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Lead Product Designer and Manager
• Syracuse, NY, United States