Senior Manager, Product Design

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At Zay Zoon, we are on a mission to save 10 million hardworking employees 10 billion dollars. We’ve created a financial empowerment platform that helps businesses of all sizes make a big impact on employee financial wellness.

We offer a variety of financial wellness services, like earned wage access, that allows employees to access their earned wages ahead of payday. With 74% of Zay Zoon customers reporting reduced financial stress, we know our solutions help lead to happier and more productive employees.

Zay Zoon was also recognized for its growth in the 2025 Deloitte Technology Fast 50, 2025 Deloitte Technology Fast 500, and top‑10 growth companies in Canada by CIX awards. Our recent funding extension has raised our Series B funding round to nearly $50 million USD.

Join us in shaping the future of employee financial wellness and building services that address the immediate needs of today's employees.

As the Senior Manager of Product Design at Zay Zoon, you’ll guide and grow our Product Design team while staying hands‑on in the work that matters most—building intuitive, human‑centered experiences that help people access their pay with confidence. You’ll partner closely with Product, Engineering, Data, and Product Marketing to own the end‑to‑end design process, from discovery and research to polished UI, while establishing scalable systems and workflows that help us move fast and thoughtfully.

• Lead and mentor the growing and evolving Product Design team across several product portfolios, providing direction, feedback, and structure to ensure high‑quality design output across all product surfaces.
• Foster an empathetic and psychologically safe team environment that encourages experimentation, creativity, and professional growth.
• Directly contribute to the implementation and optimization process as a hands‑on team member, ready to roll up your sleeves and work within the product.
• Partner cross‑functionally with Product, Engineering, Data, and Marketing to deliver user‑centric experiences that drive customer activation, engagement, usage, and satisfaction.
• Own end‑to‑end design processes, from discovery and user research through conceptualization, prototyping, testing, and final UI execution.
• Establish scalable design systems, documentation, and workflows that increase design velocity and cross‑team consistency.
• Champion user empathy and usability standards, leveraging qualitative and quantitative insights to inform product decisions and drive continuous UX improvement.

• 8+ years of experience in UX and product design for web and mobile products, with 3+ years of direct people leadership experience.
• Proficiency in our tool stack (Figma, Fullstory, Miro) or similar.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to articulate design concepts effectively.
• Solid understanding of user research methodologies and usability testing.
• Experience working in an agile development environment, collaborating across disciplines.

• Permanently Remote:
  Work from a desk, a coffee shop, or in the great outdoors—our jobs are fully remote, forever.
• Flexible Time Off:
  Our “You‑do‑You” time‑off program caters to diverse lifestyles, offering up to 6 weeks of vacation.
• Instant Benefits:
  Full‑time employees get access to medical, vision, and dental benefits from day one, plus increased mental health coverage and a wellness stipend.
• Additional perks:
  Inclusive parental leave top‑up, earned wage access, real‑time market data for salaries, a supportive culture for lifelong learners, and more.

We care a lot about employee experience and pay is a big part of that. We’re currently on a journey toward internal pay transparency, with that work wrapping up by the end of Q1.

We’re always happy to share more about our compensation philosophy and what you can expect as part of our hiring process!

Every application will be reviewed by our team—we’re committed to giving each application the attention it deserves because we know how important this step is for you. We want to keep you in the loop and will respond to every application.

So go ahead and hit that apply button with confidence, knowing that we’re here for you every step of the way! We can’t wait to hear from you.

• Seniority level:
  Mid‑Senior level
• Employment type:
  
  Full‑time
• Job function:
  Design, Art/Creative, and Information Technology

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