Flex
Staff Product Designer (Contract)
Remote role where the employee must remain based in a particular country.
United States only
Employer listed it 4 weeks ago · Found 5h ago
Been open since 4 weeks ago, still being checked, but it has been live a while.
Salary
Not stated
Location
United States only
Timezone
Not stated
Contract
Full-time
Experience
Lead
Category
Design
This employer didn't state pay. Jobs like this usually pay around $180k–$245k a year, a typical range taken from 78 lead-level design roles on Nomaders that do state pay. It's a guide, not an offer.
Remote flexibility
Work from home
This is a remote role, but the employee must be based in United States. It is work from home rather than work from anywhere.
What the employer says
- Source listing states candidate location: "Remote, New York, NY, Remote - USA"
- Job description states: "located in New York City"
What Nomaders makes of it
- Payroll and tax are likely handled in that country only
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About the role
Flex is a growth-stage, NYC headquartered FinTech company that is creating the best rent payment experience. It’s hard to believe that it’s 2026 and paying rent on time is expensive, inflexible, and difficult. We’re here to change that! Flex enables our users to pay rent throughout the month on a schedule that better fits their finances and budget. Our mission is to empower as many renters as possible with flexibility over their most significant recurring expense. After deliberately keeping a stealth profile as we built up unprecedented investor support and an enthusiastic user base, we are looking for motivated individuals to help us keep our mission growing. Will you be a part of the team?
About the Role
We are seeking an experienced and visionary Staff Product Designer to serve as Flex's highest-caliber individual design contributor. In this role, you will set the bar for craft and quality across our entire product portfolio - not by managing designers, but by doing the work at a level others aspire to. You will drive design vision and strategy for the most complex, highest-impact initiatives at Flex, shaping how we build for our users and how the design function operates.
Vision and Strategy
Define and articulate design vision for Flex's most critical and complex product initiatives, ensuring work aligns with business goals and resonates deeply with our users
Establish a north star for the consumer experience and drive cross-functional alignment around it
Influence product strategy and roadmap directly through the quality and clarity of your design work and perspective
Stay close to how the design industry and UX trends are evolving and bring those insights into Flex
Quality and Craft
Own the design process end-to-end on flagship initiatives, from research and ideation through refinement, prototyping, and final execution
Hold a high bar for craft across everything you touch, from individual interaction patterns to our design system
Build detailed prototypes that illuminate the future of the product and help teams make better decisions
Use AI across the design lifecycle for, rapid exploration, prototyping, and front-end workflows, and model how the team can do the same
Influence and Collaboration
Partner with design leadership, product, and engineering to shape the direction of complex, cross-cutting product areas
Collaborate with other designers to ensure alignment and consistency across the consumer experience
Advocate for design thinking and user-centered principles across the company at every level, up to and including executive leadership
Standards and Mentorship
Establish and evolve design standards, processes, and patterns that raise the quality floor for the entire organization
Provide mentorship and craft feedback to designers across the team
Contribute foundational elements and set the standard for how the design system should evolve
Key Qualifications
Experience: A demonstrated track record as a senior IC contributor on complex consumer products
Design Mastery: Deep expertise in UX/UI design with strong experience showcasing shipped work at significant scope and quality
Requirements
- ·Experience: A demonstrated track record as a senior IC contributor on complex consumer products
- ·Design Mastery: Deep expertise in UX/UI design with strong experience showcasing shipped work at significant scope and quality
- ·Strategic Thinking: Ability and demonstrated experience to operate at the product strategy level, shaping direction through design
- ·Craft: Exceptional execution skills with high attention to detail in interaction design, visual design, and prototyping
- ·Collaboration: Excellent communication skills; able to work fluidly with cross-functional teams including product, engineering, marketing, and executive leadership
Benefits
- ·For full-time U.S. employees we offer:
- ·Competitive medical, dental, and vision
- ·401(k) plan with company match
- ·Unlimited paid time off + 13 company paid holidays
- ·Free Flex subscription
How to apply
- 1Check the flexibility label above, work from home, matches where you plan to live and work.
- 2Tailor your CV to the role at Flex, mentioning your remote working experience.
- 3Apply directly on the employer's careers page using the button below. Nomaders never handles your application.
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