Head of UXD/R

| Greater NYC Area
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About Us:

SmartAsset is an online destination for consumer-focused financial information and advice that powers SmartAdvisor, a national marketplace connecting consumers to financial advisors. Reaching approximately 75 million people each month (as of Sept. 2021) through its educational content and personalized calculators and tools, SmartAsset's mission is to help people make smart financial decisions. Ranked on the Inc. 5000 and Deloitte Technology Fast 500™ lists of fastest growing companies in 2021, SmartAsset closed a $110 million Series D round, valuing the company at over $1 billion. SmartAsset was also named to Y Combinator's list of Top 100 Companies of all time and Forbes' list of America's Best Startup Employers in 2020.

SmartAsset has been featured in hundreds of publications, including the Wall Street Journal, CNN, TechCrunch, The New York Times, CNBC, FOX Business, The Washington Post, U.S. News World Report, TIME, Reuters, Businessweek and Barron’s.  

About You:

We are seeking an exceptional person to lead our Design and User Experience team, to craft the future evolution of product design and research at SmartAsset including our Financial Products and the SmartAdvisor marketplace. The product suite spans the gamut of experiences including Tools & Calculators, Captivate Widgets for Publishers, Investor Funnel(s) and Matching Algo, SmartAdvisor Match, Concierge Tech and Advisor Experiences.  A successful candidate is an expert player/ coach, bringing out the best in the team, advocating for the customer with an innate ability to deliver unparalleled customer value that maps back to business impact. You will be an integral leader within the Product Team, where you will be responsible for driving product vision, championing the "brand voice", and ensuring that only the strongest user experience concepts are being delivered. You live and breathe SmartValues like we empower our users, earning trust collaborating across the company, leveraging data that fuels our decisions, while continuously striving to rise and adapt. You are inheriting a rock-star team.

Responsibilities:

  • Passionately drive the product vision as a key stakeholder in development from concept to launch
  • Embrace and champion the voice of the brand, driving consistency in our entire user-centered design approach
  • Generate comprehensive wireframes, high-fidelity mockups, and interactive prototypes 
  • Generate a healthy amount of original thinking for new concepts, as well as critical analysis of "status quo" approaches and best practices
  • Collaborate with product managers, UX research, front-end developers and engineers to develop new elegant solutions for complicated concepts

Requirements:

  • A leader with 10+ years of experience in applied UI design
  • 3-5+ years of experience managing a team of UX and design professionals
  • Comfortable leading design reviews, sharing the design thinking with executive level stakeholders
  • You are experience in building and shipping responsive products
  • You have a strong understanding of technical limitations and can effectively communicate and collaborate with developers
  • You can lead the rapid prototyping and iteration process
  • You are able to dive into unfamiliar, math-driven user experiences and apply strong design principles in context
  • Detail-focused and you find creating, managing and evolving a design system rewarding
  • Benefits package including medical, dental and 401(k) with match
  • Professional education reimbursement program

Available Benefits and Perks:

  • All roles at SmartAsset are currently and will remain remote - flexibility to work from anywhere in the US.
  • Medical, Dental, Vision - multiple packages available based on your individualized needs
  • Life/AD&D Insurance - basic coverage at 100% company paid, additional supplemental available 
  • FSA: Medical and Dependant Care 
  • 401K - 3% match with immediate vesting
  • Equity packages for each role
  • Time Off:  PTO, 3 Month Paid Parental Leave,  Secondary Caregiver Leave
  • EAP (Employee Assistance Program)
  • Pet Insurance
  • Short-term and Long-term Disability
  • Home Office Stipend
  • Health and Wellness Stipend
  • Monthly Food Delivery Stipend

SmartAsset is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive, innovative environment with the best employees. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please contact us at [email protected].

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