Senior Product Designer - Contract

The Role

REDACTED is entering a critical growth phase and seeking a Senior Product Designer on a contract basis (initial term: 3 months, with potential for extension). In this hands-on, high-impact role, you will be responsible for independently shaping and delivering UI/UX foundations across our merchant/partner-facing experiences and internal dashboards as we build our full payments suite.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end design and delivery of merchant and partner-facing products and internal dashboards, focusing on fast, high-quality output.

• Design complex, data-driven flows for onboarding, payments, reporting, and operational tooling in a fintech context.

• Establish and deliver [REDACTED]'s first design system, interaction patterns, and visual language to create consistency and scale.

• Lead and execute user research and usability testing as needed to validate and refine solutions.

• Partner closely with founders, product, and engineering to define key requirements and deliverables, shaping MVPs and high-impact features for a startup environment.

• Drive a user-centric design process through lightweight, practical methods (e.g., crits, design reviews, rapid prototyping).

Project Deliverables

• Launch initial versions of merchant/partner-facing workflows and core internal dashboards within the contract period.

• Deliver a documented, reusable design system and component library.

• Provide actionable user feedback insights, with recommendations implemented in shipped designs.

• Clear handoff and documentation for engineering handover.

Requirements

Essential

• 5+ years of product design (UI/UX) experience, with a strong portfolio in B2B and/or fintech SaaS products.

• Proven ability to independently deliver…