Staff Product Designer, Financial Services Lead

Coinbase
United States
Remote

Who this role is best for

Geared toward senior product designers with experience in loyalty and membership products, comfortable with leading teams and driving strategic design work.

Best fit for

  • Senior product designers with a track record in subscription and loyalty products at scale
    — “Proven track record leading design for subscription, loyalty, or membership products at scale (1M+ users)
  • Candidates who thrive in leadership roles with responsibility for team development and strategic vision
    — “Be a player/coach and develop a team of product designers (IC4-IC5), providing structured coaching, career development, and regular design crits
  • Individuals with a deep understanding of consumer fintech and payments product design
    — “Familiarity with consumer fintech, payments, or credit card product design

Things to consider

  • Quarterly in-person surges may require travel and time away from remote setup
    — “Expect to get together quarterly for intense in-person working sessions called “surges”
  • The role demands high-level strategic thinking alongside consistent delivery of design work
    — “Demonstrated ability to set systems-level vision while simultaneously shipping high-quality work on weekly/biweekly cadences

How to stand out

  • Showcase leadership in team development and career growth outcomes for IC designers
    — “Experience managing IC designers through structured feedback loops, promotion cycles, and measurable career growth outcomes
  • Emphasize your ability to align with senior product and engineering leaders on strategy and roadmaps
    — “Experience partnering with senior Product and Engineering leads to shape strategy, define roadmaps, and influence prioritization
  • Include examples of using generative AI to improve workflow efficiency and deliver business-ready outputs
    — “Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality.
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · TeamLevel · Senior

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What success looks like

  • Led design strategy and execution for loyalty products
  • Developed and managed a team of product designers
Typical background
8+ years of product design experienceProven track record leading design for loyalty products

Skills & requirements

Required

Product DesignTeam LeadershipStrategy DevelopmentRoadmap ShapingDesign Quality Assurance

Preferred

Consumer Fintech ExperienceAI Tool Utilization

Stack & domain

Product DesignSubscription ProductsLoyalty ProductsMembership ProductsDesign StrategyTeam LeadershipProduct ManagementEngineeringConsumer FintechPaymentsCredit Card Product DesignAI ToolsLeadershipCollaborationProblem-solvingCommunicationTeamworkFinanceFintech

About the role

Original posting from Coinbase

Ready to do the most impactful work of your career? At Coinbase, we are uncompromising on our mission to increase economic freedom. The bar is high, the environment is intense, and we like it that way. This isn't a place for complacency, it’s a place to be pushed past your perceived limits. If you're ready to build the future of finance alongside people who refuse to settle for "good enough," you belong here. Coinbase is a remote-first, but not remote-only company. Expect to get together quarterly for intense in-person working sessions called “surges.” learn more about working at Coinbase.

Coinbase's Financial Services & Loyalty (FSL) team is building the products that make Coinbase the best place to deposit, hold, and grow your money. As a Design Lead on the Financial Services & Loyalty team within the Consumer & Business group, you'll own design strategy and team leadership for the Loyalty pillar, including Coinbase One (CB1) membership, CB1 Card, and Advocacy. You'll drive the vision, quality bar, and execution for our most impactful consumer products while managing and developing a team of product designers shipping across 3+ PMs and 22+ engineers.

What you'll do:

Lead design strategy and execution across Coinbase One membership, CB1 Card, and the broader Loyalty surface area, spanning multiple product and engineering pods

Be a player/coach and develop a team of product designers (IC4-IC5), providing structured coaching, career development, and regular design crits

Partner with senior Product and Engineering leads to shape roadmaps, drive alignment, and represent design in leadership forums

Drive 0-to-1 strategic design work including membership evolution, retention mechanics, and rewards experiences

Set and maintain a high quality bar across all Loyalty surfaces through structured review processes (design crits, DRRs, workbench sessions)

Represent Loyalty design in exec-level reviews and cross-functional leadership syncs

Required Skills and Experience:

8+ years of product design experience

Proven track record leading design for subscription, loyalty, or membership products at scale (1M+ users)

Experience partnering with senior product and engineering leaders to shape strategy, define roadmaps, and influence prioritization

Demonstrated ability to set systems-level vision while simultaneously shipping high-quality work on weekly/biweekly cadences

Experience managing IC designers through structured feedback loops, promotion cycles, and measurable career growth outcomes

Familiarity with consumer fintech, payments, or credit card product design

Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality.

Pay Transparency Notice: Base salary varies by location (see range below). Total compensation may also include equity and bonus eligibility, and benefits (medical, dental, vision, 401(k)). 

Annual base salary range (excluding equity and bonus):$207,485—$244,100 USD

Application Limit: Candidates may submit a maximum of 3 applications within a 6-month period.

Equal Opportunity Employer: Coinbase is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or genetic information. Applicants with criminal histories will be considered consistent with applicable federal, state, and local laws.

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Source: Coinbase careers

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