Lead Product Designer

Motion Recruitment is hiring a Lead Product Designer for a contract-to-hire position in New York, NY (hybrid). This role focuses on taking end-to-end design ownership of complex internal operational workflows across the loan lifecycle, partnering closely with product, engineering, and business leaders to improve experiences for loan specialists, underwriters, and compliance teams in a highly regulated environment.

As a key design partner in a fintech setting, you will translate dense systems and technical frameworks into scalable, efficient, and accessible user experiences, while balancing usability with legal and compliance requirements. The full-time target base salary is $150,000 to $165,000 per year.

Responsibilities

• Design and deliver intuitive, end-to-end user experiences for highly complex internal operational systems and workflows.
• Simplify heavily integrated technical frameworks into scalable, efficient, and accessible designs.
• Partner directly with Product, Engineering, Risk, Legal, and Operations to influence product strategy and maintain organizational alignment.
• Navigate a heavily regulated environment, balancing usability needs with strict legal and compliance standards.
• Drive measurable business outcomes through data-informed design iterations and strong independent strategic oversight.

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in UX or Product Design, with a strong background in complex enterprise applications, SaaS platforms, fintech, or internal workflow systems.
• Comprehensive portfolio (mandatory) showing deep system architecture understanding, end-to-end product thinking, and clear personal ownership of major design decisions. Portfolios focused only on simplified UI or component work will not be considered.
• Exceptional systems thinking, with a demonstrated ability to solve dense business workflow problems.
• Strong executive presence, able to communicate with and influence senior leadership, engineering teams, and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Strategic mindset with experience defining requirements independently and connecting design decisions to measurable business outcomes.
• AI curiosity, including openness to leveraging AI-powered tools to improve design processes and team workflows.

Benefits

• Target base salary: $150,000 to $165,000 upon full-time conversion
• Medical coverage
• 401(k) matching
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Generous paid time off