Product Designer

Betterments mission is to empower people to do whats best for their money so that they can live better. Were looking for a Product Designer to join the Betterment Advisor Solutions team a platform that helps independent registered investment advisors grow and manage their clients wealth. Youll help lead AI-powered experiences in the advisor app and design the core workflows firms rely on every day to run their book of business: billing understanding how their clients are doing and keeping their practice running smoothly at scale. Youll bring creative analytical and systems-thinking skills to complex high-impact problems partnering closely with product and engineering and collaborating across business lines.

At Betterment we hire designers who are passionate about personal finance and building intuitive delightful experiences for customers to manage their money. You approach problems holistically and are self-motivated learning new skills quickly with a sense for what youll develop next. We seek out folks who are talented and eager to both learn from their colleagues and help make them better. As a design team were focused and always strive for excellence.

This role is based out of our NYC office. Below weve reflected the base salary range for this position. Actual salaries may vary depending on factors including but not limited to location experience and performance. The range listed is just one component of Betterments total compensation package for employees.

• New York City: $120000-$140000

This job may also be eligible for variable compensation in the form of a company incentive bonus.

• Design end-to-end experiences in the advisor and client dashboards from core firm workflows to new AI-powered featuresowning all aspects of design for your projects from inception through launch
• Help define how AI integrates into advisors day-to-day practices designing experiences that feel transparent and trustworthy and keep advisors in control
• Work in a fast iterative AI-native environment using interactive prototypes to test ideas early align with partners and accelerate implementation
• Make informed data-backed design decisions by leveraging research sales data customer insights usability principles and site performance metrics
• Partner closely with product engineering design and stakeholders across business lines to shape product direction identify new opportunities and stay ahead of industry and competitor trends
• Contribute to our accessible design system and invest in your craft on a supportive team that values open feedback and works toward a unified customer experience across all touchpoints

• 3 years of relevant experience as a product designer (previous titles may have been different)
• Portfolio of extraordinary product design work that demonstrates a strong visual design foundation positive business impact and experience shipping designs to real people across web and mobile
• Experience with and curiosity about AI tools in your design process and a desire to help the team develop shared practices as the space evolves
• Excellent communication skills both written and spoken
• Strong collaborative skills with experience working through cross-functional feedback
• Ability to identify user needs and pain points through research usability testing and data analysis
• Strong organizational skills and ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects with tight timelines
• Strategic thinker with a big-picture view of how design drives product and business goals
• Experience working within established accessible design systems and evolving when appropriate

We change lives

Be a part of a community of innovators working to transform financial outcomes for real people. Your work will make an impact always laddering up to our mission; to empower people to build wealth with confidence and ease.

We set audacious goals

We set them for the company our customers and ourselves and we wont stop until we reach them. We dont just show up; we give our all then celebrate our wins.

We value all perspectives

When we collaborate were at our best. We believe diverse perspectives lead to better outcomes and strive to uphold our supportive and inclusive community.

We simplify financial services

Were financial services pioneers always finding new ways to improve optimize and enhance. Constant improvement is in our DNA.

Our Commitment to Your Total Well-being:

• We offer a competitive suite of benefits including medical dental and vision coverage; life and AD&D insurance; short- and long-term disability; infertility support and WPATH-aligned transgender health benefits; an Employee Assistance Program (EAP); transit benefits and FSA and HSA options
• Ownership: Equity for all employees including new hire and refresher grants.
• Time: Flexible paid time off paid parental leave and a fully paid four-week sabbatical in your sixth year.
• Growth: Company-paid professional coaching for all employees.
• Wealth: Day-one 401(k) match plus matching on qualified student loan payments.

Well take a few weeks to review all applications. If wed like to spend more time with you well reach out to arrange next steps which will include 3-4 sets of meetings with your future colleagues.

In the interview process well look to learn more about your skills experiences capabilities and motivators. Many of our questions will be aimed at understanding how you might operate here at Betterment. Depending on the role we may ask you to complete a case study exercise or technical assessments as we want to collect a robust set of data points to better inform our decisions.

On average it takes us around 3-5 weeks to make a hiring decision depending on your availability and sense of urgency. As a best practice we aim to interview at least 2-3 final round candidates before making a hiring decision. Please note that as we usually receive an overwhelming number of applications for open positions were unable to offer individual feedback during the interview process.

We recognize that interviewing for a new role is a big deal. We appreciate you considering Betterment as the next step in your career and our Recruiting Team is here to support and advocate for you through the interview process!

Betterment is dedicated to providing accommodations to candidates upon request. If you need accommodations at any point throughout the interview process please reach out to your recruiter.

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Come join us!

Were an equal opportunity employer and comply with all applicable federal state and local fair employment practices laws. We strictly prohibit and do not tolerate discrimination against employees applicants or any other covered persons because of race color religion creed national origin or ancestry ethnicity sex gender (including gender nonconformity and status as a transgender or transsexual individual) sexual orientation marital status age physical or mental disability citizenship past current or prospective service in the uniformed services predisposing genetic characteristic domestic violence victim status arrest records or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal state or local law.