VP, Design
Trustly· Product
San Francisco, CA$250k - $350kFull-timePosted 3mo ago
About the role
VP of Design at Trustly leading global product surfaces, building and mentoring design teams, owning the design system, and aligning design with product and engineering to drive business value.
Responsibilities
- Set and defend the design vision, design language, and quality standard for Trustly's consumer and merchant-facing products — ensuring every surface reflects a coherent, high-quality experience.
- Build, lead, and mentor a team of product designers across multiple product surfaces; establish design culture, processes, and ways of working that scale with the organization.
- Own Trustly's design system — ensuring consistency, accessibility, and efficiency across teams and platforms.
- Partner closely with Product and Engineering leadership to integrate design deeply into every stage of the product development cycle — strategy, shipping, experimentation, feedback, and refinement — so design stays engaged well beyond launch.
- Drive user research and usability testing practices that ground design decisions in real user needs and behaviors.
- Act as a strategic design voice in executive conversations — advocating for design investment and articulating the business value of exceptional experience.
Qualifications
- 12+ years of product design experience, with at least 4 years leading design teams at a fast-growing technology company.
- Strong portfolio demonstrating end-to-end design leadership across consumer and/or B2B products — from vision and strategy through to polished, shipped execution.
- Deep expertise in design systems, interaction design, and visual design; high standards for craft and an eye for what separates good from great.
- Proven ability to build and grow design teams and culture in a fast-paced environment — you know how to hire great designers and create the conditions for them to do their best work.
- Payments, fintech, or enterprise SaaS design experience a strong plus — comfort designing for complex, regulated, or high-stakes user contexts.
- Effective cross-functional partner and communicator — you influence without authority and can bring engineering and product along on design decisions.
Skills
Required:Design leadershipDesign systemsInteraction designPortfolio demonstrating end-to-end design leadership
Benefits
- Flexible paid time off & generous PTO accrual plans
- Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and other insurances
- FSA & HSA plans for medical and dependent care
- Home office set-up allowance
- Internet stipend
- Retirement plan match for 401k and RRSP
- Gender-neutral paid parental leave, and more!
Last updated Jul 10, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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