Senior Product Designer - Cards

In 1989, Tadao Ando designed the Water Temple representing a radical change in the age-old tradition of Japanese temple architecture. Instead of a direct entrance, visitors descend a staircase through a lotus-filled pond, heightening anticipation and encouraging self-reflection. The temple remains hidden until one physically engages with the space, fostering a deep sense of discovery. By integrating nature, light, and movement, Ando’s design makes individuals active participants in their spiritual experience, rather than passive observers of architecture.

Four decades later, we at Mercury are on a similar mission to empower individuals through deliberate interactions and introspections. Now, our Cards team is looking for a senior designer to bring this philosophy to life— elevating everyday experiences so startups spend less time banking* and more time building. 

*Mercury is a financial technology company, not a bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column N.A; and Evolve Bank & Trust; Members FDIC.

In this role you will: 

• Help shape the long term strategy for Cards and related products at Mercury by influencing the thinking at the executive level
• Lead design solutions that help scale our experiences while abstracting the complexities of cards, credit and related banking experiences. 
• Collaborate closely with product, engineering, and marketing partners to craft a long-term vision and roadmap for your product area
• Work across the entire design stack, including speccing projects, designing workflows + detailed interactions, creating high-fidelity visuals, and ensuring quality implementation
• Find elegant solutions to user problems and imbue perspective that transforms mundane tasks into rewarding experiences
• Simplify and cull design elements with a ruthless eye
• Craft designs from first principles
• Prototype multiple visual and UX concepts and then narrow them to the right solution
• Communicate the reasoning behind your product decisions and arrive at the most optimal solution together with your team

You are the right fit if you:

• Have 3+ years of experience in the design industry.
• Experience in the fields of fintech, banking, or other regulated industries is preferred but not necessary. 
• Have experience collaborating with cross-functional partners at senior levels to define product strategy
• Are comfortable running different types of quantitative & qualitative research and can use it to inform product decisions
• Have a strong understanding of when and how to use metrics to inform design and …