Summary

Ready to #LiveCrypto? Who You Are:

• Youve got positive energy. Youre optimistic about the future and determined to get there. 
• Youre never tired of learning. You want to be a pro in bleeding edge tech like DeFi, NFTs, DAOs, and Web 3.0. 
• You appreciate direct communication. Youre both an active communicator and an eager listener - because lets face it, you cant have one without the other. Youre cool with candid feedback and see every setback as an opportunity to grow.
• You can pivot on the fly. Crypto is constantly evolving, so our priorities do, too. What you worked on last month may not be what you work on today, and that excites you. Youre not looking for a boring job.
• You have a can do attitude. Our teams create high-quality work on quick timelines. Owning a problem doesnt scare you, but rather empowers you to take 100% responsibility for achieving our mission.
• You want to be part of a winning team. Were stronger together, and youre a person who embraces being pushed out of your comfort zone.

The Platform Design and Research team at Coinbase plays a critical role in executing on our vision to create more economic freedom for the world, and is at the center of execution for products across the entirety of the company. Were building the most secure, trusted, and easiest to use cryptocurrency products for the millions of people just getting started with crypto, as well as long-standing loyal customers with advanced knowledge of the cryptocurrency space. 

As a Product Designer manager youll contribute to our mission, vision and strategy through a deep understanding of our customer and business needs. You will develop optimal user journeys to help our customers understand how to use cryptocurrency and complete their tasks with ease and confidence. Youll work closely with Product and Engineering and XFN teams to help build simple, easy-to-use experiences that express the Coinbase brand and values.

What You Will Be Doing:

• Lead a team of Product Designers Proactively identify blockers, opportunities and improvements to the team's product area
• Be involved in all decision-making at all project phases for your product area (including planning, strategic, tactical, QA, analysis, decision, shipping and retro)
• Collaborate cross functionally to drive and shape product vision and strategy
• Define and inform user experience of critical customer journeys
• Help others grow, including mentoring other designers Implement
• Design working processes for your team Organize and document multiple projects and the team's working in writing 

What We Look For In You

• You should be willing to work across APAC, and US time zones. The ideal candidate would be India-based (co-located with cross-functional partners) 
• 1-2 years of professional experience leading a team of designers 
• Strong mentorship skills, management experience is a plus 
• Experience setting creative direction for consumer-facing products for web and mobile 
• Excellence in UX thinking, visual design, and written communication 

Systems Thinking And Experience Designing At Scale

• Experience working in a collaborative environment with other designers, engineers, user researchers, and product teams 
• Fluency in Figma and prototyping tools 
• Experience driving user research studies 
• You are low ego, collaborative, and open minded 
• You love transforming complexity into simplicity, and creating order from uncertainty 

Nice to Haves 

• Previous design experience in FinTech Familiarity with crypto

Skills

• Communications Skills
• Leadership
• Product Design
• Product Management
• Team Collaboration
• Visual Design