We’re seeking a Product Design Lead to play a pivotal role on the Core Card Experiences team, shaping the tools millions of cardholders rely on to manage and grow their accounts. As a Manager-level IC, you will own design strategy and delivery for multiple complex projects, coach junior designers, influence product roadmaps, and invest in design team culture and processes. This role is a great fit for someone who excels at moving from big-picture thinking to execution, champions a high bar for experience quality, and thrives in cross-disciplinary collaboration.

Card is the largest revenue source for Capital One. However, many people don’t understand key concepts around credit, how to use it wisely and how to use it to build a better financial future. In this role, you will oversee the customer and associate facing experiences that help make our biggest business thrive. 

As a Product Designer, you’ll combine your craft expertise and leadership skills with an understanding of our customers and the business to co-create innovative solutions to complex problems and influence product strategy.

Here are some of the expected competencies for this role:

Product Design Expertise: Demonstrate a high degree of skill in product design, leveraging a variety of skills across interaction, visual and service design; in collaboration with cross-functional partners, inform the use of appropriate tools, platforms, frameworks and design systems and creates artifacts that may include journey maps, blueprints, high-fidelity designs and prototypes

Leadership: Lead design projects, directing and delegating work for more junior team members and building strong partnerships with cross-functional stakeholders while also mentoring and helping to mature the overall product design practice at Capital One

Human-Centered: Effectively navigate the needs of partners and stakeholders, leveraging critical-thinking skills that factor in data, research insights, scalability and tech constraints, while ensuring the team focuses on customer-centered solutions and inclusive design

Business-Focused: Demonstrate proficiency with products and processes and apply relevant insights on customers, competitors and broader market trends to business challenges that shape a shared point of view for your team, partners and stakeholders

Problem-Solving: Demonstrate a solid understanding of tech, data capabilities and emerging technologies and use this knowledge to inform your work and help your cross-functional team move faster and navigate technical limitations in service of the impactful solutions

Collaboration: Leverage a rich network of partnerships across lines of business and the organization to foster collaboration and share solutions, incorporating cross-functional perspectives to bridge gaps in information and drive product strategy

Communication: Present work across levels and job functions using a human-centered approach that integrates design frameworks, data and research insights to articulate a compelling point of view that influences strategic decision-making and direction at senior levels

The ideal candidate has a strong portfolio demonstrating your leadership, process, results and impact.

• At least 5 years of experience in a Product Design role

• At least 5 years of experience in design and prototyping tools such as Figma

Preferred Qualifications

• At least 6 years of experience in a Product Design role

• At least 6 years of experience in design and prototyping tools such as Figma

• Experience working with and contributing to an established design system

• Experience collaborating with product, tech and business partners

• Experience leading design projects or teams

• Experience working in heavily regulated, data heavy problem spaces

At this time, Capital One will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization for this position.

The minimum and maximum full-time annual salaries for this role are listed below, by location. Please note that this salary information is solely for candidates hired to perform work within one of these locations, and refers to the amount Capital One is willing to pay at the time of this posting. Salaries for part-time roles will be prorated based upon the agreed upon number of hours to be regularly worked.

Candidates hired to work in other locations will be subject to the pay range associated with that location, and the actual annualized salary amount offered to any candidate at the time of hire will be reflected solely in the candidate’s offer letter.

Capital One offers a comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive set of health, financial and other benefits that support your total well-being. Learn more at the Capital One Careers website. Eligibility varies based on full or part-time status, exempt or non-exempt status, and management level.