Company Description
We’re Checkout.com – you might not know our name, but companies like eBay, ASOS, Klarna, Uber Eats, and Sony do. That moment when you check out online? We make it happen.
Checkout.com is where the world checks out. Our global network powers billions of transactions every year, making money move without making a fuss. We spent years perfecting a service most people will never notice. Because when digital payments just work, businesses grow, customers stay, and no one stops to think about why.
With 19 offices spanning six continents, we feel at home everywhere – but London is our HQ. Wherever our people work their magic, they’re fast-moving, performance-obsessed, and driven by being better every day. Ideal. Because a role here isn’t just another job; it’s a career-defining opportunity to build the future of fintech.
Job Description
About the roleCheckout.com is seeking a Senior Product Designer to help shape the next generation of merchant- and consumer-facing financial experiences. You’ll partner closely with Product and Engineering to design intuitive, scalable, and elegant products that empower businesses and people to thrive in the digital world.
As a Senior Product Designer, you’ll take ownership of complex problem spaces, lead design execution across multiple surfaces, and raise the bar for craft and quality within your product area. You’ll help define how we design, build, and evolve our products using strong interaction design, data-informed decisions, and a deep care for the user experience.
You’ll be part of a collaborative, cross-functional team, developing new features and refining end-to-end user journeys. As you gain a deep understanding of our products, users, and business ecosystem, you’ll help us simplify complexity, drive clarity, and deliver meaningful value for consumers around the world.
What you’ll be doingTake full ownership of the user experience for complex, high-volume merchant and consumer areas.
Set a high bar for design quality, focusing on pixel-perfect visual craft, interaction design, and ensuring a trustworthy, high-performance experience for the end-consumer.
Act as a true partner to Product and Engineers, collaborating from problem definition through to launch. You will ensure design solutions align with product strategy, technical feasibility, and customer needs.
Systematically identify, prioritize, and design opportunities to optimize conversion rates and usage. You will embed A/B testing, experimentation, and growth design principles into your daily workflow to deliver measurable business impact.
Actively maintain and grow our shared Design System by defining new patterns and components specifically for the consumer ecosystem, ensuring scalability and consistency across all platforms and touchpoints, driving its adoption and contributing to broader design quality initiatives across the Design function.
Explore and leverage Ai and generative tools for rapid prototyping, iteration, and visualizing future states, improving our speed and efficiency in bringing ideas to life.
Be highly autonomous in managing your planning, prioritization, and delivery. You will confidently present your vision and rationale to senior stakeholders, building consensus across product, engineering, and leadership.
Contribute to a high-performance design culture by proactively sharing knowledge, providing constructive critique, and acting as a mentor and go-to expert for cross-functional peers.
5-7 years of proven experience as a Product Designer with a track record of shipping impactful products in a fast-moving, high-growth, or scale-up context.
You possess excellent visual and interaction design skills with an exceptional attention to detail, and have a passion for creating high-conversion, consumer-grade experiences.
Expertise in growth design, conversion optimisation, and A/B testing methodologies is highly desirable.
Deep knowledge and proven experience designing and shipping products for native mobile platforms, specifically iOS and Android, ensuring platform conventions and constraints are utilized effectively.
You are a pragmatic systems thinker who excels at articulating a clear design point of view and aligning design solutions with strategic business outcomes.
You are comfortable working with ambiguity and are proactive and self-motivated, with demonstrated success in managing projects and competing priorities.
You possess persuasive communication skills and are adept at collaborating and influencing Product, Engineering, and senior stakeholders.
Previous experience in Fintech (banking, payments) is highly desirable.
We believe in diverse skills and experiences, and encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet every single requirement listed above.
Bring all of you to work
We create the conditions for high performers to thrive – through real ownership, fewer blockers, and work that makes a difference from day one.
Here, you’ll move fast, take on meaningful challenges, and be recognized for the impact you deliver. It’s a place where ambition gets met with opportunity – and where your growth is in your hands.
We work as one team, and we back each other to succeed. So whatever your background or identity, if you’re ready to grow and make a difference, you’ll be right at home here.
It’s important we set you up for success and make our process as accessible as possible. So let us know in your application, or tell your recruiter directly, if you need anything to make your experience or working environment more comfortable.
Life at Checkout.com
We understand that work is just one part of your life. Our hybrid working model offers flexibility, with three days per week in the office to support collaboration and connection.
Curious about what it’s like to be part of our team? Visit our Careers Page to learn more about our culture, open roles, and what drives us.
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