Director of Product Design

Monarch is a powerful, all-in-one personal finance platform designed to help make the complexity of finances feel simple again. Since launching in 2021, we've become the top-recommended personal finance app by users and experts. Our goal? To take the stress out of finances so our members can focus on what truly matters.

We are a team of do-ers led by experienced entrepreneurs who are passionate about helping our members reach their financial goals. We're hyper focused on building a product people love, and on finding every edge that helps us do that better. AI is core to how we operate: every person on the team uses it as a partner to sharpen judgment, move faster, and expand what's possible. We're not looking for tool mastery, we're looking for fluency and curiosity. What matters is that AI is part of how you work today and that you're actively raising your own bar on how to use it well.

As a fully remote company (even before COVID!), we welcome applicants from almost anywhere. Our team collaborates synchronously mostly from 9 AM – 2 PM PT and embraces asynchronous work to stay connected across time zones.

Join us on our mission to transform lives by simplifying money, together.

The Role:

We're looking for a Director of Product Design to join Monarch at a pivotal moment in our growth. Reporting directly to the Co-Founder and Head of Design, you will lead and scale the design organization while ensuring our product maintains a high bar for usability, clarity, and craft as the company grows.

Over the next 12–18 months, this role will help build and organize the design team, improve design operations, and integrate AI-powered workflows so our product continues to feel thoughtful and cohesive even as development velocity accelerates.

What You'll Do:

• Lead and grow the design team through hiring, mentoring, and day-to-day management.

• Allocate design resources across product initiatives, ensuring teams stay focused on the highest-impact work.

• Partner closely with product and engineering leadership to shape product direction and ensure strong design thinking throughout development.

• Establish scalable design operations and planning processes, including quarterly resource planning and cross-team coordination.

• Introduce and operationalize AI tools that help the design team move faster across research, ideation, and prototyping.

What You’ll Bring:

• 7+ years of experience in product design, with 2+ years managing or leading designers.

• Strong product design judgment with a high bar for usability, clarity, and craft.

• Experience hiring, mentoring, and growing designers.

• Hands-on experience designing and shipping complex digital products (web and/or mobile).

• Comfort adopting and experimenting with AI tools to improve design workflows and productivity.

• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with experience working closely with product and engineering teams.

• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-moving product environment.

• Experience working within a high-growth startup or product-led B2C/SaaS company.

Nice to Haves:

• Experience working at a company known for strong product design.

• Early-stage startup experience.

• Experience contributing to or maintaining a design system.

• Familiarity with modern AI tools used in design, research, or prototyping workflows.

Typical Hiring Process (may vary depending on role):

• Recruiter Video Call

• Hiring Manager Video Call

• Take Home Assignment

• Final Presentation

• Reference Checks

• Offer!

• Work wherever you want! As a fully remote company with no central office, we want you to work wherever you are happiest and most productive. Whether that’s out of your home, a co-working space, or elsewhere.

• Competitive cash and equity compensation in a hyper growth, early stage company 🚀.

• Stipend to set-up your ideal working environment.

• Competitive Benefit Plans for employees based on your location (e.g. in the US we offer: Medical, dental and vision benefits and the ability to contribute to a 401k plan).

• Unlimited PTO.

• 3 day weekend every month! We take off the “First Friday” every month to focus on rest, recuperation, or just having fun!

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status, or genetic information.

California & San Francisco: Pursuant to the California Fair Chance Act and the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records will be considered for employment. We comply with all applicable fair chance hiring laws.