Kikoff

Head of Design

San Francisco · Senior

Sponsorship not specified$260k-$374kDetected 64 days ago

Design SystemsValuationLeadershipCommunicationMentoring

About the role

You will be close to the pixels, close to the product, and close to the team.
You will give real feedback on real work, and you will be expected to make the call when designers are stuck in ambiguity.
Set a high bar for craft, ownership, and user obsession across the team

With record revenue growth in 2025 and a unicorn valuation, we've built a suite of products that help millions of people build credit, access liquidity, and save money.
Join us if you want to build something meaningful and help millions of people move forward financially.
We value extreme ownership, clear communication, a strong sense of craftsmanship, and the desire to create lasting work and work relationships.
Build the design system from the ground up so it is something the whole company and our coding agents will want to use
Define and enforce design patterns across the product to reduce design debt and bring consistency
Drive the standards that make every screen feel like Kikoff, across product, marketing, and brand surfaces
Understand each designer's strengths and place them where they'll do their best work and develop in the desired growth areas.

10+ years of experience in product design, with substantial time in consumer-facing, mobile-first products
A track record of partnering with product and engineering as a peer, and shipping work that moved the business

Experience in fintech, consumer credit, or other regulated consumer products
We don't cut corners when they matter, and we don't over-engineer when they don't.
We make tradeoffs deliberately.
A mature team knows the difference between a bet worth taking and one that isn't.
You will be surrounded by people who think this way.
We know this journey has required timing, circumstance, and the right people showing up.

Set the overall design vision for Kikoff - what good looks like, how the team works, how designers grow
You can align cross-functional stakeholders on a unified brand vision and ensure that every pixel of the UI speaks our specific visual language.
As Head of Design, you will own the design vision, craft, and execution across the company.
Own the Design Vision and Quality Bar

Kikoff is a profitable, pre-IPO fintech company on a mission to empower everyone to achieve financial security.

Kikoff Inc. is an equal opportunity employer.
We are committed to complying with all federal, state, and local laws providing equal employment opportunities and considers qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, sex, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation, citizenship, or any other legally protected class.
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