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FinQuery is the global leader in lease accounting and contract-driven accounting automation, serving 8,500+ customers worldwide. The company has been recognized on the Inc 5000 list for five consecutive years as one of the fastest-growing private companies.
As Director of Product Design, you will lead the design vision and strategy for FinQuery's AI-enabled platform that helps controllers and finance teams manage complex financial contracts like leases, prepaids, and accruals. You will shape how customers navigate, find information, and complete work across the expanding platform.
Key responsibilities include:
- Designing useful AI experiences that simplify workflows while providing necessary visibility, control, and customer trust
- Guiding critical problems from early exploration through prototypes, customer testing, and shipped experiences
- Leading customer interviews and usability testing to build deep customer understanding and validate product decisions
- Building, leading, and developing a high-performing design team through clear feedback and priority setting
- Evolving the design system with Engineering to establish accessible components and consistent interaction patterns
- Leveraging AI tools to prototype quickly and streamline cross-functional collaboration
- Connecting design decisions to measurable outcomes like task completion, time saved, reduced errors, and adoption
You will remain an active practitioner who directly tackles complex design problems while managing your team. This role requires balancing strategic leadership with hands-on design work in a B2B SaaS environment focused on financial accuracy and compliance.
Requirements:
- 8+ years of product design experience in B2B SaaS, including 2+ years managing and developing designers
- Deep UX, interaction design, and information architecture skills across complex roles, permissions, and data structures
- Experience leading designers while remaining an active practitioner who directly tackles complex design problems
- Practical experience designing AI-enabled or automated workflows with sound judgment around human review and error recovery
- Hands-on experience using AI tools in your design process for exploration and prototyping
- Proven ability to conduct customer research and usability testing that directly influences product strategy
- Demonstrated success building or evolving design systems alongside engineering teams
- Strong visual judgment and attention to accessibility, content, and implementation quality
- Clear communication skills and the ability to influence senior partners through evidence and practical reasoning
Bonus qualifications:
- Experience in accounting, finance, compliance, or domain areas where accuracy and traceability matter
- Background bringing multiple products into a shared platform or modernizing established software
- Track record of building a design practice or establishing research and critique habits in small teams
- Familiarity with front-end development to support rapid interaction prototyping and engineering collaboration
