Principal Designer

What you need to know about the role: As a Principal Designer for Workshop, we are seeking a visionary leader with an unwavering commitment to user-centered design. This passion translates into flawless execution, leveraging a deep understanding of design patterns to build trust and security within our financial products. They will cultivate a visually sophisticated brand experience that resonates with our target audience, all while influencing stakeholders to champion their design vision. Meet our team: You will be part of the Workshop design team across all end-to-end experiences for PayPal consumers globally and work closely with your product and engineering partners to inform and drive the strategy and roadmap. You will work with other leaders and cross-functional team members to build and deliver the best possible experiences across all aspects of commerce from discovery to post-purchase experiences. Your way to impact: Expect an immersive, fast-paced environment. You will oversee multiple projects while flexing your skills as an effective communicator, especially when relaying creative concepts to our design teams and company stakeholders. Your day to day: In your day to day you will: Design leadership - drive best practices in process and methodology and deliver against business and customer needs Guide UX efforts across teams, including strategy, planning, and working with cross-functional partners to remove blockers and present effectively to senior staff and stakeholders Leverage and extend the use of design systems, style guides, patterns, and assets in the creation of UX deliverables Contribute to the wider UX community, mentoring others, and leveraging your strengths to help others grow Ensure that all the organization's output/visuals are consistent with the overall brand and strategic commitments. Apply a customer-focused, iterative design process. Make design decisions based on research and insights, as well as advocate for continuous learning and inclusive design best practices. Collaborate with other cross-functional Design team members (Research, Content Design, UX Operations, Branding) and Business and Engineering stakeholders. Requirements What do you need to bring: 10 to 12+ years in a UX role, bachelor's and/or master's degree in the study of user experience, design, research, or related fields or equivalent professional experience Thorough command of the UX lifecycle with deep, direct experience in all skill areas and tools, including facilitation of workshops or other collaboration techniques to drive momentum and credibility within the organization Complete UX skillset, to deliver excellence across products and platforms, mobile apps, and financial services expertise an advantage Experience leading delivery, through feedback, design critique, presentation to program sponsors, planning, and coordinating with partners where needed High degree of craft, taste, and product intuition, with a keen eye toward future trends, emerging technology, and shifting customer expectations.

PayPal has been revolutionizing commerce globally for more than 25 years. Creating innovative experiences that make moving money, selling, and shopping simple, personalized, and secure, PayPal empowers consumers and businesses in approximately 200 markets to join and thrive in the global economy. We operate a global, two-sided network at scale that connects hundreds of millions of merchants and consumers. We help merchants and consumers connect, transact, and complete payments, whether they are online or in person. PayPal is more than a connection to third-party payment networks. We provide proprietary payment solutions accepted by merchants that enable the completion of payments on our platform on behalf of our customers. We offer our customers the flexibility to use their accounts to purchase and receive payments for goods and services, as well as the ability to transfer and withdraw funds. We enable consumers to exchange funds more safely with merchants using a variety of funding sources, which may include a bank account, a PayPal or Venmo account balance, PayPal and Venmo branded credit products, a credit card, a debit card, certain cryptocurrencies, or other stored value products such as gift cards, and eligible credit card rewards. Our PayPal, Venmo, and Xoom products also make it safer and simpler for friends and family to transfer funds to each other. We offer merchants an end-to-end payments solution that provides authorization and settlement capabilities, as well as instant access to funds and payouts. We also help merchants connect with their customers, process exchanges and returns, and manage risk. We enable consumers to engage in cross-border shopping and merchants to extend their global reach while reducing the complexity and friction involved in enabling cross-border trade. Our beliefs are the foundation for how we conduct business every day. We live each day guided by our core values of Inclusion, Innovation, Collaboration, and Wellness. Together, our values ensure that we work together as one global team with our customers at the center of everything we do – and they push us to ensure we take care of ourselves, each other, and our communities.