Product Design Lead, Manager level

About

We’re currently seeking a Product Designer to join our Experience Design team. We’re passionate about creating memorable, meaningful product experiences that build the Capital One brand with humanity and drive business advantage and innovation.

The Experience Design team at Capital One is at the forefront of enriching our customers’ digital and physical experiences. We champion a thriving environment of collaboration, authenticity and healthy critique, in which we honor diversity of thought, create a culture of belonging, and elevate one another. If you’re a creative innovator who embraces an environment where you can experiment, learn, and change banking for good, we’d love to hear from you.

Role Expectations

• Product Design Expertise: Demonstrate a high degree of skill in product design, leveraging a variety of skills across interaction, visual and service design; in collaboration with cross‑functional partners, inform the use of appropriate tools, platforms, frameworks and design systems and create artifacts that may include journey maps, blueprints, high‑fidelity designs and prototypes.
• Leadership: Lead design projects, directing and delegating work for more junior team members and building strong partnerships with cross‑functional stakeholders while also mentoring and helping to mature the overall product design practice at Capital One.
• Human‑Centered: Effectively navigate the needs of partners and stakeholders, leveraging critical‑thinking skills that factor in data, research insights, scalability and tech constraints, while ensuring the team focuses on customer‑centered solutions and inclusive design.
• Business‑Focused: Demonstrate proficiency with products and processes and apply relevant insights on customers, competitors and broader market trends to business challenges that shape a shared point of view for your team, partners and stakeholders.
• Problem‑Solving: Demonstrate a solid understanding of tech, data capabilities and emerging technologies and use this knowledge to inform your work and help your cross‑functional team move faster and navigate technical limitations in service of impactful solutions.
• Collaboration: Leverage a rich network of partnerships across lines of business and the organization to foster collaboration and share solutions, incorporating cross‑functional perspectives to bridge gaps in information and drive product strategy.
• Communication: Present work across levels and job functions using a human‑centered approach that integrates design frameworks, data and research insights to articulate a compelling point of view that influences strategic decision‑making and direction at senior levels.

The ideal candidate has a strong portfolio demonstrating leadership, process, results and impact.

Basic Qualifications

• At least 5 years of experience in a Product Design role.
• At least 5 years of experience in design and prototyping tools such as Figma.

Preferred Qualifications

• At least 6 years of experience in a Product Design role.
• At least 6 years of experience in design and prototyping tools such as Figma.
• Experience working with and contributing to an established design system.
• Experience collaborating with product, tech and business partners.
• Experience leading design projects or teams.
• Experience working in heavily regulated, data‑heavy problem spaces.

Compensation (Full‑Time Annual Salary)

• McLean, VA: $164,800 – $188,100 (Manager, Design)
• New York, NY: $179,700 – $205,100 (Manager, Design)
• Richmond, VA: $149,800 – $171,000 (Manager, Design)

Candidates hired to work in other locations will be subject to the pay range associated with that location. This role is also eligible to earn performance‑based incentive compensation, which may include cash bonus(es) and/or long‑term incentives (LTI).

Benefits

Capital One offers a comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive set of health, financial and other benefits that support total well‑being. Eligibility varies based on full‑ or part‑time status, exempt or non‑exempt status, and management level.