Head of Product Design
Who We Are:
Ethena Labs is a leading company in the DeFi space focused on developing innovative products for modern finance. Ethena's primary offering is a synthetic dollar protocol built on Ethereum, providing a crypto-native solution for currency, USDe, and a globally accessible dollar savings asset, sUSDe.
Our primary goal is to offer globally accessible, crypto-native financial solutions that bridge the gap between traditional finance and the digital asset economy. We prioritize transparency, efficiency, and empowering individuals and institutions to have greater control over their assets.
Our Mission:
Ethena Labs is actively creating and deploying a range of cutting-edge products to address key challenges and unlock new opportunities in the digital finance sector. Our flagship product, USDe, is a synthetic dollar supported by digital assets and utilizes a unique hedging strategy to uphold its peg, ensuring scalability and censorship-resistant properties.
We also provide sUSDe, which generates crypto-native rewards from derivatives markets' funding rates, offering an alternative to traditional financial products. Moreover, in collaboration with industry partners, we are developing USDtb, a stablecoin backed by traditional assets, tailored for institutional clients, and iUSDe, designed to facilitate traditional finance institutions' access to crypto-native rewards with compliance features.
Our most impactful initiative, Converge, in partnership with blockchain leaders, aims to serve as the nexus where DeFi intersects with CeFi and TradFi, creating an issuance layer for tokenized assets integrated with existing DeFi protocols, fostering institutional participation in the decentralized economy.
Join our mission of building a more open, efficient, and interconnected global financial system.
The Role:
We are seeking a Head of Product Design to spearhead design strategy and vision, coupled with Product Management responsibilities. In this key position, you will shape the design vision and product execution, set high UX standards, and refine product development processes across all user-facing products.
This role is ideal for a seasoned Lead or Head of Product Design looking to expand their scope into Product Management tasks. Reporting to the CEO, you will manage a Senior Designer, collaborate with a team of Product Engineers, and engage with Marketing and Business Development stakeholders to enhance UI/UX design, streamline product delivery, and optimize engineering focus on core priorities.
Responsibilities:
- Define design strategy and vision aligned with business goals and user needs, overseeing high-fidelity design creation, wireframing, prototyping, and animation.
- Establish and reinforce UX standards, audit existing designs, enhance usability, and ensure consistency across user interfaces and touchpoints.
- Manage design resources, engage external consultancies, and source freelancers, while driving product management frameworks, roadmap planning, and stakeholder communication.
- Implement project management infrastructure, track milestones, and employ tools like Linear and Notion for resource allocation and Gantt chart creation.
- Foster a user-centric culture through research, usability testing, and data-driven design iterations based on feedback from users and stakeholders.
- Lead and mentor the design team to enhance skills, delegate tasks effectively, and instill an autonomous design function.
Requirements:
- Strong leadership in design strategy, project management, and hands-on design, with proficiency in Adobe, Sketch, Figma, and other relevant design tools.
- Extensive experience in user research, A/B testing, and familiarity with modern design systems and Web3/Crypto capabilities.
- Proven ability to hire, mentor, and scale design teams, driving strategic design functions with a user-centric approach.
- Sound understanding of crypto user behavior, DeFi interfaces, wallet integrations, and blockchain design considerations.
Why Ethena Labs:
Join a forward-thinking company dedicated to revolutionizing decentralized finance.
Work with an innovative team in a collaborative and creative work environment.
Enjoy remote-friendly work options with room for professional growth and development.
If you share our vision of reshaping finance through decentralized means, we welcome your application and look forward to reviewing it soon.
Note: Artificial intelligence tools may be utilized to support the hiring process but do not replace human decision-making. For more information on data processing, please reach out to us.
