Senior Product Designer - International

Square

Full-time - Senior

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About the position

Square is on a mission to make commerce easy for all types of businesses around the world, and as a Senior Product Designer on the International and Partnerships team, you will play a crucial role in shaping the global product strategy and roadmap. This position involves overseeing design decisions that directly influence the development of our products, from core features to experimental projects. We value T-shaped individuals who can contribute to each stage of product development while also diving deep into specific areas of expertise. You will report to the Design Lead for International and Partnerships, collaborating closely with a diverse team of designers, engineers, product managers, analysts, and other stakeholders to ensure that our products deliver a remarkable and delightful experience tailored to the needs of sellers in various countries. In this role, you will work with in-market partners to create best-in-market products, ensuring that the customer journey across all products is prioritized and honored. You will hold the highest standards for design, defining the product strategy for Wave 2 markets in alignment with Square's overall global direction. Your work will involve understanding our customers and their needs, guiding your team to deliver exceptional solutions, and identifying opportunities for Square and our customers. You will propose and evaluate impactful initiatives, promoting them across the organization and implementing them from ideation through to release. Collaboration is key in this role, as you will openly work with cross-functional partners throughout Square, leading projects from discovery to launch in partnership with engineering, marketing, and analytics teams. You will also influence key stakeholders to align intent, resources, and prioritization, ensuring that our design efforts are cohesive and effective in meeting the needs of our sellers.

Responsibilities

• Oversee design decisions that influence the global product strategy and roadmap.
• Collaborate closely with designers, engineers, product managers, analysts, and other team members.
• Work with in-market partners to build best-in-market products.
• Ensure that the customer journey across all products is prioritized and honored.
• Define product strategy for Wave 2 markets in alignment with Square's global strategy.
• Understand customer needs and guide the team to ship remarkable solutions.
• Identify opportunities for Square and customers, propose and evaluate impactful initiatives.
• Lead end-to-end success of projects from discovery to launch in collaboration with engineering, marketing, and analytics partners.
• Influence key stakeholders to align intent, resources, and prioritization.

Requirements

• At least 8 years of relevant professional experience.
• A portfolio of multiple shipped projects where you were the primary designer.
• Ability to articulate high-level team goals and connect work to larger team or company initiatives.
• 5+ years of experience working across native platforms and web.
• Ability to plan, scope, and create work that contributes to a larger, long-term plan.
• Advocate for the customer with a focus on quality and professionalism in designs and presentations.
• Experience working on challenging, wide-reaching projects.
• Ability to go deep on a problem and create a comprehensive vision.
• Comfortable conducting user research.