Lead Product Designer

About PayU
PayU, a leading payment and Fintech company in 50+ high-growth markets throughout Asia, Central and Eastern Europe, Latin America, the Middle East and Africa, part of Prosus group, one of the largest technology investors in the world is redefining the way people buy and sell online for our 300.000+ merchants and millions of consumers. 
As a leading online payment service provider, we deploy more than 400 payment methods and PCI-certified platforms to process approximately 6 million payments every single day. 
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We are looking for a Lead Product Designer with crafting experiences in B2C companies. 
Must have Portfolio to Apply!
About the team: 
PayU Finance is the credit and lending arm of the PayU brand (a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Prosus group. Previously Naspers group) headquartered in Amsterdam, Netherlands. PayU Finance operates under two brands - LazyPay and PaySense with a focus on Buy Now Pay Later and financial products. We are in pursuit of becoming India’s preferred credit super-app with various financial products in our roadmap to launch and capitalise on.
PayU Finance India has disbursed over 20 billion loans to date by volume and has disbursed more than $280 million in consumer credit. PayU Finance provides consumers with easy access to affordable short-term loans up to INR 5 lacs that can be availed in the form of personal loans, point-of-sale EMI, and express loans. 
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What you’ll be doing:

• Shape product strategy and lead the team in executing design work with a high level of polish across all digital platforms: app, web, and experimental
• Inspire a team of designers with your work while pushing the frontiers of the design work
• Lead and represent your team effectively, evangelizing the work and articulating the decisions behind them, and be an advocate for user-centred design in the company
• You will be responsible for producing groundbreaking user experiences across all touchpoints 
• Work collaboratively with different teams to identify and narrow down problems, arrive at design solutions and test frameworks
• Present findings and insights in a consumable format to the broader team; work on multiple projects, and work with the team to prioritise as needed while receiving strategic and tactical directions from cross-team leaders
• Convey your thoughts backed by insights, interviews, observations, and frequent usability/ user tests. Do so using design prototypes, verbally, in writing, video recordings, etc. 
• You will work closely with your colleagues: within and outside the design team to, develop, and evolve the design process to adhere to, and create best design practices. 
• Demonstrate thought leadership in the larger design community in India through written work or demonstrations on other media. You’re the face of the team in the design community

What are we looking for?

• Someone who has really good taste
• Roughly 6+ years of experience in consumer product design which is mobile-first 
• You can work independently with little oversight or direction
• You have a portfolio showcasing successful product launches, details of your thought process, and how you collect user inputs and behaviour, and translate those into tangible design solutions
• Ability to connect the dots from design outcomes to product outcomes to business outcomes
• Ability to think big, comprehend, plan and execute on technical financial requirements 
• A strong sense of the process for building product experiences including best practices for design deliverables including mockups, prototypes, documentation, and quality checks 
• You can confidently articulate design decisions and enjoy leading conversations with teams and key stakeholders
• You are proactive, have high ownership and have a sense of accountability

What we offer :

• A platform where products ship and scale
• Build a portfolio of work which are globally attractive 
• A dynamic, constantly evolving space in tandem with the latest in fintech India, get to define avant-garde experiences for a billion people
• An inclusive environment that ensures we listen to a diverse range of voices when making decisions
• Learn cutting edge concepts and innovation in an agile start-up-like environment with a large scale
• Access to 5000+ training courses accessible anytime/anywhere to support your growth and development (Corporate with top learning partners like Harvard, Coursera, Udacity)
• Free catered lunch at office, several team outings, fantastic device policies.