Staff Product Designer

Position Overview

Mercury is seeking a Staff Product Designer to lead the design direction for a pivotal product within our accounting ecosystem. This role is crucial in reimagining accounting workflows, much like Figma transformed the design industry. We aim to create an automated and delightful accounting experience that empowers businesses to spend less time on bookkeeping and more time building. The ideal candidate will design a platform that serves as the backbone for accounting firms and their clients, redefining how businesses thrive.

About Mercury

Mercury is a financial technology company, not a bank. Banking services are provided through Choice Financial Group, Column N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC. We are inspired by companies like Figma that have disrupted established markets through innovation in collaboration and accessibility. Our mission is to make accounting effortless and automated, allowing businesses to focus on growth.

Responsibilities

• Define the Future of Bookkeeping: Create a compelling user experience that encourages accounting firms to migrate from legacy platforms.
• Dual User Design: Design for the competing needs of founders (simplicity, automation) and professional accountants (power, flexibility, integrations).
• Platform Strategy: Architect a platform strategy that integrates accounting capabilities with Mercury’s existing ecosystem (Banking, Cards, Bill Pay, etc.).
• Visual Systems: Develop visual systems that make complex financial data accessible and aesthetically pleasing, setting new standards for bookkeeping software.
• Collaborative Workflows: Pioneer collaborative features that transform bookkeeping into a shared experience for founders, accountants, and bookkeepers.
• Platform Extensibility: Design for extensibility to support a future app marketplace with over 10,000 integrations.
• Strategic Impact: Drive product strategy from earning early adopter trust to advancing Mercury’s accountant strategy.
• Balance Vision and Usability: Ship features that delight current users while building towards a scalable long-term platform.

Requirements

• Platform Thinking: Expertise in designing systems that can start focused and expand to serve entire ecosystems.
• Visual Craft at Scale: Ability to create design systems that maintain usability and beauty for a large user base.
• Stakeholder Navigation: Skill in balancing the needs of diverse stakeholders, including founders, accountants, bookkeepers, and business objectives.
• Strategic Disruption: Understanding of competitive landscapes and how to leverage design to exploit incumbent weaknesses.
• Multi-Sided Platforms: Proven experience designing products for both end-users and supporting professionals.
• Workflow Optimization: A passion for optimizing workflows and transforming manual tasks into delightful experiences.
• Consumer & Enterprise Bridge: Ability to bridge the gap between consumer and enterprise design principles.

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Company Information

• Company: Mercury
• Industry: Financial Technology
• Mission: To help businesses spend less time on bookkeeping and more time building.
• Values: Collaboration, accessibility, innovation, automation, delight.