Senior Director of Design
Petach Tiqva, Israel
About Payoneer
Founded in 2005, Payoneer is the global financial platform that removes friction from doing business across borders, with a mission to connect the worldโs underserved businesses to a rising global economy. Weโre a community with over 2,500 colleagues all over the world, working to serve customers, and partners in over 190 markets.
By taking the complexity out of the financial workflowsโincluding everything from global payments and compliance, to multi-currency and workforce management, to providing working capital and business intelligenceโwe give businesses the tools they need to work efficiently worldwide and grow with confidence.
About the Role We are seeking a visionary design leader to redefine the customer experience across Payoneerโs global payment platform. As the Senior Director of Design, you will set the strategic vision for Product Design, CX Design, and Content Design, ensuring our products are intuitive, innovative, and impactful. This is a rare opportunity to lead at scale, shaping how millions of businesses and professionals interact with financial services worldwide.We need a leader with a commanding presence, exceptional strategic thinking, and a proven ability to drive design excellence in a high-growth, fast-paced environment. This role is for a change-maker who can champion design as a competitive advantage and influence executive stakeholders.
What youโll be spending your time on:โฏ
Design Strategy & Vision
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Define and drive a holistic design strategy aligned with Payoneerโs business objectives.
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Set new industry standards for fintech design, driving innovation and best practices.
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Champion customer-centric, data-driven design across the company.
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Elevate design as a core pillar of Payoneerโs success, ensuring it plays a strategic role in business growth.
Design Leadership & Execution
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Oversee the end-to-end user experience across Payoneerโs global product ecosystem.
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Establish and enforce UX guidelines for consistency, scalability, and efficiency.
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Lead the charge in accessibility and inclusive design, ensuring a seamless experience for a diverse, global audience.
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Drive excellence in UX/UI, prototyping, user research, and design implementation at every level.
Team Development
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Build, mentor, and inspire a world-class, multidisciplinary design team.
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Cultivate a culture of bold creativity, innovation, and continuous growth.
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Scale design capabilities while maintaining top-tier quality and impact.
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Implement structured frameworks for creative direction, leadership development, and meaningful design critique.
Cross-Functional Influence
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Collaborate closely with Product, R&D, Marketing, and Go-to-Market teams to deliver seamless, impactful customer experiences.
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Leverage user research and data insights to inform and validate design decisions.
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Advocate for the power of design at the executive level, influencing company-wide strategic decisions.
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Drive design thinking methodologies across the organization, fostering alignment and innovation.
Have you done this kind of stuff?
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15+ years of experience in Product Design, UX, or CX, with a significant focus on leadership roles.
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5+ years leading and scaling high-performing design teams.
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Strong executive presence, with exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills.
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Proven ability to drive cross-functional collaboration at the highest levels.
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Deep expertise in design systems, UX principles, and service design.
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A track record of delivering large-scale, high-impact design initiatives.
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Experience in B2B or fintech is preferred.
Not a must but a great advantage:
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Demonstrated success navigating rapid, iterative design and development processes in a dynamic environment.
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Experience leading complex, large-scale projects with multiple stakeholders and competing priorities.
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Ability to articulate and balance technical constraints and design opportunities, ensuring innovative yet feasible solutions.
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Proven success in managing and mentoring design leaders, fostering a culture of growth and excellence.
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The Payoneer Ways of Working
Act as our customerโs partner on the inside
Learning what they need and creating what will help them go further.
Continuously improve
Always striving for a higher standard than our last.
Do it. Own it.
Being fearlessly accountable in everything we do.
Build each other up
Helping each other grow, as professionals and people.
If this sounds like a business, a community, and a mission you want to be part of, click now to apply.
We are committed to providing a diverse and inclusive workplace. Payoneer is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment no matter your race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you require reasonable accommodation at any stage of the hiring process, please speak to the recruiter managing the role for any adjustments. Decisions about requests for reasonable accommodation are made on a case-by-case basis.
