# Staff Product Designer, Retirement

**Company:** [Gusto](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/gusto)
**Location:** Denver, CO, San Francisco, CA, New York, NY
**Role:** Product Design
**Salary:** $146k – $222k/yr
**Experience:** 8+ years
**Skills:** Figma, Ai Prototyping, Interaction Design, Information Architecture, Visual Design, Design Systems, Prototyping, User Testing, Content Design, Ui Patterns
**Posted:** 2026-04-01

> Leads design for retirement products, partnering with PM, Eng, and Data to create trusted financial experiences. Drives strategy, AI-accelerated prototyping, scalable systems, and cross-team alignment for employer/employee journeys. Requires 8+ years experience and AI fluency in design.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities

- Partner with Product Management to define customer problems, strategy, and measurable outcomes across activation, engagement, and retention.
- Collaborate with Data and Research to understand funnel drop-offs, retention drivers, and iterate based on insights.
- Drive the full design process: scoping, prototyping, testing, delivering MVP, iteration, and long-term improvements.
- Translate regulatory/tax requirements into clear flows, content, and UI patterns that build trust.
- Craft compelling narratives to align stakeholders on problems, options, and tradeoffs.
- Provide critique and mentorship to design peers; elevate craft and innovate with AI.
- Champion and contribute to the design system for cohesion and quality.
- Use AI for rapid prototyping, testing, and shipping high-fidelity experiences.

## Requirements

- 8+ years in product design with portfolio of end-to-end shipped work and impact.
- High craft bar in interaction design, information architecture, and visual design for complex workflows.
- AI fluency in design practice: using AI to prototype, test, and ship (must demonstrate).
- Comfort moving between design and code, or using AI tools to bridge prototype to production.
- Operate in ambiguity, shape inputs into clear goals and outcomes.
- Build partnerships with Product, Engineering, and Data.
- Systems thinker for scalable solutions.
- Track record leading multi-workstream initiatives.

## Nice-to-Haves

- Experience in regulated domains (fintech, taxes, insurance, healthcare, benefits/retirement).
- Content design for complex concepts.
- Contributions to design systems.

## Compensation

Cash compensation: $146,000–$183,000/yr (Denver/remote), $177,000–$222,000/yr (SF/Seattle/NY). Strong equity emphasis.

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