Top Design Jobs in San Francisco, CA

Lead quantitative UX research across R&D, shaping high-stakes product investments and AI experience decisions. Develop psychometric frameworks, surveys, segmentation, usability benchmarks, pricing research, and statistical models. Partner with Data Science to integrate behavioral and attitudinal data, establish scalable research standards, mentor researchers, and enable non-researchers to conduct rigorous studies. The role requires executive-level influence, expertise in AI-powered products, and hands-on proficiency with SQL, Python, and Qualtrics.

Leads product design for Gusto’s Consumer Banking and SMB Banking products. Manages and grows a design team, establishes shared rituals and planning practices, coaches designers, partners with product and engineering leaders, and stays hands-on with high-stakes design decisions. The role collaborates with Risk, Compliance, Legal, Data, and Operations on regulated financial products while setting quality standards, supporting career development, and representing Banking design needs to senior leadership.

Own brand and motion design from concept through delivery across product launches, campaigns, events, product education, and digital channels. Develop brand systems, motion guidelines, templates, and workflows that support consistent production. Direct and evaluate AI-generated creative work, establish quality standards and guardrails, and collaborate with creative, marketing, product, and growth partners to maintain a cohesive, human brand.

Lead UX vision and strategy across Business Money, Consumer Money, Payments, and Risk. Identify cross-team, high-impact opportunities; influence product strategy and OKRs; define AI-first financial UX; do hands-on design and prototyping; mentor designers; and evolve design system patterns to scale cohesive, trustworthy financial experiences.

Lead end-to-end UX for Gusto Payroll, define long-term vision, drive AI and automation initiatives, partner cross-functionally, mentor designers, and scale design systems to simplify complex payroll workflows.

Lead product design for Gusto Retirement: define strategy, prototype and ship high-trust, regulated financial experiences, partner with Product/Engineering/Data, use AI-accelerated workflows, evolve design systems, and mentor designers to improve adoption, retention, and cross-product cohesion.

Lead design and maintenance of Workbench components and token architecture, pair with engineers on implementations, build AI tooling and LLM-readable documentation, support builders via office hours and reviews, and drive component architecture and migration during a brand refresh.