About Us:
Planful is the pioneer of financial performance management cloud software. The Planful platform, which helps businesses drive peak financial performance, is used around the globe to streamline business-wide planning, budgeting, consolidations, reporting, and analytics. Planful empowers finance, accounting, and business users to plan confidently, close faster, and report accurately. More than 1,300 customers, including 23andMe, Bose, Boston Red Sox, Five Guys, and Zappos, rely on Planful to accelerate cycle times, increase productivity, and improve accuracy. Planful is a private company backed by Vector Capital, a leading global private equity firm. Learn more at www.planful.com.
About the Role:
We are seeking a Senior Product Designer to contribute interaction design & visual design to the continuing evolution of the Planful platform. Focussed on our users, the role will drive forward our product goals with expertise, empathy and flair, constantly reducing friction and making Planful a delight to use.
Reporting to the Team Lead, Product Design the Senior Product Designer will solve complex interaction & design challenges by using deep empathy for & understanding of the user’s problems, industry best-practice patterns, off the shelf components and the Material Design System.
Position Responsibilities:
- Collaborating with Product, brainstorm solutions that are well researched and supported by evidence that reference competing products, consumer software conventions, UX research and other sources
- Referring to the Planful Design System, and collaborating with the Content Team, develop wireframes that demonstrate an end-to-end solution to problem statements
- Design mockups & prototypes that adhere to Planful’s brand guidelines and socialize them with internal and external stakeholders and iterate based on feedback
- Work closely with Engineering during development to navigate constraints and ensure the best achievable UX & design outcomes
- Actively contribute to the Planful pattern library, and help to continuously improve the standard of the team overall
- Embody Planful’s values and contribute to a culture of having fun together & taking pride in building wonderful products
Required Skills & Experience:
- A strong portfolio of interaction design and visual design for enterprise SaaS products
- Multiple examples of working collaboratively with product managers and engineers
- Strong experience in executing a design process from brainstorming through to delivery & iteration
- Strong communication & presentation skills
- Ideally, prior financial domain experience, or at least some finance domain knowledge
Key Behaviors
- Empathetic - demonstrates the ability to understand other people’s goals when designing solutions
- Work-proud – internally motivated to always produce quality
- Customer-focused – has our customers front-of-mind and prioritizes how they will experience our product
- Pragmatic - able to adapt solutions to practical limitations without becoming demotivated
- Inquisitive – continuously seeking knowledge of the latest tools, technologies, standards and practices
- Collaborative – actively seeks to share learnings and solve problems cooperatively
- Team player – puts team goals ahead of personal objectives
Why Planful
Planful exists to enrich the world by helping our customers and our people achieve peak performance. To foster the best in class work we’re so proud of, we’ve created a best in class culture, including:
- 2 Volunteer days, Birthday PTO, and quarterly company Wellness Days
- 3 months supply of diapers and meal deliveries for the first month of your Maternity/Paternity leave
- Annual Planful Palooza, our in-person, company-wide culture kickoff
Company-wide Mentorship program with Executive sponsorship of CFO and Managsed solutions that drive our products and services forward. You will lead a team of talented engineers, collaborating closely with cross-functional teams across our India and North America leadership hubs to deliver high-quality software solutions that meet business objectives. This role offers an exciting opportunity to leverage your expertise in end to end product development to drive innovation, mentor junior team members, and contribute to the overall technical vision of the organization.
Planful Hyderabad, Telangana, IND Office
9th Floor, Building 16, Raheja Mindspace IT Park, Madhapur, , Hyderabad, India, 500081
