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Product Design / Growth Lead – Lab49 (New York)

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Overview

Lab49 partners with leading investment banks, asset managers, and fintech innovators to design and build next-generation digital products.

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Lab49 partners with leading investment banks, asset managers, and fintech innovators to design and build next-generation digital products. We’re looking for a hands-on Product Design / Growth Lead — a designer, strategist, and storyteller — to drive both creative delivery and new business growth.

The Role

This hybrid role balances strategic pitches and business development with high-impact product design. You’ll lead high impact product design projects from a creative design perspective (50%) as as well as new business perspective - not just upselling. This person will own new business pitches, new offerings and new sales, all while crafting and executing compelling narratives, prototypes, and UI deliver measurable impact for our clients.

Lead design on strategic client engagements — from research and discovery workshops to user journeys, wireframes, and polished prototypes.

Developing creative concepts for pitches in the form of go to market concepts and innovations that translate complex ideas into clear, cohesive stories that stakeholders can understand quickly.

Partner with BD, design, and product teams to shape top-priority pursuits.

Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure cohesive, user-centered solution.

Present ideas to executives with clarity and impact.

10+ years in UX/product design, innovation, or product strategy, ideally in consulting, design studios, or growth-focused environments. Background must be in Visual or Graphic design.

Experience in defining and delivering client pitches, e. g. crafting concepts, prototypes and pitch materials to pitch and position to client stakeholders.

Strong, hands-on portfolio showcasing high-fidelity design, strategic thinking, and executive storytelling.

Expert in Figma and modern design tools; fluent in turning abstract problems into tangible solutions.

Executive level presentation skills.

Confident communicator, collaborative, and energized by ambiguity and fast-paced environments.

Strong preference for Financial Services and/or FinTech. Alternatively, other complex highly regulated industries.