Product Designer

Role Title: Product Designer  

Location: Bangalore 

 
About the Team 
PayU Finance is the credit and lending arm of the PayU brand (a wholly owned subsidiary of the Prosus group. Previously Naspers Group was headquartered in Amsterdam, Netherlands. PayU Finance India has disbursed about 20 billion loans to date by volume and has disbursed more than $280 million in consumer credit. PayU Finance provides consumers with easy access to affordable short-term loans up to INR 5 lacs that can be availed in the form of personal loans, point of sale EMI, and express loans.  

PayU Finance operates under two brands - LazyPay and PaySense with a focus on Buy now Pay later and personal loan products. 

About the Role 

We are looking for a Product Designer with experience crafting experiences in B2C companies 

Responsibilities: 

The Product Designer performs a wide range of duties that may include, but are not limited to:  

• Shape product strategy and lead the team in executing design work with a high level of polish across all digital platforms: app, web, and experimental  

• Inspire a team of designers with your work while pushing the frontiers of the design work  

• Lead and represent your team effectively, evangelizing the work and articulating the decisions behind them, and be an advocate for user-centered design in the company  

• You will be responsible for producing groundbreaking user experiences across all touchpoints   

• Work collaboratively with different teams to identify and narrow down problems, arrive at design solutions and test frameworks  

• Present findings and insights in a consumable format to the broader team; work on multiple projects, and work with the team to prioritize as needed while receiving strategic and tactical directions from cross-team leaders  

• Convey your thoughts backed by insights, interviews, observations, and frequent usability/ user tests. Do so using design prototypes, verbally, in writing, video recordings, etc.   

• You will work closely with your colleagues: within and outside the design team to develop, and evolve the design process to adhere to, and create best design practices.   

• Demonstrate thought leadership in the larger design community in India through written work or demonstrations on other media. You’re the face of the team in the design community  

Requirements 

The more common skills and attributes that are needed for this role may include: 

• Someone who has good taste  

• Roughly 3+ years of experience in consumer product design which is mobile-first   

• You can work independently with little oversight or direction  

• You have a portfolio showcasing successful product launches, details of your thought process, and how you collect user inputs and behavior, and translate those into tangible design solutions  

• Ability to connect the dots from design outcomes to product outcomes to business outcomes  

• Ability to think big, comprehend, plan and execute on technical financial requirements   

• A strong sense of the process for building product experiences including best practices for design deliverables including mockups, prototypes, documentation, and quality checks   

• You can confidently articulate design decisions and enjoy leading conversations with teams and key stakeholders  

• You are proactive, have high ownership and have a sense of accountability  

What do we offer? 

• A positive, get-things-done workplace 

• A dynamic, constantly evolving space (change is par for the course – it is important you are comfortable with this). 

• An inclusive environment that ensures we listen to a diverse range of voices when making decisions. 

• Ability to learn cutting edge concepts and innovation in an agile start-up environment on a global scale. 

• Access to 5000+ training courses accessible anytime/anywhere to support your growth and development (Corporate with top learning partners like Harvard, Coursera, Udacity). 

About us 

PayU specializes in credit products and services for emerging markets across the globe. Headquartered in Mumbai, PayU Credit India has disbursed about 20 billion loans to date by volume and has disbursed more than $280 million in consumer credit. PayU Credit provides consumers with easy access to affordable short-term loans up to INR 5 lacs that can be availed in the form of personal loans, point of sale EMI and express loans. Lead by Prashanth Ranganathan, the company has been focusing on providing innovative solutions that make access to credit convenient as well as quick. PayU India entered the alternate lending business in 2017 with LazyPay, its buy-now-pay-later offering to provide consumers with convenient checkout options. It emerged as one of the most popular payment methods across 300+ renowned merchants in its network like Swiggy, Zomato, Samsung, Dunzo, GoAir, amongst others. Recently the company launched ‘LazyPay Credit Shield’ an end-to-end digital lending features that help its users to be mindful of their financial health and credit score and automates the entire process of disbursal. Riding on the success of the offering in 2018, PayU received RBI’s approval to operate as an NBFC in 2018. PayU acquired a stake in PaySense in January 2020 to accelerate its vision for credit in India and leverage AI & ML to build a full-stack digital lending platform in India. PayU in its next phase of growth is developing a full regional fintech ecosystem providing multiple digital financial services in one integrated experience 

Our Commitment to Building A Diverse and Inclusive Workforce 

As a global and multi-cultural organization with varied ethnicities thriving across locations, we realize that our responsibility towards fulfilling the D&I commitment is huge. Therefore, we continuously strive to create a diverse, inclusive, and safe environment for all our people, communities, and customers. Our leaders are committed to creating an inclusive work culture which enables transparency, flexibility, and unbiased attention to every PayUneer so they can succeed, irrespective of gender, color, or personal faith. An environment where every person feels they belong, that they are listened to, and where they are empowered to speak up. At PayU we have zero tolerance towards any form of prejudice whether a specific race, ethnicity, or of persons with disabilities, or the LGBTQ communities.