Hiring: Staff Product Designer, Retirement Company: Gusto Location: San Francisco Bay Area Job Posted Time: 2026-09-11 14:47:59 Employment Type: Full-time / Remote Target Skills & Keywords : Content Design, Design System, Information Architecture, Interaction Design, MVP, Product Management About the job Experience: •8+ years in product design, with a portfolio showing end-to-end shipped work and the impact it drove Required Skills: •Improving both setup and account management to boost confidence, adoption, and retention to reduce contact rate and confusion. •Creating a more connected journey between payroll and retirement by designing across the seams of product, operations, and support—where the hardest and most interesting problems live. •Designing flexible, scalable patterns across Retirement, integrating seamlessly with adjacent payroll and benefits touchpoints. Apply discerning design judgment to determine when and how to effectively incorporate AI to enhance the experience. •If you’re energized by ambiguous problem spaces, high-trust financial experiences, and designing workflows that make complex decisions feel clear and confident—this role is for you. •Here’s What You’ll Do Day-to-day •Strategic Vision & Partnership: Partner with Product Management to define the customer problems to solve, the strategy to solve them, and the measurable outcomes that matter—across activation, engagement, and retention. •Data and research informed iteration: Collaborate with Data and Research to understand funnel drop-offs, behavior over time, retention drivers as well as define success metrics and iterate based on what you learn. •Design Leadership & Ownership: Drive the full design process for shipped experiences—scoping and sequencing work, prototyping, testing, and delivering MVP → iteration → longer-term improvements. Compensation: •$146,000 - $183,000 / year •Flexible work environment (work from home / hybrid options) •We handle the hard stuff — payroll, health insurance, 401(k)s, and HR — so owners can focus on their craft and their customers Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!