Compensation Overview

Guideline is seeking a Senior Product Designer to help build a new financial savings product that will exist alongside our core 401(k) offering. In this role, you’ll be a key player in building 0-1 initiatives and trying new things to propel the company’s growth while elevating our customer’s experience. 

 

The team

The Product Design Team at Guideline is focused on delivering innovative, user-centered solutions that make a real impact. 

We’re a collaborative group that values creativity, transparency and a deep respect for our craft. We hold ourselves to a high bar and actively support one another so that we can do our best work.

From designing tools that help individuals navigate their financial future to building new retirement offerings, the Product Design team plays a central role in contributing to Guideline’s mission of ensuring everyone arrives at retirement with a plan.

What you’ll do at Guideline:

• Be a founding designer for a completely new bet for Guideline, with the opportunity to transform how new products work alongside our 401(k) offering today
• Partner with product management, engineering, design and research teams to define and implement new product initiatives
• Lead design strategy and execution for new products and workstreams in a complex problem space
• Identify ways to test and validate concepts and features quickly without utilizing engineering resources
• Align stakeholders across all levels of the organization around proposed concepts
• Craft intuitive and engaging user journeys that connect with our audience

What we’re looking for:

• 5+ years of experience designing for cross-platform web and mobile software applications
• Demonstrated ability to design simple solutions to complex user problems
• A knack for navigating ambiguous problems and shape them into clear goals
• Product thinker with the ability to design solutions that iteratively scale from MVP to north star
• Strong storytelling and communication to articulate design decisions across the broader organization
• An eye for high-quality, well-crafted visual and interaction design

While it’s not required, it’s an added plus if you also have:

• Experience launching a 0 to 1 product
• Preferred experience in complex industries like FinTech, HealthTech, or InsureTech
• Experience with research and user-testing
• Systems thinker who understands how parts come together and scale as a greater whole

More About Guideline

Everyone should have a simple, affordable way to save for retirement. At Guideline, our plans are low cost and highly automated. This makes it easy for companies to offer a valuable benefit—and easy for people to invest in their financial future with confidence.

Compensation
At Guideline, we believe compensation should be fair and equitable. We take a data-driven approach to set our compensation bands; the successful candidate’s starting pay will be determined based on job-related skills, experience, qualifications, and work location. We are always evaluating our pay zones to be as competitive as possible, so keep in mind these may be subject to change in the future.

Please speak with a recruiter for additional information regarding our tier locations and compensation philosophy.

• Metro+
• The base salary range for this position is $170,500-$188,000 annually.

• Metro
• The base salary range for this position is $154,000-$171,500 annually.

• National  
• The base salary range for this position is $147,500-$165,000 annually.

In addition to base salary, this position is eligible for equity in the form of Incentive Stock Options (ISOs).

At Guideline, base salary is just one component of the overall Total Rewards package offered to employees.  All employees are offered comprehensive benefits and perks to help support you and your family.

• Flexible time off in addition to company holidays — We observe the NYSE Holiday Calendar
• 401(k) with matching contributions — We use our own platform and match 100% of the first 3% contributed, and 50% of the next 2% (for a max employer contribution of 4%)
• 100% employer-paid healthcare, vision, and dental insurance for employees and 70% coverage for dependents
• Opt-out credit if all three plans are waived
• Eligibility to participate in Health Savings Account and Flexible Spending Accounts
• Disability and life insurance options
• Mental health benefits, including therapy and coaching through Modern Health, for employees and their dependents
• Paid parental leave for birthing and non-birthing parents
• 1 - month sabbatical after 5 years of employment
• Annual learning and development stipend — We reimburse approved professional development expenses, up to $750 per employee per year.

Guideline provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.  Additionally, Guideline participates in the E-Verify program in certain locations, as required by law.

Guideline is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants in need of special assistance or accommodation during the interview process can reach out to [email protected].

Guideline is committed to protecting the privacy and security of the personal information of our applicants. Please refer to Guideline’s Privacy Policy for information about our privacy and security practices.