Lead Product Designer

Lead Product Designer, Acorns Early (4-Month Contract)

Contract Duration: 4 months (November 2026 through end of February 2027) Hours: 40 hours per week Location: Remote (with optional access to office space in Irvine, CA) Department: Design

What you will do at Acorns:

• Lead design across multiple Acorns Early and Early Invest initiatives, setting direction from problem framing through high-fidelity design and handoff.
• Partner with product and engineering leads to shape scope, prioritize, and make tradeoffs that keep delivery on track.
• Translate business goals and customer insight into clear product concepts and experience strategy.
• Design experiences that serve parents and kids together, with clarity and trust at the center.
• Prototype and test ideas quickly to validate direction before engineering investment.
• Guide and give feedback to other designers on the Family team, raising craft and consistency.
• Present work and rationale to senior stakeholders and build alignment across teams.
• Contribute to the Acorns design system and support engineering through build and QA.

What you will bring to Acorns:

• 8+ years of product design experience, with a portfolio of shipped consumer mobile work and clear examples of leading projects end to end.
• Proven ability to set design direction and drive alignment across product, engineering, and leadership.
• Strong strategic and conceptual thinking, paired with excellent interaction and visual craft.
• Ability to ramp up quickly on existing projects and make sound decisions with limited context.
• Experience guiding other designers through feedback and critique.
• Clear, confident communication and storytelling with senior stakeholders.
• Fluency in Figma and modern prototyping tools.
• Experience in fintech, investing, or family products is a plus.
• Hunger to deliver game-changing products.
• Exceptional drive and precision in delivery.
• A belief that your work is tied to your life's mission.
• Optimistic about the potential of societal change.

You are not expected to have experience with all listed requirements. If you feel passionate about Acorns' mission, vision, and values,

Compensation:

$120/hour to $140/hour, commensurate with experience and qualifications.