Staff Product Experience Designer

About the role

Adyen is a financial technology platform serving global clients like Meta, Uber, H&M, and Microsoft. We are looking for a Staff Product Experience Designer to join our Product Experience (PX) organization, a team of full-stack builders managing end-to-end product discovery, research, design, and content.

Key facts

What you'll do

• Manage core experience logic across product suites to resolve ambiguous gaps and ensure global scalability.
• Collaborate with Product and Technical Leads (GPMs, VP, Solution Lead) to define long-term strategy, balancing user needs with technical and business requirements.
• Define and maintain the global PX Quality Bar by building reusable infrastructure and adaptive interface patterns to reduce systemic debt.
• Mentor senior PX staff to improve decision-making and craft standards without relying on traditional management hierarchies.
• Create knowledge-sharing systems and forums to help geographically dispersed teams scale independently.
• Act as a central point of alignment to reduce complexity and dependencies across different solution areas.
• Research and implement emergent technologies, specifically AI and LLMs, to improve design frameworks and operational output.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in designing complex, large-scale systems or frameworks.
• Proven ability to drive impact across multiple product streams.
• Experience partnering with senior business and technical stakeholders to translate trade-offs into clear narratives.
• Ability to design the systems that govern user journeys rather than just the journeys themselves.
• Skill in coaching senior peers through architectural standards and strategic influence.
• Capability to transform undefined organizational challenges into executable, scalable frameworks.

Skills & tools

• Systems thinking
• Strategic product design
• AI and LLM integration
• Cross-functional leadership

Practical notes

• This is an office-first role based in San Francisco.
• International travel is required for this position.
• Adyen provides a response to applications within 5 business days.
• The typical interview process lasts approximately 4 weeks.
• We encourage candidates from underrepresented communities to apply even if they do not meet every listed qualification.