Senior Director, Experience Design – Checkout

PayPal

. Lead the design vision, strategy, and execution for PayPal’s checkout experiences .

Posted 10/27/2026full-timeUnited StatesSenior💰 $220,000 - $359,150 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates extensive experience in leading design vision and strategy for checkout experiences, with a strong focus on optimizing user interface and interaction design. Proven ability to build and develop high-performing design teams while collaborating effectively with Product and Engineering.

Highest-signal resume keywords

Design Leadership ExperienceUser Interface OptimizationDesign Systems DevelopmentStakeholder CommunicationCheckout Experience Design

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Hard Skills

Experience DesignUser Interface DesignInteraction DesignDesign StrategyDesign CraftDesign Tools FluencyProduct DesignDesign GovernanceDesign Review ProcessesExperimentation and Iteration

Soft Skills

StorytellingCommunicationExecutive InfluenceNegotiationCross-Functional Collaboration

Industry Keywords

Checkout ExperiencesConsumer Payment FlowsDigital ExperiencesCommerceTransactional Flows

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead the design vision, strategy, and execution for PayPal’s checkout experiences
Shape consumer payment flows from merchant experiences through completion
Develop and articulate a clear design vision and strategy aligned with Experience Design strategy and operations
Oversee user interface plans with direct impact on revenue, expenses, budget, and growth
Negotiate with and influence senior internal and external executives and decision-makers
Create operational and strategic objectives that enhance user and customer experiences
Guide cross-functional and cross-organizational experience design teams
Identify and resolve strategic user interface and interaction design challenges with innovative solutions
Execute an existing three-year strategy and set design direction for checkout experiences
Optimize and evolve existing experiences at scale through experimentation, iteration, and customer insight
Lead design planning, prioritization, and execution with Product and Engineering
Strengthen design systems, governance, standards, and review mechanisms
Build and develop a high-performing design team
Represent Design with senior stakeholders to shape priorities and outcomes

Requirements

What you’ll need

12+ years relevant experience and a Bachelor’s degree OR any equivalent combination of education and experience
5 years of experience leading others
Significant product/experience design leadership experience, including leading design teams and managers
Experience optimizing complex, existing products or flows at scale through experimentation and iteration
Strong, current design craft and fluency with modern design tools
Foundational knowledge of how design work gets done
Experience working within and shaping design systems
Experience building, scaling, or significantly improving design systems, governance models, or design review processes
Strong track record partnering with Product and Engineering
Ability to operate in ambiguity and make thoughtful tradeoffs
Exceptional storytelling, communication, stakeholder partnership, and executive influence skills
Experience designing checkout, commerce, payments, transactional flows, or similarly complex digital experiences strongly preferred
10+ years design leadership experience strongly preferred

Benefits

Comp & perks

Balanced hybrid work model: 3 days in the office and 2 days at either the PayPal office or home workspace
Generous paid time off
Healthcare coverage for you and your family
Resources to create financial security
Mental health support
Annual performance bonus
Equity
Other incentive compensation, as applicable
Reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities