About us:
Kiva is a global nonprofit, founded in 2005, with a mission to expand financial access and help underserved communities thrive. Kiva unlocks capital for borrowers through crowdfunded loans supported by individuals around the world. Lenders on Kiva can start with as little as $25 to support causes that matter most to them, whether that’s gender equity and support for women, refugees, climate change, small businesses, agriculture, and more. Since our founding, over two million people have invested $1.9 billion in real dreams and real opportunity, spanning more than 90 countries and 4.7 million borrowers.
As we work toward our mission, Kiva invests in building and retaining a global team of talent to add to our values-driven and digital-first culture. Our organization is supported by over 700 volunteers and 130+ full time employees dispersed around the world, as well as within team hubs located in San Francisco, Portland, Nairobi, Bogota, and Bangkok. Kiva’s team is growing as we pursue exciting new opportunities to scale our impact and create a financially inclusive world.
Impact first – This is why we exist. This is the drumbeat we march to. Every day.
Extreme ownership – Own it; you, your relationships, your impact. Insist that others support you and hold you accountable.
Be curious and bold – Never stop learning. Question assumptions. Take Risks and dream big.
Inclusion. Equity. Diversity. – Without reservation and without caveat. In our hiring, in our workplace and in our impact in the world.
Honor and integrity – Do the most right thing in the most right way. Cherish diversity and respect each other.
Love and kindness always – Say what you mean. Mean what you say. And don’t say it mean. Clarity. Courage. Kindness.
Role overview:
Join a team of product managers, designers, and technologists who are on a mission to expand financial access to help underserved communities thrive. Building on the success of our crowdlending product, we envision a future in which people come together to invest in others who are improving their communities around the world: women, refugees, small-holder farmers, climate-impacted people, and underserved communities in the US.
As a Principal Product Designer, you will be a key member of Kiva’s Product Design Team. You’re great at understanding user problems while balancing those with technical constraints and business needs, you have taken multiple B2C digital products and features from concept to launch over your career, and ideally you have a passion for building new ways to mobilize citizen lenders to expand financial access. You are passionate about beautiful and crisp designs that elevates a brand and delights users. You are obsessed about product and brand experiences that aren’t just frictionless and easy to understand, but also transform how the user sees the world and their place in it.
You are a team player who understands your internal stakeholders as well as your product’s end users. You bring people together and make them feel as excited about the work as you are. You garner respect for your craft and designers come to you for advice. You smooth the road for your fellow designers by owning design operations and excelling at stakeholder management.
Please note, this is a full-time remote position on a remote-first Product Design team. At this time, we can only consider applicants with authorization to work in Colombia, Kenya and the United States, on a permanent, full-time basis; unfortunately we cannot provide visa sponsorship.
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What we offer:
A diverse and inclusive workplace where we learn from each other is an integral part of Kiva’s culture. We actively welcome people of different backgrounds, experiences, abilities and perspectives. We are an equal opportunity employer and a great place to work. Join us and help us achieve our mission!
We will only accept applications directly from candidates. Kiva will not be responsible for any recruiting agency fees, absent a formal agreement.
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