Senior Product Designer at KoraPay

Korapay is a payment infrastructure servicing a wide band of businesses making local and international payments. We are a marketplace for digital financial services across Africa. Our vision, which is at the core of what we do every day, is to create a world void of digital financial barriers across Africa. We are committed to delivering reliable, secure, and easy to use digital financial solutions to every single customer with a guarantee that it is improving their lives.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Senior Product Designer

Location: Lagos (Remote)
Job type: Full-time 

About the Role

• We’re looking for a senior product designer who thinks and operates like a leader—delivers with excellence, owns the outcome of their work, and doesn’t confuse aesthetics with impact. 
• You’ll be trusted with complex product problems, real business constraints, and meaningful ownership across critical payment experiences used by businesses across Africa—and increasingly, globally.
• You’ll work closely with product managers, engineers, and leadership to shape products that are not only usable and beautiful, but effective, scalable, and trusted.
• If your idea of design does not stop at screens, but instead, you see design as a strategic lever that drives growth, fosters trust, and provides clarity—then this opportunity is for you.

What You’ll Do:

• Own end-to-end design for high-impact product initiatives, from early exploration through launch and iteration.
• Translate ambiguous business and customer problems into clear product strategy, user flows, and interaction models.
• Design intuitive, reliable, and delightful payment experiences across multiple markets, platforms, and user types.
• Lead thoughtful discovery: user research, usability testing, data analysis, and synthesis—without being precious about process.
• Partner deeply with Product and Engineering to shape solutions that balance user needs, technical realities, business goals, and long-term scalability.
• Leverage advanced prototyping techniques (including AI-assisted workflows) to explore, validate, and communicate ideas quickly.
• Champion accessibility and inclusive design as a baseline, not a “nice-to-have.”
• Raise the design bar through critique, mentorship, and example—without ego.
• Continuously evolve our design systems, patterns, and operational practices to support scale.

Requirements
What We’re Looking For:

• We’re looking for a solid senior designer—someone reliable, curious, and intentional about their craft, with proven judgment.You likely bring:
• A strong, well-articulated portfolio showing shipped work with real-world impact. You can clearly explain why decisions were made, not just what was designed.
• Deep experience designing complex, high-stakes products (fintech, SaaS, platforms, or similarly rigorous domains).
• Excellent command of visual design, interaction design, and UX fundamentals—across web and product interfaces.
• Strong product thinking: you understand trade-offs, constraints, and how design choices influence business outcomes.
• Demonstrated ability to use qualitative and quantitative data to inform decision and challenge assumptions.
• Fluency in modern design tools, prototyping methods, and AI-enabled workflows.
• A clear understanding of accessibility standards and inclusive design practices.
• Exceptional collaboration and communication skills—you can influence without authority.
• A growth mindset and self-leadership: you manage your time, energy, and development without needing supervision.

What Will Set You Apart:

• Experience designing for multiple regions, cultures, or emerging markets.
• Exposure to payments, financial infrastructure, or trust-sensitive systems.
• A track record of mentoring designers or informally leading design initiatives.
• Evidence that your work has moved metrics—not just pixels.

Why This Role Matters to Us:

• The products you’ll work on power real businesses, real livelihoods, and real economies.
• Design decisions here directly affect trust, conversion, retention, and scale.
• This role is a proving ground for designers who want to grow into design leadership—by doing the work, making the calls, and owning outcomes.

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Sponsored and tailored training
• Paid parental leave
• Paid time-off
• Flexible work style
• Annual performance bonus
• Low-interest loans
• Group Life Insurance
• Access to up to four therapy sessions monthly
• Day off on your birthday 
• Employee interest groups that provide supportive communities within Kora
• Great company culture and the opportunity to work with a highly collaborative team building something great!

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Note: We recognise imposter syndrome is real - any candidate who does not perfectly fit every characteristic of this role is still strongly encouraged to apply.