Design Lead, Director – Payments

As the Design Lead for WEX Payments , you will define the strategic design vision, end-to-end experience and design architecture for one of WEX’s most innovative and rapidly evolving businesses. You’ll lead a team that sits at the heart of digital transformation, driving intuitive, AI-enhanced payments experiences for finance leaders, AP teams, and platform partners.

This is a role for an innovative thinker, a design strategist, and a trusted executive partner. You will bring clarity to complexity, guide teams through fast-moving problem spaces, and serve as a champion for human-centered design in the digital payments ecosystem.

What You’ll Do

Lead Strategic Design Vision

• Define and evangelize a North Star experience for virtual card and B2B payments platforms—spanning partner, payer, and recipient journeys.
• Establish scalable design principles and quality standards that align with business goals and customer needs.
• Navigate ambiguous, complex domains—bringing clarity to problem spaces and helping define insights-driven products and services.
• Lead collaborative visioning sessions and workshops with executives and stakeholders to align product, platform, and customer experience strategies.

Drive Design Excellence and Execution

Inspire and Elevate Talent

Influence Through Insight & Storytelling

What We’re Looking For

Core Expertise

Preferred Qualifications

Why WEX

The base pay range represents the anticipated low and high end of the pay range for this position. Actual pay rates will vary and will be based on various factors, such as your qualifications, skills, competencies, and proficiency for the role. Base pay is one component of WEX's total compensation package. Most sales positions are eligible for commission under the terms of an applicable plan. Non-sales roles are typically eligible for a quarterly or annual bonus based on their role and applicable plan. WEX's comprehensive and market competitive benefits are designed to support your personal and professional well-being. Benefits include health, dental and vision insurances, retirement savings plan, paid time off, health savings account, flexible spending accounts, life insurance, disability insurance, tuition reimbursement, and more. For more information, check out the "About Us" section. Pay Range : $158,000.00 - $210,000.00

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