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# Lead, Product Experience Design

- **Company:** Mastercard
- **Location:** O'Fallon, MO, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $130,000 - $221,000
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Cyber Security, Software Design Patterns, Interaction Design, User-Centered Design, Website Wireframe, Workflow Management Systems, Curam Configuration Tools
- **Published:** November 13, 2026
- **Apply:** https://dejobs.org/x/x/E99E0C66B43C40CAB5D57E120EE25860/job/

## About the Role

* Proven experience designing complex enterprise or platform-based user experiences

 * Strong ability to translate ambiguous problems into clear, intuitive end-to-end journeys

 * Demonstrated success shaping design direction across cross-functional and matrixed teams

 * Human-Centered Design Expertise

 * Deep knowledge of UX methods including journey mapping, interaction design, wireframing, prototyping, and usability evaluation

 * Strong understanding of how to design for both customer-facing and internal operational experiences

 * Ability to simplify complex workflows and reduce user friction through thoughtful design

 * Systems Thinking & Scalability

 * Experience creating reusable design patterns, frameworks, and scalable experience models

 * Ability to balance enterprise consistency with product and regional flexibility

 * Comfortable working across interconnected systems, processes, and user touchpoints

 * Collaboration & Influence

 * Exceptional partnership skills across Product, Engineering, Delivery, and business stakeholders

 * Ability to influence strategy and decision-making without direct authority

 * Strong communication skills with the ability to explain design rationale clearly to both executive and working teams

 * Customer-Centric Mindset

 * Deep commitment to improving customer experience and enabling more intuitive, transparent onboarding journeys

 * Experience leveraging user research, customer feedback, pilot insights, and data to inform design decisions

 * Passion for designing experiences that enable self-service, confidence, and speed at scale

 * Execution & Quality Focus

 * Ability to move from concept to detailed design guidance while staying anchored in intended outcomes

 * Experience contributing to design governance, standards, and review processes

 * Strong attention to detail with a focus on usability, accessibility, and consistency

 * Preferred Experience

 * Experience in onboarding, workflow design, configuration tools, or enterprise enablement platforms

 * Familiarity with enterprise ecosystems, shared capabilities, and cross-platform experience design

## Description

We are seeking an experienced User Experience Design Subject Matter Expert to help shape and scale the user experience for our enterprise Product Onboarding Strategy, ensuring onboarding journeys are intuitive, consistent, and customer-centered across our product portfolio., All activities involving access to Mastercard assets, information, and networks comes with an inherent risk to the organization and, therefore, it is expected that every person working for, or on behalf of, Mastercard is responsible for information security and must:

 * Abide by Mastercard's security policies and practices;
 * Ensure the confidentiality and integrity of the information being accessed;
 * Report any suspected information security violation or breach, and
 * Complete all periodic mandatory security trainings in accordance with Mastercard's guidelines.