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Matt Bango
Head of Design at Brex (we're hiring!)
Matt Bango is a prominent figure in the design industry, currently serving as the Vice President of Design at Brex, a rapidly growing financial technology company. He has a robust background in design leadership, having transitioned from the role of Head of Design at Brex, which he held from October 2019 to July 2023. His tenure at Brex is marked by his strategic approach to building and leading the design organization, contributing significantly to the company's growth and innovation in financial services.1
Before joining Brex, Matt had a notable career at Palantir Technologies, where he also served as Head of Design from September 2015 to October 2019. His experience at Palantir included leading the global design organization, which is recognized for its impact in the tech industry. Earlier in his career, he worked as a Product Design Lead at Palantir and held various positions at other companies, including Chartbeat and The New York Times.1
With nearly two decades of experience in design across early-stage startups and established companies, Matt Bango has developed a reputation as a creative thinker and strategist who excels in solving complex problems through innovative design solutions.1
Highlights
Pivotal changes test everything: your principles, your team, your resolve. When you’re deep in it, you don’t know it’s working until the numbers start to tell the story.
The momentum we’re seeing now is the most exciting in my 5 years at @brexHQ . Hard calls, clear focus, and grit got us here, and will serve as the foundation of our culture for years to come. 🚀
Founder Mode has also unleashed a wave of creativity and the highest-quality product-making I've seen in years @brexHQ . Because as the founder changes, the company changes too:
We're focused on doing fewer things through a single roadmap.
We've decoupled position and portfolio and operate more as an artist colony. There is only the artist and the work.
We're funding real customer problems, not static, bottoms-up backlogs. And we've fallen in love with those problems, not the solutions.
We co-design a clear vision to work backwards from, with real customers, rather than isolated in the abstract.
We now move beyond org lines within Design, because there are no boundaries to a user.
We're obsessed over not accepting good enough, unless it's extraordinary.
We operate at all levels, regardless of role, from strategy to the smallest details, instead of delegating.
We're focused on one thing: winning.
