Maria is a Lead Product Designer with 9+ years of experience in digital product design, including 4+ years in fintech. She has a strong track record of owning design end-to-end across complex product areas — from defining user research strategy to shipping production-ready features at scale. At a major retail investment platform, she has led the design of trading tools, custody operations, and cross-market product adaptation, consistently delivering solutions that simplify sophisticated financial workflows for everyday users. Maria combines a product-centric mindset with deep UX expertise, mentoring other designers and working closely with product and engineering leadership to align design decisions with business objectives.