Principal Product Designer , Yahoo Finance

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A Little About Us:
At Yahoo Finance, we believe that business news is for everyone -- from Wall Street to Main Street. Yahoo Finance is the largest business and financial information and tools app+site in the world, with unrivaled access to data, insights, tools and up-to-the-minute financial news. Under a new leadership team, we are recommitted to building and revitalizing this financial OG and positioning it for the future. This role will have a huge impact as you will be spearheading efforts that will allow millions of Yahoo Finance users to make the best investing decisions and act on them. If you're a consumer product leader and are passionate about finance or investing, this one's for you!
Your Day at Yahoo Finance:
As a principal product designer, you collaborate with partners to define the vision for new features/explorations while owning and driving the craftsmanship for every interaction and visual design detail. Day-to-day, you will:

• Oversees & executes across all phases of the design process from conception to implementation to include (but not limited to) wireframing, prototyping, and visual design.
• Leads multiple large-scale highly strategic projects that are deemed business critical.
• Develops and implements innovative team practices that drive change and identify new opportunities for value creation.
• Acts as a thought leader among the department, providing a clear vision for the future of design and demonstrates ability to implement forward thinking design. Builds relationships & collaborates with internal stakeholder leads (Product Management, Engineering etc) to ensure consistency with broader Product goals and company objective.
• Demonstrates strong understanding & implementation of internal design process.
• Leads team in framing and providing thoughtful solutions to complex design problems.
• Demonstrates influence across all levels of the organization, mentoring other Individual Contributors and leaders.

Qualifications

• 10+ years professional experience, specifically as a Product Designer.
• Mastery in UX software such as Sketch, Figma etc.
• Design Portfolio demonstrating strong UX and visual design solutions, with an emphasis on identifying and meaningfully solving true user problems.
• Foundational understanding of HTML and CSS.
• Exceptional track record to execute on product design strategy, mentor designers, and partner with cross functional team members.
• Experience building world class product experiences, streamline workflows with continuous iteration and improvement.
• Excellent communication, facilitation, and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to lead user experience design, including usability principles, user research methodology, testing techniques (A/B, Multi-Variant), design theory, and interaction design.
• Bachelor's degree in design, human-computer interaction (HCI), or equivalent professional experience.
• Willingness to roll up your sleeve and get things done.
• Take smart risks and champion new ideas.
• Passionate about contributing and maintaining design systems
• Skills such as illustration, animation, data visualization, front-end programming, or copywriting a plus

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