UX Design Manager

POSITION SUMMARY

We are looking for an experienced  UX Design Manager to join our Design Team. At its core, this position is focused on leading a team to deliver best-in-class Product Design by taking business, product, tech, and regulatory requirements and synthesizing them into effective, easy to use, beautiful, and scalable experiences in a fast paced environment. You will serve as player and coach as you lead the team and collaborate closely with your direct reports. You’ll serve as a strategic partner to cross functional peers in Product and Engineering to create software products with a positive impact on the business and our customers. Excellent collaboration and communication skills,  a willingness to lead design initiatives, and a focus on people are key for success in this position.

This position reports to the VP of Design, and is focused on Financial Management products. 

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead the Design team. Attract, retain, and develop Design talent. Provide feedback on performance. Foster career development.
• Ensure smooth and effective day-to-day functioning of the team, including balancing workload, toolset, clearing blockers to productivity or creativity.
• Ensure that standards for quality of work are met. Lead the Design team to create beautiful, polished, production-ready web and mobile web designs that reflect the brand, express UX best practices, and result in an engaging User experience.
• Establish processes to ensure UX fidelity through clear specs and documentation, validation, and collaboration with Engineering.
• Drive the maintenance and evolution of the UX Design system. Collaborate with fellow Designers to grow and scale the Design system. Ensure consistency within the system.
• Execute a full UX Design process, from research, concept, designs, production, and launch for new products, features, and feature enhancements when needed.
• Test and validate design solutions and proposals in partnership with UX Research.
• Collaborate with cross functional peers and key stakeholders  in Product, Engineering, Operations, and Brand to foster user-centric design thinking. Serve as a catalyst for creative thinking.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Over 5 years of expertise in Product UX Design, collaborating directly with Product and Engineering teams.
• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience in UX, HCI, or related fields.
• Proficiency in Figma and adept at remote collaboration within distributed teams.
• Deep understanding of user-centered design principles, leveraging rapid ideation methodologies like Lean UX, Design Sprints, and Agile.
• Skilled in guiding Designers to craft engaging user experiences aligning with product, business, compliance, and technological objectives.
• Experience collaborating with stakeholders, peers, and Design team members, fostering an open exchange of ideas and concerns.
• Proficient in articulating the rationale behind design decisions and leveraging both quantitative and qualitative data for design inspiration.
• Experienced in simplifying complex products, such as fintech or biomedical software, into intuitive and elegant design solutions, prioritizing user experience as the forefront of user engagement.
• Passionate about creating aesthetically pleasing and functional software solutions, with a keen eye for detail.
• Strong advocate for the end user, dedicated to continuous improvement based on user feedback.