Principal Product Designer (UX/UI)
UBS - New York, NY
posted 4 days ago
About the position
Are you an analytical and creative designer who can grasp user needs and solve problems? Are you interested in driving innovation and delivering a market leading user experience across a variety of enterprise functions for employees, candidates, and clients? Are you able to transform an existing experience through the introduction of empathy and user-centered design methodology? At UBS, we re-imagine the way we work, the way we connect with each other - our colleagues, clients, and partners - and the way we deliver value. We're looking for a Principal Product Designer (UX/UI) in the UX Design Center of Excellence to strategize, sketch, and design new products and features across multiple product teams. You will plan and facilitate ideation workshops and conduct usability testing to align the product vision and fully understand user needs. You will translate user requirements and research into tangible design concepts to bring a product concept to life quickly via persona creation, journey mapping, storyboarding and other user-centered design thinking methods. You should feel equally comfortable sketching and wireframing design solutions as you are making UI and data visualizations beautiful and compelling. You will be an advocate for our design system and help develop scalable patterns and components that follow universal design principles for accessibility best practices. You will work closely with cross-functional agile team members to iteratively improve digital products and experiences. Additionally, you will provide mentorship and coaching to other designers on our team, as well as being a strong evangelist for the business value of design across Group Functions at UBS.
Responsibilities
- Strategize, sketch, and design new products and features across multiple product teams
- Plan and facilitate ideation workshops and conduct usability testing to align the product vision and fully understand user needs
- Translate user requirements and research into tangible design concepts
- Create personas, journey maps, storyboards and other user-centered design thinking methods
- Sketch and wireframe design solutions and create beautiful UI and data visualizations
- Advocate for the design system and help develop scalable patterns and components
- Work closely with cross-functional agile team members to iteratively improve digital products and experiences
- Provide mentorship and coaching to other designers
Requirements
- Ideally 10 years' experience designing user-centered products and complex applications
- An awe-inspiring portfolio that demonstrates your design process
- Demonstrable strategic thinking and a thorough understanding of the product design process
- Good understanding of agile methodologies and integrating design with cross-functional delivery teams
- Obsessive attention-to-detail in storytelling and clarity of communication
- Extensive experience using Figma and some experience using Miro
- Solid understanding of underlying technologies from collaborating with engineering teams
- Exceptional organizational skills and a passion for mentoring and leading other designers
Benefits
- Flexible working arrangements like part-time, job-sharing and hybrid working
- Discretionary incentive compensation
