User Design Lead - Compliance

Guardian Jobs • Full-time • Glasgow, GY • 4h ago

Shape the future of user experience with strategic design initiatives that blend business needs and user insights.

As an Experience Design Vice President in Corporate Oversight and Governance Tech, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the user experience across our products and services. Leveraging your deep knowledge of design and research practices to lead strategically important initiatives and develop innovative solutions that align with business requirements and user needs. As a subject matter expert, collaborate with cross-functional teams, guide, and mentor junior designers, and foster a culture of inclusivity and accessibility. Your expertise in experience strategy and inclusive design will ensure that our offerings are not only visually appealing but also accessible and user-friendly, enhancing the overall customer experience.

Job Responsibilities

Develop and execute design/research strategies for complex projects and ensure alignment with business objectives and user needs across multiple product areas
Diagram service flows and product features, design wireframes, and prototype interactions for key touchpoints as you lead end-to-end design initiatives within a specific domain.
Role-model the adoption of inclusive design practices and accessibility guidelines, mentor junior designers and foster a culture of diversity and inclusion
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate user experience design into the product development processes and ensure seamless and customer-centric solutions
Analyze market trends, gather feedback from user research, and learn from data insights to inform design decisions and optimize user experiences across various platforms and channels

Required Qualifications, Capabilities, And Skills

Applied experience or equivalent expertise in user experience design or similar roles
Demonstrated ability to create visual representations of user journeys, such as storyboarding, wireframes, and prototypes
Demonstrated experience in inclusive design and accessibility guidelines, with the ability to incorporate diverse perspectives and abilities into design solutions
Proven ability to develop experiences that meet or exceed the initial proposal of a product or experience, including the development of transformational innovation strategies and the creation of 'north star' representations to drive customer-centric decision-making
Advanced technical literacy, including an advanced understanding of client-side technologies, APIs, microservices, and the components of the technology stack, as well as their impact on user experience

Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities, And Skills

Design leadership or managerial experience
Experience of delivering design and UX within a complex problem space
Experience of taking ownership of team ways of working

Our professionals in our Corporate Functions cover a diverse range of areas from finance and risk to human resources and marketing. Our corporate teams are an essential part of our company, ensuring that we're setting our businesses, clients, customers and employees up for success.

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