Director, Platform Design Lead

BNY External Career Site • New York, NY

109d • $127,000 - $273,000

About The Position

We are looking for a Director Product Design Platform Lead to join the Archer team, within BNY. We are looking for a UX / Design subject matter expert to lead teams to solve our most complex product design challenges for the Archer team, within BNY. Contributing to all the activities within product design including user research and testing, interaction design, and visual design, this role should have experience across these activities but should be an expert in at least one.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in psychology, user experience, design, human computer interaction or a related discipline, or equivalent work experience required; advanced degree preferred.
• 12+ years of experience required.
• Experience in the securities or financial services industry is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Actively fine-tune your expertise in the field and regularly use professional concepts to resolve complex issues facing the team and occasionally cross functional partners.
• Determine methods and procedures on new assignments and may coordinate activities of others.
• Provide comprehensive consultation to management and staff related to user research, usability testing, surveys, interviews, work studies, and heuristic evaluations.
• Review documentation of research findings presented to product and development teams.
• Define and review new and modified user personas.
• Participate and provide guidance in the creation of concepts, information architecture, user interface designs, wireframes, storyboards, prototypes, and specifications to meet project schedules.
• Lead the implementation of visual styles that support platform branding to increase user effectiveness.
• Consult on and interpret user feedback and insights to improve the user experience.
• Serve as reviewer of usability activities and artifacts to ensure software applications meet customer expectations for use.
• Provide UX expertise to the product definition and evaluation process utilizing multiple sources of information (field work, interviews, internet, intranet, market data/literature).
• Act as principal consult and lead the creation and updating of user interface and visual design guidelines and standards.
• Advocate for user-centered design and the value of standardized design systems across the firm and facilitate training for groups outside the UX team.
• Ensure that the developed/revised product achieves the user's specified goals by establishing user-centered analysis, design, best practices, and standards.
• Lead a range of complex projects that dictate team success, with internal and cross-functional outcomes that require in-depth analysis and evaluation of variable factors.
• Build strong relationships with people on their immediate team and across the company, knowing key stakeholders and peers to understand the connection of their own work.
• Create formal networks with key decision makers and cross-functional partners.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation package including base salary, commission earnings, discretionary bonuses, short and long-term incentive packages, and Company-sponsored benefit programs.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees