Senior Product Designer

The Vanguard Group•Malvern, PA

17d•Hybrid

About The Position

As a Senior Product Designer on the Investment Management Group's Platform Experience team, y ou’ll play a vital role in shaping the future of the IMG Platform and transforming the experience for front office teams across Vanguard. You’ll b e cent ral in the full design lifecycle end-to-end — from shaping problems and running discovery through to execution, release, and continuous improvement while balancing strategic thinking with hands - on execution. You’re c omfortable w ith both a big picture and detaile d leve l, wor king with the lead experience designer and researcher to influence product direction . The Product designer defines user journeys and craft s high quality, production ready UI that meets a high bar fo r usa bility , consistency, and visual polish across interactions and workflows. We’re looking for a designer who thrives on untangling complex challenges, questions existing approaches when needed, and is driven to deliver industry leading user experiences.

Requirements

Experience in product design, UX, UI, or interaction design (digital, SaaS, or platform products)
Undergraduate degree or an equivalent combination of training and experience in a creative or technical field
Experience designing complex workflows in data‑rich products
Ability to lead design work independently and partner with stakeholders to deliver outcomes
Strong UX/UI design skills, including experience using Figma (or similar tools)
Experience conducting or supporting user research activities
Experience using and contributing to a design system
Strong product thinking — able to balance user needs, business outcomes, and technical constraints
Ability to work from problem definition through to polished design solutions
Experience working in cross‑functional, agile product teams
Ability to influence product and delivery decisions through design collaboration and leadership
Clear, effective communication with both technical and non‑technical stakeholders

Nice To Haves

Experience using AI tools to support design and prototyping activities
Experience in fintech, wealth, trading, or other regulated domains
Understanding of front‑end technologies such as HTML, CSS, and JavaScript

Responsibilities

The end-to-end design process across elements of the IMG Platform, driving work from discovery and problem framing through to delivery, iteration, and continuous improvement.
Partner closely with Product Managers, Engineers, Data, and other designers and researchers across the full product lifecycle to explore ideas, test assumptions, and ship meaningful outcomes.
Design complex user flows, interactions, and high fidelity, production ready UI with the level of detail and clarity needed for efficient, high-quality implementation.
Work hands-on to translate emerging AI capabilities into practical, usable product experiences — shaping flows, interactions, and interfaces that make complex behavior understandable.
Create low and high-fidelity designs and prototypes — from early UX concept exploration through to final UI — to validate ideas and support delivery decisions.
Advocate for users by identifying opportunities to reduce complexity, challenge assumptions, and influence product direction with a strong user centered perspective.
Collaborate with the research team to plan and run user research, including usability testing across concepts and high-fidelity designs, to refine solutions and ensure decisions are informed by user insights.
Contribute to the IMG Design System by creating, evolving, and maintaining reusable components, patterns, and guidance that support consistency at scale.
Produce clear, practical design artefacts and documentation that enable smooth collaboration and efficient handover to engineering.
Stay across market trends, competitor patterns, and emerging technologies, bringing relevant insights back into design and product thinking.
Seek out feedback early, participate actively in design critiques, and contribute thoughtful feedback to continuously raise design quality.
Support and mentor less experienced designers, sharing craft, process, and practical ways of working.