Senior Vice President, Product Design

BNY Mellon • New York, NY

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About The Position

In this role, you’ll make an impact in the following ways: We are seeking a Senior Vice President, Product Designer with experience working with, defining, and designing complex systems to bring creativity, strategic insight, and user-centered thinking to our team. This role requires an individual who excels in collaboration, design execution, and the ability to drive impactful user experiences.

Requirements

• Experience working with, defining, and designing complex systems.
• Deeply understanding our users.
• Map and analyze end-to-end user journeys across customers, operations, servicing teams and systems to identify pain points, key moments, and opportunities for improvement.
• Mastery in designing complex web interfaces and workflows, creating products that are both highly functional and visually engaging.
• Skilled in developing intuitive layouts, navigation patterns, and interaction models for intricate systems.
• Thoughtfully uses animation and micro-interactions to guide users, making complex tasks more approachable and enhancing the overall product experience.
• Advanced skills in tools such as Figma and Miro, to create high-fidelity wireframes, prototypes, and mockups that clearly communicate interaction models and UI specifications.
• Experience with and contribute to a global design system that ensures visual consistency across interfaces.
• Bring an understanding of the unique challenges of designing and maintaining complex systems, with an ability to distill intricate requirements into clear design solutions that facilitate user understanding and interaction.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with product managers, engineers, and stakeholders to align design efforts with business goals, transforming complex requirements into clear, functional design solutions that respect technical constraints.
• Effective Communication and Storytelling: Articulate design concepts and rationale to diverse stakeholders, making complex ideas accessible.
• Use storytelling to engage others in the product vision, fostering alignment and enthusiasm.
• Skilled in guiding junior designers, providing constructive feedback, and elevating team standards.
• A portfolio is required to be considered for this position
• Portfolio may be provided as a Figma link, PDF, or personal site.
• Typically 10 or more years of experience, or equivalent expertise demonstrated through portfolio and leadership impact.

Nice To Haves

• Bring creativity, strategic insight, and user-centered thinking to our team.
• Excels in collaboration, design execution, and the ability to drive impactful user experiences.
• Use journey maps to align teams on a shared vision of user needs, ensuring a cohesive and supportive experience at each stage.
• Develop workflow patterns and components that can then be reused by other teams.
• Fosters a culture of continuous learning, innovation, and collaboration within the team.

Responsibilities

• Lead with a user-first approach, ensuring all design choices address user needs, behaviors, and insights from research.
• Map and analyze end-to-end user journeys across customers, operations, servicing teams and systems to identify pain points, key moments, and opportunities for improvement.
• Demonstrates mastery in designing complex web interfaces and workflows, creating products that are both highly functional and visually engaging.
• Develop workflow patterns and components that can then be reused by other teams.
• Work closely with product managers, engineers, and stakeholders to align design efforts with business goals, transforming complex requirements into clear, functional design solutions that respect technical constraints.
• Articulate design concepts and rationale to diverse stakeholders, making complex ideas accessible.
• Skilled in guiding junior designers, providing constructive feedback, and elevating team standards.
• Fosters a culture of continuous learning, innovation, and collaboration within the team.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed