Senior Vice President, Product Designer

BNY

21h

About The Position

BNY is seeking a Senior Vice President, Product Designer to join Wealth Services in New York, NY. A portfolio of work is required; applications without one will not be considered. The role provides guidance and technical expertise for complex user experience activities, including user research and testing, interactive design, and visual design. The designer reviews research findings and updated user personas presented to product and development teams, and helps create concepts, information architecture, user interface designs, wireframes, storyboards, prototypes, and specifications in line with project schedules.

The position operates within a Studio-centric model. The designer receives general instructions on routine work from a Lead Designer and regularly exercises discretion while working under limited supervision. The role also involves building expertise, applying company policies and procedures to resolve issues, providing design feedback, building effective relationships across teams, contributing to team processes, mentoring and training junior designers, and advocating for the user experience across the firm.

BNY describes its compensation and benefits as competitive and notes that its offerings include wellbeing programs, flexible global resources and tools, and generous paid leaves, including paid volunteer time. The expected base salary is $102,000–$190,000 per year at commencement; the actual salary is determined individually and may be accompanied by other compensation and company-sponsored benefits.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in psychology, user experience, design, human-computer interaction, or a related discipline, or equivalent work experience.
• 10–12 years of experience.
• A portfolio of work; applications without one will not be considered.

Nice To Haves

• Advanced degree preferred.
• Experience in the securities or financial services industry is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Provide guidance and technical expertise for complex user experience activities, including user research and testing, interactive design, and visual design.
• Review documentation of research findings and new or modified user personas presented to product and development teams.
• Participate in and provide guidance on creating concepts, information architecture, user interface designs, wireframes, storyboards, prototypes, and specifications to meet project schedules.
• Synthesize situations and information across multiple factors and apply company policies and procedures when resolving issues.
• Give design feedback and build effective relationships within the immediate team and across other teams.
• Contribute to team processes and organization.
• Mentor and train more junior designers.
• Communicate effectively, check for understanding, ask questions to understand others’ perspectives, and advocate for user experience across the firm.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation.
• Wellbeing programs.
• Flexible global resources and tools.
• Generous paid leaves, including paid volunteer time.
• Depending on the position, compensation may include 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