Who we are looking for
State Street is looking for a highly-motivated, visually biased, versatile Senior Product Designer to join our user experience (UX) design team within Corporate, Markets and Data. State Street Product Designers have tremendous responsibility in defining the product and experience strategy, understanding and communicating user needs, and working with teams across multiple areas to prototype and build new digital experiences. We are looking for experienced designers who love to transform large-scale, complex problems into intuitive, simple and impactful products. We know that the success of our business depends on our ability to deliver exceptional customer experiences, and we need designers who can collaborate with engineers, product owners, and others across the business to bring them to life.
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This role can be performed in a hybrid model, where you can balance work from home and office to match your needs and role requirements.
What you will be responsible for
As Senior Product Designer you will
- Collaborate with product owners, user experience professionals and engineers to identity new product opportunities, define problems & goals, and oversee the development process
- Assist in the planning and execution of user research and usability testing
- Contribute to new feature definition and exploration, from concept through execution, within an integrated team that meets business needs, user needs, and technical feasibility
- Produce and oversee the creation of wireframes, user flows, prototypes, and production quality designs that effectively communicate design directions and detailed designs
- Create end evolve consistent affordances across product families to enhance and standardize the usability of the interfaces
- Partner with and direct other designers and developers to deliver user-friendly mobile-first customer experiences
- Own designs across the entire product development lifecycle from design concepts through to production and deployment, and a custodian of quality in the last mile of product delivery
- Advocate for a clean, simple user-centered interface
- Help grow a diverse and talented team while focusing on cultivating a culture of collaboration and experimentation focused on optimal customer experience
- Ensure quality and consistency of work assigned to members of the design team
- Assist in the development and maintenance of the State Street Design System and component library
What we value
These skills will help you succeed in this role
- 8+ years industry experience in innovating digital product design
- Agile critical thinker with passion for navigating and resolving complexity and ambiguity
- Demonstrates high level of client focus, service-mindset and ownership; running to problems and accountability as we escort designs from concept to production
- Experience/aptitude in UX design (ability so create sitemaps, wireframes, user journeys, prototypes, etc.
- Success cresting and launching products/experiences in a large production program with product owners, engineering and design
- Seeks to understand user behavior and motivations using qualitative and quantitative research methods
- Experience working with design systems and demonstrable understanding of the benefits of re-use and design standardization
- You can build consensus around your creative vision, defend decisions with research or industry best practices and guide your colleagues on executing it
- Experience in design thinking/human centered design process
- Proven ability to manage multiple stakeholders and negotiate outcomes to drive commercial value creation
- Demonstrated experience building relationships and influencing senior leadership
- Proficient in FIGMA, experience with Adobe Create Suite, and prototyping tools
- Degree or Master's degree in design, UX, industrial design, HCI or related field
Education & Preferred Qualifications
- 8+ years industry experience in innovating digital product design
- Agile critical thinker with passion for navigating and resolving complexity and ambiguity
- Demonstrates high level of client focus, service-mindset and ownership; running to problems and accountability as we escort designs from concept to production
- Experience/aptitude in UX design (ability so create sitemaps, wireframes, user journeys, prototypes, etc.
- Success cresting and launching products/experiences in a large production program with product owners, engineering and design
- Seeks to understand user behavior and motivations using qualitative and quantitative research methods
- Experience working with design systems and demonstrable understanding of the benefits of re-use and design standardization
- You can build consensus around your creative vision, defend decisions with research or industry best practices and guide your colleagues on executing it
- Experience in design thinking/human centered design process
- Proven ability to manage multiple stakeholders and negotiate outcomes to drive commercial value creation
- Demonstrated experience building relationships and influencing senior leadership
- Proficient in FIGMA, experience with Adobe Create Suite, and prototyping tools
- Degree or Master's degree in design, UX, industrial design, HCI or related field
Additional optional requirements
- A background designing complex financial or data applications a big plus
- Understanding of web standards, capabilities, and best practices (HTML/CSS/JavaScript)
- Motion design experience
- Please submit link to your portfolio and kindly include necessary passwords.
Please provide a link to your design portfolio (or attach a PDF) with any necessary passwords
Are you the right candidate? Yes!
We truly believe in the power that comes from the diverse backgrounds and experiences our employees bring with them. Although each vacancy details what we are looking for, we don't necessarily need you to fulfil all of them when applying. If you like change and innovation, seek to see the bigger picture, make data driven decisions and are a good team player, you could be a great fit.
Why this role is important to us
Our technology function, Global Technology Services (GTS), is vital to State Street and is the key enabler for our business to deliver data and insights to our clients. We're driving the company's digital transformation and expanding business capabilities using industry best practices and advanced technologies such as cloud, artificial intelligence and robotics process automation.
We offer a collaborative environment where technology skills and innovation are valued in a global organization. We're looking for top technical talent to join our team and deliver creative technology solutions that help us become an end-to-end, next-generation financial services company.
Join us if you want to grow your technical skills, solve real problems and make your mark on our industry.
About State Street
What we do. State Street is one of the largest custodian banks, asset managers and asset intelligence companies in the world. From technology to product innovation, we're making our mark on the financial services industry. For more than two centuries, we've been helping our clients safeguard and steward the investments of millions of people. We provide investment servicing, data & analytics, investment research & trading and investment management to institutional clients.
Work, Live and Grow. We make all efforts to create a great work environment. Our benefits packages are competitive and comprehensive. Details vary by location, but you may expect generous medical care, insurance and savings plans, among other perks. You'll have access to flexible Work Programs to help you match your needs. And our wealth of development programs and educational support will help you reach your full potential.
Inclusion, Diversity and Social Responsibility. We truly believe our employees' diverse backgrounds, experiences and perspectives are a powerful contributor to creating an inclusive environment where everyone can thrive and reach their maximum potential while adding value to both our organization and our clients. We warmly welcome candidates of diverse origin, background, ability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity and personality. Another fundamental value at State Street is active engagement with our communities around the world, both as a partner and a leader. You will have tools to help balance your professional and personal life, paid volunteer days, matching gift programs and access to employee networks that help you stay connected to what matters to you.
State Street is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer.
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