BNY is looking for a Senior Director, Product Design – Platform Lead to solve complex product design challenges for their Middle Office and Data & Analytics Client Platforms, aiming to enhance user experience for both internal users and clients.
Requirements
- Proven track in re-platforming, modernization and multi-platform integration projects.
- Experience with financial market data, market data providers and market data products across securities, reference and real-time data sets.
- Experience with investment management workflows, financial products and common buy-side software design patterns.
- Deep interest the future of data & AI interfaces and proven experience in ideation and iteration with current version tools
- 15 + years of experience required; experience in the securities or financial services industry is a plus.
Responsibilities
- Leading the overall Middle Office Client user experience for both internal users and clients by defining key personas, working with UI teams on interaction models and defining the aesthetic for all interfaces
- Creating wireframes, storyboards, prototypes, and design specifications for all new user interfaces
- Participating in the UI strategy for the Platform and helping to guide all new development in the context of that strategy, the information architecture and the technical ‘north star’
- Leading user research efforts to provide feedback to the product management team on current and future product plans.
- Providing UX expertise to the product definition and evaluation process utilizing multiple sources of information (field work, interviews, internet, intranet, market data/literature).
- Leading the creation and updating of user interface and visual design guidelines and standards.
- Leads the implementation of visual styles that support platform branding to increase user effectiveness.
Other
- As subject matter expert, 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.
- Collaborating and coordinating with the Design Practice and other Client Platforms (especially within Asset Servicing) to ensure consistency in approach and design constructs.
- Determines methods and procedures on new assignments and may coordinate activities of others.
- Comprehensive consultation to management and staff related to user research, usability testing, surveys, interviews, work studies, and heuristic evaluations.
- Builds strong relationships with people on their immediate team and across the company. Should know key stakeholders and peers to understand connection of their own work. Creates formal networks with key decision makers and cross-functional partners.
