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Job Title: UI Product Owner / UI-UX Specialist
Location: New York, NY ***On-Site Required***
Work Type: W2 Contingent
Duration: 12+ Months
Role Overview
This contingent assignment is seeking a UI-focused Product Owner / UI-UX Specialist with a strong emphasis on User Interface design and delivery, rather than traditional UX research. The role sits within a Finance organization but is product and technology driven, supporting the delivery of modern UI solutions.
The successful candidate will act as a UI Product Owner, leading UI initiatives through the full Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) while managing a team of Software Engineers responsible for curating and transforming data into AngularJS and React-based user interfaces.
This role is ideal for a highly creative, entrepreneurial individual with strong product vision and a natural curiosity for technology and innovation. A financial background is not required; however, FinTech experience is highly desirable.
Key Responsibilities
- Serve as UI Product Owner, owning UI initiatives from concept through delivery.
- Lead and manage a team of Software Engineers delivering UI solutions.
- Drive UI development through the full SDLC, including planning, execution, and delivery.
- Curate, shape, and present complex data into intuitive AngularJS and React UI screens.
- Partner closely with engineering, product, and business stakeholders to align UI delivery with strategic goals.
- Establish product vision, roadmap, and priorities for UI initiatives.
- Ensure high-quality, scalable, and user-friendly UI implementations.
- Promote innovation, experimentation, and continuous improvement across UI solutions.
Required Qualifications
- 5+ years of experience in a product, technology, or finance-related role, demonstrated through work or consulting experience, training, military experience, or education.
- Strong experience managing UI initiatives within an SDLC-driven environment.
- Experience working closely with or leading software engineering teams.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to translate product vision into executable outcomes.
Preferred Qualifications
- Strong UI-centric experience (UI over UX).
- Hands-on experience supporting or delivering AngularJS and React applications.
- Prior Product Owner or product leadership experience.
- FinTech experience or exposure to technology products within regulated industries.
- Demonstrated creativity, product vision, and entrepreneurial mindset.
- Naturally curious and innovative approach to problem solving.
Key Attributes for Success
- UI-first mindset with strong aesthetic and usability sensibilities
- Product-driven, ownership mentality
- Ability to inspire and lead engineering teams
- Comfortable operating in ambiguity and driving outcomes