Principal UI/UX Designer

Title - Principal UI/UX Designer

Are you ready to explore a world of possibilities?

Do you want to work on innovative projects, collaborate with a dynamic and supportive team, and receive investment in your professional development? At DTCC, we are at the forefront of innovation in the financial markets. We're committed to helping our employees grow and succeed. We believe that you have the skills and drive to make a real impact. We foster a thriving internal community and are committed to creating a workplace that looks like the world that we serve.

Pay and Benefits:

• Competitive compensation, including base pay and annual incentive.
• Comprehensive health and life insurance and well-being benefits, based on location.
• Pension / Retirement benefits
• Paid Time Off and Personal/Family Care, and other leaves of absence when needed to support your physical, financial, and emotional well-being.
• DTCC offers a flexible/hybrid model of 3 days onsite and 2 days remote (onsite Tuesdays, Wednesdays and a third day unique to each team or employee).

The impact you will have in this role:

Being a member of the DIRECT Data Office means you will be a part of a growing team with a rich diverse ability across a variety of client facing applications. Working with various collaborators across a wealth of products and datasets, we are there for each other collaborating and helping each other to achieve the common goal. User experience is at the core of our client offering, and we are looking for best-of-breed UI/UX professionals to join us on this journey.

We are looking for a UX/UI Designer who can partner with a variety of collaborators to take our client experience to the next level. As part of this role, you would also be responsible for designing and implementing our UX strategy to ensure that we work in a consistent and high-quality way across all client facing user interfaces. The successful candidate would have a wealth of UI design experience, be able to communicate UI design standard methodology as well as the ability of operate strategically to take our interfaces to the next level. As part of a data driven business, having detailed knowledge of data design and data story telling would also be highly advantageous.

There is also significant opportunity for advancement and growth in this role based on your performance and contribution towards the organization goals.

Your Primary Responsibilities:

• Develop and execute user interface / UX design strategies that align with overall product and business goals.
• Create visuals, mockups, wireframes, prototypes, and interfaces based on product requirements and user-centered design principles.
• Identify and create user personas based key audiences.
• Work with relevant stakeholders to provide direction whenever UI/UX related interaction is needed.
• Produce UX roadmaps for a variety of products and clients.
• Lead quantitative and qualitative UX research programs.
• Stay up to date on the latest technology and trends on user experience and digital marketing.
• Write user stories that facilitate the build of user interfaces by engineering teams.
• Demonstrate an in-depth knowledge and a wide breadth of experience with UX principles and user-centered product development methodologies.
• Own and influence the data-driven design of a suite of tools used by internal and external users.
• Partner with cross-functional stakeholders and peers to deliver roadmaps and provide input on feature prioritization and sequencing.
• Work with the engineering team to ensure designs are implemented and collaborate with them to come up with creative design and technical solutions when technical challenges arises.
• Translate concepts into user flows, wireframes, mockups and prototypes that lead to intuitive user experiences.
• Identify design problems and devise elegant solutions.
• Make strategic design and user-experience decisions related to core, and new, functions and features.
• Take a user-centered design approach and rapidly test and iterate your designs.

**NOTE: The Primary Responsibilities of this role are not limited to the details above. **

Talents Needed for Success:

• 6+ years' experience in designing user interfaces and setting user interface strategy.
• Several years of experience building designs, prototypes, and wireframes using Adobe xD or Figma.
• Experience in designing user interfaces for financial services products, huge plus.
• Expert in all areas of user experience design (information architecture, interaction design, visual design, prototype engineering, content, user experience)
• The ability to present design ideas with clarity and passion, and to receive feedback with open-mindedness.
• Good judgment, strong integrity, maturity and fairness in dealing with people and confidential information.
• Strategic problem solver: Ability to plan ahead to achieve ambitious business growth targets.
• Prioritization and conflict management.
• Ability to iterate designs and solutions efficiently and thoughtfully.
• Ability to communicate design processes, ideas, and solutions clearly and effectively to teams and clients.
• Ability to work effectively in a team setting including synthesizing abstract ideas into concrete design implications.
• Be passionate about resolving user difficulty through great design.
• Be open to receiving feedback and constructive criticism.
• Be passionate about all things UX and other areas of design and innovation. Research and showcase knowledge in the industry's latest trends and technologies.
• Ability to work with clients to understand detailed requirements and design complete user experiences that meet client needs and vision.

Nice to have skills:

• Analytical, strategic, problem-solving ability.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively, in a non-hierarchical environment.
• Works well as part of team. Self-motivated, tenacious learner
• Curious and agile mindset
• Strong communicator who is a self-starter and highly motivated individual
• Able to support multiple projects and deadlines in a fast-paced work environment.
• Able to provide adequate guidance & governance to project teams during component integration.
• Excellent organizational, communication and leadership skills.

Who We Are:

The salary range is indicative for roles at the same level within DTCC across all US locations. Actual salary is determined based on the role, location, individual experience, skills, and other considerations. We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.