Sr. Business Analyst/Product Owner - UI/UX

Role: Sr. Business Analyst/Product Owner

Client: leading Global financial services

Location: New York, NY (Hybrid)

Duration: Long term

Role

A good candidate will have a track record of strong product and project management and experience working within an Agile framework.

Core Responsibilities

• Work with business partners to identify opportunities and define goals for various initiatives
• Play a key role in articulating detailed requirements and acceptance criteria
• Coordinate across business, user experience and technology teams to drive delivery
• Prepare detailed specifications and supporting documents to guide development teams as needed, including assisting in designing and reviewing test cases
• Meet deadlines and communicate delays in a timely manner
• Collaborate with other teams within the organization on project work and to further best practices

Key Experience

• 6+ years of experience in a product management, business analyst, product owner, or user experience role
• Experience in an Agile setting writing user stories, acceptance criteria, epics and organizing the backlog according to the overall roadmap
• Strong written, verbal and interpersonal skills, including the ability to interact effectively with business stakeholders to understand the business and gather requirements
• Highly detail-oriented with a strong ability to manage and execute simultaneous projects and tasks
• Self-motivated, with a high level of initiative
• Ability to work efficiently and independently
• Proficiency in MS Office and related applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.)

Skills Desired

• A degree in computer science, business or related fields
• Experience at an investment bank or other leading financial services firms
• Comfort working with ambiguity, managing and resolving complex issues
• User Experience design background including designing intuitive and user-friendly interfaces for web, mobile, and other digital platforms.
• Proficiency in industry standard UX design tools (e.g., Figma, Sketch, Axure, Balsamic) and the ability to create interactive prototypes to demonstrate design functionality and gather user feedback.
• Experience in developing wireframes, prototypes (low-fidelity and high-fidelity), and user flows to visualize and test design concepts.
• Visual Design & Information Architecture:

• Develop and maintain information architecture (site maps, navigation structures) to ensure content is organized and accessible.
• Apply established firm provided design systems and style guides to maintain consistency across platform & products.

• Experience with SQL and tools such as PowerBI to query data for analysis and visualization.

Required Experience

• BA with 15 years of experience in IT, strong experience in Investment Banking/Capital markets, SQL/DB, Application Development background, Java/Python.
• Technical: SQL/Python for trade data analysis, BPMN/Visio, Jira/Confluence

Qualifications:

Bachelor's/Master's Finance/CS/MBA; CFA/FRM Level II.