Product Design - Vice President

Who we are looking for:

State Street is looking for a highly-motivated, visually biased, versatile Product Design, VP to join our user experience design team. State Street Product Designers have a 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 an experienced designer who can 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 collaborate with engineers, product owners, and others across the company to bring them to life.

This role can be performed in a hybrid model, where there is a balance of working from home and office.

As VP Product Design, you will:

Drive end-to-end design for State Street's financial products, ensuring cohesive UX

Conduct user/product research, translate insights, and create user-centric solutions tailored to financial professionals

Deliver high-fidelity designs, prototypes, and wireframes for complex financial interfaces

Partner with product managers, engineers, and financial experts at State Street, defining requirements

Analyze data and iterate on designs for improvement, with a focus on accuracy and security

Foster design excellence within the context of financial design

Research technology and industry trends that can enhance State Street's product offerings, including exploring how the benefits of AI can be integrated into design practice and product solutions

Present design concepts to stakeholders that advocate for effective user solutions

Manage design projects to successful completion within State Street's regulatory environment

Perform user research: interviews, surveys, usability testing, and data analysis, with experience in financial user research preferred

Run design thinking or ideation sessions with business teams to gather meaningful data

Develop interactive prototypes with Figma, Principle, Axure, or similar

Structure and organize content, especially for complex financial data

Apply typography, color theory, layout, and visual hierarchy, with an understanding of data visualization

Help design and maintain component libraries with the State Streets Design System team

These skills will help you succeed in this role:

Utilize Figma, Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects)

Design by default for ADA/WCAG compliance following guidelines and best practices

Familiar working in Agile/Scrum project framework

Demonstrate strong presentation and articulation of design decisions

Solve problems through critical thinking and creative solutions

Incorporate analytics and user feedback into design decisions

Possess basic HTML/CSS knowledge

Grasp Agentic/GenAI fundamentals and their impact on UX/UI and the financial industry

Exhibit basic understanding of financial products and services

Education & Preferred Qualifications:

Overall 15-20+ years and min 8+ years as experience designer, with demonstratable SME in UX/UI related skills

Degree in Design (Interaction, Graphic, Product), HCI, or related field a plus

Experience working within a large, regulated enterprise

Front-end development experience a plus

Experience designing complex financial or data applications a big plus

Additional optional requirements:

Solid understanding of emerging LLM and GenAI prompting best practices and how they can accelerate and elevate design practices

Motion design experience a plus

Please provide a link to your design portfolio (or attach a PDF) with any necessary passwords.

Are you the right candidate? Yes!

We genuinely 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 fulfill 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 essential to us:

Our technology function, Global Technology Services (GTS), is vital to State Street and the key enabler of our business's delivery of 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 robotic 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 to help us become a next-generation, end-to-end 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

Across the globe, institutional investors rely on us to help them manage risk, respond to challenges, and drive performance and profitability. We keep our clients at the heart of everything we do, and smart, engaged employees are essential to our continued success.

We are committed to fostering an environment where every employee feels valued and empowered to reach their full potential. As an essential partner in our shared success, you’ll benefit from inclusive development opportunities, flexible work-life support, paid volunteer days, and vibrant employee networks that keep you connected to what matters most. Join us in shaping the future.

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