AddressBring your ideas. Make history.
BNY Mellon offers an exciting array of future-forward careers at the intersection of business, finance, and technology. We are one of the world's top asset management and banking firms that manages trillions of dollars in assets, custody and/or administration. Known as the "bank of banks" - 97% of the world's top banks work with us as we lead and serve our customers into the new era of digital.
With over 239 years of rich history and industry firsts, BNY Mellon has been built upon our proven ability to evolve, lead, and drive new ideas at every turn. Today, we're approximately 50,000 employees across 35 countries with a culture that empowers you to grow, take risks, experiment and be yourself. This is what #LifeAtBNYMellon is all about.
We're seeking a future team member in the role of Vice President, User Experience (Product Designer) to join our Corporate Trust department. This role is based in Manchester.
This will be a hybrid position.
In this role, you'll make an impact in the following ways:
As a Product Designer, we are looking for an individual with a well-rounded understanding of the entire design process, including user research, journey mapping, storyboarding, wireframing, visual and interaction design, prototyping, and usability testing.
You're able to tackle complex user problems independently and deliver highly polished and detailed UI design solutions through continuous iteration and improvement.
You're able to communicate your design concepts clearly and effectively both visually and verbally.
Day-to-Day Responsibilities
- Lead design projects through the entire product lifecycle, from user research to solution implementation
- Lead design thinking workshops and collaborate with cross-functional teams to define goals, outline problems, and generate design concepts
- Conduct user research and gather insights to understand user needs, pain points and behaviors, translating such findings into actionable design solutions
- Develop wireframes, prototypes, and mock-ups to effectively communicate design concepts and user flows, iterating based on feedback and usability testing results
- Conduct user testing to determine the effectiveness of your design and gather qualitative and quantitative feedback to continually improve User Experience design
- Work closely with the engineering team to ensure the feasibility and successful implementation of the design solutions that deliver value to our end-users
- Create and maintain design guidelines, pattern libraries, and design systems in alignment with enterprise principals to ensure consistency and coherence across various products and features
- Stay updated on industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices in UX design to bring fresh ideas and innovative approaches to the team
To be successful in this role, we're seeking the following:
- Extensive years of progressive professional experience on a product design team
- A four-year college degree preferred.
- Proficient utilizing Figma and Adobe Creative Suite products (Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects, etc.)
- Jira and Confluence a big plus.
- Working in an Agile team strongly preferred.
- Has an exceptional product design portfolio with result-driven case studies
- Has excellent communication and presentation skills (both verbally and in writing); ability to articulate complex information in a clear and simple manner to a variety of audiences
- Strong problem solving and analytical skills
- Must be highly user focused and passionate about design with strong understanding of design principles and user centered design thinking methodology
- Has a thorough understanding of design systems, and how to apply and contribute to them
At BNY Mellon, our inclusive culture speaks for itself. Here's a few of our awards:
- Fortune World's Most Admired Companies & Top 20 for Diversity and Inclusion
- Bloomberg's Gender Equality Index (GEI)
- Human Rights Campaign Foundation, 100% score Corporate Equality Index
- Best Places to Work for Disability Inclusion , Disability: IN - 100% score
- 100 Best Workplaces for Innovators, Fast Company
- CDP's Climate Change 'A List'
- Forbes Blockchain 50
Our Benefits:
BNY Mellon offers highly competitive compensation, benefits, and wellbeing programs rooted in a strong culture of excellence and our pay-for-performance philosophy. We provide access to flexible global resources and tools for your life's journey. Focus on your health, foster your personal resilience, and reach your financial goals as a valued member of our team, along with generous paid leaves that can support you and your family through moments that matter.
BNY Mellon is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer - Underrepresented racial and ethnic groups/Females/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans.
Employer Description:
For over 230 years, the people of BNY Mellon have been at the forefront of finance, expanding the financial markets while supporting investors throughout the investment lifecycle. BNY Mellon can act as a single point of contact for clients looking to create, trade, hold, manage, service, distribute or restructure investments and safeguards nearly one-fifth of the world's financial assets. BNY Mellon remains one of the safest, most trusted and admired companies. Every day our employees make their mark by helping clients better manage and service their financial assets around the world. Whether providing financial services for institutions, corporations or individual investors, clients count on the people of BNY Mellon across time zones and in 35 countries and more than 100 markets. It's the collective ambition, innovative thinking and exceptionally focused client service paired with a commitment to doing what is right that continues to set us apart. Make your mark: bnymellon.com/careers.
