AWM - London - Vice President - UX Designer

at  Goldman Sachs

WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR

Goldman Sachs Asset Management (AM) is looking for a highly-motivated, versatile Senior Product Designer to join our design team, with a specific focus on complex enterprise tooling in the Fixed Income business. AM Product Designers have tremendous responsibility in shaping the team’s strategic vision, understanding and communicating user needs, and working with teams across the division to prototype and build new digital experiences. We are looking for experienced designers who love to transform large-scale, complex problems into intuitive and impactful experiences. We know that the success of our team depends on our ability to deliver exceptional user experiences, and we need designers who can collaborate with developers, product managers, and individuals across our AM business to bring them to life. We’re also part of a wider design community at Goldman Sachs.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• Deep Experience with complex financial applications, particularly for enterprise / financial professionals rather than consumer tools - think trading systems, portfolio analytics, market data or any other tooling for professionals at investment banks or hedge funds
• 8+ years industry experience in digital product design
• Experience/aptitude in UX design (ability to create sitemaps, wireframes, user journeys, prototypes etc.)
• Success creating and launching products/experiences in a large production program with product managers, engineering and design
• Seeks to understand user behaviour and motivations using qualitative and quantitative research methods
• Experience working with design systems and demonstrable understanding of the benefits of re-use and design standardisation
• You can build consensus around your creative vision, defend design decisions with research or industry best practice and guide your colleagues on executing it
• Proven ability to manage multiple stakeholders and negotiate product outcomes that balance design with business value
• Entrepreneurial drive and a desire to work in a commercially focused, fast-paced environment
• Critical thinker with an ability to articulate complex ideas effectively
• Proficient in Figma, Experience with Adobe Creative Suite, Prototyping toolsDegree or Master’s degree in design, UX, Industrial design, HCI or related fields

• Get deeply involved in the analysis phase for the underlying design solutions - understanding and codifying workflows, business logic and financial domain concepts
• Directly engage with business stakeholders, end users and engineering teams as part of the design effort
• Wear a wider product / strategy hat in the process, actively working with the rest of the team to define and prioritise the product roadmap
• Produce and oversee the creation of wireframes, user flows, prototypes, and production quality designs that effectively communicate design directions and detailed designs
• Assist in the planning and execution of user research and usability testing
• Contribute to new feature definition and exploration from concept through execution within an integrated team that meets business needs, user needs, and technical capabilities
• Create and evolve consistent affordances across the product set to enhance and standardise the usability of the interfaces
• Own designs across the entire product development lifecycle from design concepts through to production and deployment
• Assist in the maintenance of the design system and component library