Senior Product Designer

eMoney Advisor provides financial planning solutions that help advisors bring clarity to complex financial decisions and deliver personalized guidance. The Senior Product Designer leads user-centered design for new product features and enhancements, conducts research, develops prototypes and visual designs, and collaborates with Product, Technology, Research, and agile development teams from concept through delivery.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the design process for features and enhancements from ideation to implementation
• Work with relevant Design and Product stakeholders to understand overall long-term vision and objectives and help execute on pieces of that vision
• Lead relevant user research efforts and synthesize insights to inform design decisions and develop user-centered solutions
• Create high-fidelity prototypes, wireframes, workflows, and visual designs that communicate requirements and objectives that align with our design system
• Work closely with agile development teams to ensure designs are implemented accurately and effectively
• Advocate for user-centered design principles and educate stakeholders and teammates on the value of design thinking in product development
• Be a key contributor and influencer to our design system and overall design process
• Be a key voice within your team(s) to represent the voice of our customers by articulating their objectives and pain points
• Participate in team ceremonies to advocate for the objectives of the Product Design team
• Periodically lead design studios or other relevant ideation exercises within your team(s)
• Drive innovation and push boundaries in product design by exploring new technologies and design trends and how they can thoughtfully be applied to our objectives

Requirements:

• • 6+ years of experience in product design or related roles
• • Demonstrated expertise in solving complex design problems and delivering impactful design solutions
• • Demonstrated ability to get up to speed quickly on complex product areas
• • Strong understanding of design systems, information architecture, and interaction design principles
• • Excellent communication skills to influence stakeholders and drive design initiatives
• • Ability to balance strategic thinking with tactical execution with the ability to understand business goals and user needs and align design solutions with both
• • Ability to synthesize discussions and quickly prototype ideas
• • Good persuasive storytelling and reasoning skills to humanize complex concepts to build understanding and alignment
• • Expert level skills in Figma, Adobe Suite and other modern design tools
• • Basic understanding of fundamental business concepts related to how our SaaS business functions and how our clients operate
• • Strong collaboration and facilitation skills, including ability to create and run group workshops
• • Strong problem solving and creative thinking skills
• • Attention to detail
• • Demonstrated empathy for our users, understanding their needs, motivations, and pain points to design solutions that are intuitive and effective
• • Ability to advocate for and execute research projects as necessary
• • Bachelor's degree in design or related field a plus
• • Experience in financial services is a plus