UX design Lead

New York, United States

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Date live: Oct. 11, 2022

Business Area: COO & Functions

Area of Expertise: Technology

Reference Code: 90275209

Contract: Permanent/Regular

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User Experience Design Lead

New York, NY

As a Barclays UX Design Lead you will be a senior lead in the Global Design Team driving design projects with a global team of UX/UI designers using the Agile methodology. The two primary focuses are playing a leadership role in the team – being accountable for high quality design and raising the bar on user centric design thinking across the business. And you will lead and inspire a team of UX/UI designers, working as part of various project delivery teams.

Barclays is one of the world's largest and most respected financial institutions, with 329 years of success, quality and innovation behind us. We've helped millions of individuals and businesses thrive, creating financial and digital solutions that the world now takes for granted. An important and growing presence in the USA, we offer careers providing endless opportunity.

	What will you be doing?
Establish a new design system for external facing applications and products
Partner with the Digital Strategy team to drive adoption across the asset classes
Responsible for ensuring the delivery of user experience specifications and documents for developers.
Work with the business team to understand customer needs and characteristics; business objectives and outcomes to be delivered. Evangelize the UX process to all relevant stakeholders within the organization and achieve higher maturity of UX engagement with the business Own the design methodology/process – ensuring that it continues to meet the needs of the business and continuously improve this. Responsible for setting the UX strategy, direction and pushing the quality of user experience. Contribute to Barclays Design Language - a library of interaction patterns and standards.

	What we’re looking for:
Bachelor’s Degree in a Design discipline such as Graphic, Interaction, Product, Industrial, Digital Design.
7+ years of experience of designing and launching desktop and mobile applications for at least one of the following platforms, web, iOS, Windows or Android
7+ years of related business analysis / process improvement / project management or client/team management experience, ideally using the agile methodology
Experience of leading user experience designers.

	Skills that will help you in the role:
	Previous experience of leading entire interdisciplinary design team’s desirable, i.e. an ability to lead beyond your domain of expertise. Enterprise mind set – ability to understand the brand, customer / business process and the role this plays in designing effectively at the UX/UI level. Fluent in relevant design tools such as Figma, Axure RP, Sketch, Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator/Photoshop) A deep understanding of the end-to-end design process with a broad spectrum of hands-on skills including user interviews, storyboarding, facilitating workshops, wire framing, and prototyping.
	Where will you be working?
	You will be working at our Americas Headquarters at 745 Seventh Avenue. This 37-story office tower is located in Times Square in the heart of Manhattan and features a cafeteria, fitness center and state-of-the-art LED signage on the facade of the building.

	Interested and want to know more about Barclays? Visit home.barclays/who-we-are/ for more details.
	Interested and want to know more about Barclays? Visit home.barclays/who-we-are/ for more details. About Barclays Barclays is a British universal bank. We are diversified by business, by different types of customers and clients, and by geography. Our businesses include consumer banking and payments operations around the world, as well as a top-tier, full service, global corporate and investment bank, all of which are supported by our service company which provides technology, operations and functional services across the Group. Our Values Everything we do is shaped by the five values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship. Our values inform the foundations of our relationships with customers and clients, but they also shape how we measure and reward the performance of our colleagues. Simply put, success is not just about what you achieve, but about how you achieve it. Our Diversity We aim to foster a culture where individuals of all backgrounds feel confident in bringing their whole selves to work, feel included and their talents are nurtured, empowering them to contribute fully to our vision and goals. It is the policy of Barclays to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, alienage or citizenship status, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital or domestic/civil partnership status, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other basis protected by law. Dynamic working gives everyone at Barclays the opportunity to integrate professional and personal lives, if you have a need for flexibility then please discuss this with the hiring manager. Our Benefits Our customers are unique. The same goes for our colleagues. That's why at Barclays we offer a range of benefits, allowing every colleague to choose the best options for their personal circumstances. These include a competitive salary and pension, health care and all the tools, technology and support to help you become the very best you can be. We are proud of our dynamic working options for colleagues. If you have a need for flexibility then please discuss this with us.

More about working at Barclays

Our approach to hybrid working ensures there’s the right balance of working alongside colleagues at our onsite locations, as required for each role. For business areas that offer a hybrid working experience, this will be in a structured way, where colleagues work at an onsite location on fixed, ‘anchor’, days of the week. Some roles may require full onsite working. Please discuss the working pattern requirements for the role you are applying for with the hiring manager.

We continue to embed and review our hybrid working environment and remain in a phase of testing and learning. This means that working arrangements could change, with reasonable notice, to align with the needs of our business.

Barclays welcomes applications from all candidates and is committed to ensuring reasonable adjustments (accommodations) are put in place to allow for a fair and inclusive recruitment process. For more information and how to request one, please review Adjustments to the recruitment process.

We’re committed to providing an inclusive culture and environment, that recognises and supports ways to balance your personal needs, alongside the professional needs of our business. Providing the opportunity for all our employees globally to work flexibly empowers each of us to work in a way that suits our lives, as well as enabling us to better service our customers’ and clients’ needs.

Our approach to working flexibly is designed to support you to balance your life and to accommodate diverse needs, whilst still allowing us to meet our business needs. If you’d like to request a flexible working arrangement, please discuss this with your hiring manager.

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Barclays offers a diverse, inclusive and engaged culture. A place where people can bring their whole selves to work and be respected for who they are, valued for what they do and celebrated for their contribution to our business and our community.
We are an equal opportunity employer and opposed to discrimination on any grounds. It is the policy of Barclays to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, colour, creed, religion, national origin, alienage or citizenship status, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital or domestic/civil partnership status, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other basis protected by law.

Barclays is required by law to confirm that you have the Legal Right to Work in any role that you apply for. If you currently hold a work visa sponsored by Barclays, or you would require sponsorship from Barclays, you must declare this as part of your application. Sponsored visas are role and entity specific and any changes must be reviewed. It is important that you ensure you are working on the correct visa at all times. Failure to accurately disclose your visa status or Legal Right to Work may result in your application or any employment offer being withdrawn at any time.

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