Senior UX Researcher in Glasgow

hackajob is collaborating with Barclays to connect them with exceptional professionals for this role. Join us as a Senior UX Researcher in our PBWM division where you will be tasked with bringing the voice of the user to how we design and develop our digital banking products by conducting user research and delivering insights to help shape our strategic decisions.

To Be Successful In This Role You Should Have:

• Strong skills in qualitative and quantitative methodologies and how to implement them
• Strong communication skills (insights playback and delivery)
• Ability to help influence and shape Business and product strategy

Some Other Highly Valued Skills/experience May Include:

• Experience in working with data platforms
• Experience in shaping propositions
• Financial services experience / working in a large organisation

You may be assessed on key critical skills relevant to success in this role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking, digital and technology skills, as well as job-specific technical skills. This role is based in Glasgow.

Purpose of the role:

To create user‑centred and visually appealing designs for digital banking products by conducting user research, designing user interfaces and experiences, collaborating with stakeholders, and continuously improving.

Accountabilities:

• Execution of user research and usability tests to understand customer needs, pain points, and integrate feedback and preferences into banking products and services, through collaboration with various stakeholders, including product managers and developers.
• Creation of intuitive and user‑friendly interfaces for digital banking platforms and applications for a seamless and engaging user experience.
• Design and maintenance of visually appealing and consistent user interfaces that align with the bank's brand identity and design guidelines across digital products.
• Creation of wireframes and interactive prototypes for visualisation and testing of product concepts and features before development.
• Accessibility considerations to ensure that designs comply with accessibility standards and guidelines to provide an inclusive experience for all users.
• Monitoring of industry trends, design best practices, and emerging technologies to continuously improve the design quality and innovation of banking products.

Assistant Vice President Expectations:

To advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development and take responsibility for operational effectiveness. Collaborate closely with other functions/business divisions. Lead a team performing complex tasks, using well developed professional knowledge and skills to deliver on work that impacts the whole business function. Set objectives and coach employees in pursuit of those objectives, appraisal of performance relative to objectives and determination of reward outcomes.

If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: L – Listen and be authentic, E – Energise and inspire, A – Align across the enterprise, D – Develop others. Or for an individual contributor, they will lead collaborative assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identifying the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will identify new directions for assignments and/or projects, identifying a combination of cross‑functional methodologies or practices to meet required outcomes.

Consult on complex issues; providing advice to People Leaders to support the resolution of escalated issues. Identify ways to mitigate risk and develop new policies/procedures in support of the control and governance agenda. Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work done. Perform work that is closely related to that of other areas, which requires understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub‑function. Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategy. Engage in complex analysis of data from multiple sources of information, internal and external sources such as procedures and practices (in other areas, teams, companies, etc) to solve problems creatively and effectively. Communicate complex information. "Complex" information could include sensitive information or information that is difficult to communicate because of its content or its audience. Influence or convince stakeholders to achieve outcomes.

All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship – our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge and Drive – the operating manual for how we behave.