Front Office Product Designer

Join us as a Front Office Product Designer at Barclays, where you'll be embarking on an ambitious programme to modernise and build a new Trading & Sales platform. We are looking for an ambitious Product Designer (UX/UI) who has had experience of designing complex, data-driven UI applications. Key to the success of the projects will be designing the applications to reflect the users’ workflows and interactions, and so any experience in the finance industry is a plus.

You must be comfortable working directly with users on the trading desk and quickly grasping business requirements and concepts. A key requirement is producing high-fidelity visual designs for handover to development, and so strong Figma skills are a must.

To be successful as a Front Office Product Designer, you should have:

• A portfolio of work that can be presented, demonstrating extensive experience in designing complex business applications.
• An ability to interact directly with front office users and product owners and can turn their requirements into product designs.
• An ability to present designs confidently to senior managers and stakeholders.
• Strong Figma UI design skills (components, auto-layout, etc).

Some other highly valued skills may include:

• Experience of working with large datasets and/or data visualisation.
• Experience of establishing and working with design systems and design tokens.
• Good understanding of how designs are implemented in code and handed over to developers.

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

This role will be based in our London office.

Purpose of the role: To create best in class user experiences that are aligned to customer needs and drive optimal commercial and customer outcomes. Creating products and journeys that meet customers' informational, functional, and emotional needs.

Accountabilities:

• Conceptualisation, design, and implementation of user-centric digital banking products and experiences, ensuring alignment with customer needs, industry best practices, and business objectives.
• Monitoring impact of design post-launch through relevant CX metrics.
• Collaboration with cross-functional teams including product managers, developers, and business analysts to translate business requirements into compelling user experiences.
• Efficiently communicate design rationale and advocate for user-centred design principles.
• Advocate and champion Design Principles within the organisation.
• Development of interactive prototypes and wireframes to visualise design concepts and validate solutions.
• Iterate designs based on feedback, incorporating changing technical and business requirements and user feedback.
• Evaluation of the technical feasibility, legal compliance, and potential risks associated with the development and launch of the new product.
• Securing governance oversight and providing design assurance.
• User research, usability testing, and data analysis to gather insights in user behaviour, preferences, and pain points.
• Utilise findings to inform design decisions and enhance the overall user experience and translate these into commercial and customer outcomes.
• Stay abreast of emerging trends, technologies, and design tools within the fintech and banking industry.
• Proactively identify opportunities for innovation and improvement in product design processes, tools, and methodologies.

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.
• 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.