Front Office Product Designer

Barclays Bank PLC; London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Front Office Product Designer, where you'll play a crucial role in modernizing a Trading & Sales platform. Your expertise in UX/UI design and strong Figma skills will be vital in creating high-fidelity visual designs that enhance user experiences. Collaborating closely with front office users and cross-functional teams, you'll ensure that products meet customer needs and drive optimal outcomes. This role offers a unique opportunity to influence design processes and contribute to innovative solutions in the fintech industry, all while working in a dynamic and supportive environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in designing complex business applications and user-centric products.
• Strong Figma skills and ability to present designs to stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement user-centric digital banking products aligned with customer needs.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate business requirements into designs.

Skills

UX/UI Design

Figma

Data Visualization

User Research

Prototyping

Collaboration

Tools

Design Systems

Wireframing Tools

Job description

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 to 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 experience with:

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

Some other highly valued skills may include:

1. Experience of working with large datasets and/or data visualisation.
2. Experience of establishing and working with design systems and design tokens.
3. 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 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:

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

Assistant Vice President Expectations:

1. To advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development and take responsibility for operational effectiveness.
2. Collaborate closely with other functions/business divisions.
3. Lead a team performing complex tasks, using well developed professional knowledge and skills to deliver on work that impacts the whole business function.
4. Set objectives and coach employees in pursuit of those objectives, appraisal of performance relative to objectives and determination of reward outcomes.
5. 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.

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.