Principal Experience Designer: FinTech Strategy

SimCorp; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Professional development opportunities

Competitive salary and bonus

Job summary

SimCorp seeks a Principal Experience Designer to act as the senior design authority for complex, strategic initiatives and to mentor senior designers across teams. You will influence design directions and partner with product leadership to shape roadmaps and architectural decisions.

You will collaborate with engineering and UX research to ensure feasible, impactful solutions for enterprise fintech software, while advancing design patterns and system evolution in a global studio environment.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of design experience, with deep expertise in enterprise software.
• Proven track record leading complex, multi-team design initiatives.
• Strong systems thinking and design pattern recognition.
• Ability to navigate between high-level strategy and detailed execution.
• Skill in translating complex financial concepts into clear, actionable interfaces.
• Experience getting the most from AI tools in crafting creative solutions.
• Experience mentoring senior designers and design leaders.
• Ability to facilitate cross-functional collaboration and drive stakeholder consensus.
• Self-directed and results-oriented, taking ownership of projects while contributing to our collective design practice.
• Experience with the fintech domain is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead design for SimCorp's most complex and strategic initiatives, contributing to the overall strategic vision and design craft excellence.
• Establish design patterns and standards adopted across the organization, and influence design system evolution and adoption.
• Drive innovation in financial technology user experience, influencing multiple products across the organization.
• Partner with senior product leadership on roadmap planning, and represent the design perspective in architectural and technical decisions.
• Act as a thought leader and subject matter expert in UX.
• Work closely with engineering leadership on technical feasibility, and collaborate with user research on strategic research initiatives.
• Partner with customer success to integrate user feedback, and present design vision to executive stakeholders.
• Work independently and cross-functionally with senior leadership.
• Mentor Lead and Senior Experience Designers, and contribute to hiring decisions for senior design roles.

Job description

SimCorp seeks a Principal Experience Designer to act as the senior design authority for complex, strategic initiatives and to mentor senior designers across teams. You will influence design directions and partner with product leadership to shape roadmaps and architectural decisions.

You will collaborate with engineering and UX research to ensure feasible, impactful solutions for enterprise fintech software, while advancing design patterns and system evolution in a global studio environment.