Principal Product Designer

London Stock Exchange Group; City Of London; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services organization is seeking an experienced Principal Product Designer to create innovative design solutions. The role involves collaborating with multi-disciplinary teams to improve user experiences on flagship platforms. Responsibilities include designing collaboration tools, conducting user research, and ensuring adherence to design best practices. Candidates should possess a Bachelor's degree in Product Design and have significant design experience in financial services. Join a dynamic team making an impact across global platforms.

Benefits

Healthcare

Retirement planning

Paid volunteering days

Wellbeing initiatives

Qualifications

• Significant hands-on experience in a Product Design role in complex products/domains.
• Experience designing for the Microsoft ecosystem (Microsoft 365/Teams).
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Designing MSFT Teams-native collaboration experiences using Fluent UI.
• Conducting user research and defining the structural design of applications.
• Collaborating with Product, Engineering and Business teams to inform product strategy.

Skills

User experience design

Collaboration

Design methodologies

User research

Communication

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Product Design or related field

Tools

Fluent UI

Microsoft 365

Job description

Overview

We are hiring for an experienced Principal Product Designer. You are an authority in user experience design and will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team to create design solutions which achieve our business goals and deliver maximum customer value. Our flagship platforms and products are used by many thousands of users across the globe. Traders, brokers, wealth analysts, C-level, portfolio managers, researchers, risk analysts, and many more use them in different ways, in different contexts, in different countries, in different workflows, and with different needs. Our users rely on our products to deliver real-time, highly complex information in a way that they need, when they need it. This is delivered via desktop, mobile and web. Our platforms and products lead the financial industry. They offer fantastic opportunities for designers to really push the bounds of what's possible, and deliver outstanding experiences for our customers. The role is in the Workspace Product Design team, based in London. The team is responsible for design across a wide range of systems, platforms and products. We work closely with both the proposition/strategy teams as well as the product management and engineering teams. You will work closely with a core team of principal and senior designers who together have a great deal of experience working on complex desktop, mobile and web applications, and in designing for finance and risk professionals. What you'll be doing

Responsibilities

• Designing MSFT Teams-native collaboration experiences using Fluent UI and M365 conventions
• Following best practice and relevant design methodologies and processes, from product discovery through delivery
• Conducting user research and defining the structural design of complex applications
• Creating, refining and improving existing UI designs
• Collaborating with Product, Engineering and Business teams across LSEG to inform and bring to life the product strategy
• Representing the voice of the user in product decisions and being comfortable challenging the status quo
• Collaborating with other members of the Product Design team, including User Researchers, Service Designers, Content Designers and our Design System specialists
• Ensuring deliverables are consistent with our design system and evolving it where possible
• Collaborating closely with Engineers during the build of our solutions
• Communicating design rationale and progress to peers and leadership
• Hands-on experience designing for the Microsoft ecosystem (Microsoft 365/Teams), with fluency in platform conventions such as Fluent UI and Teams guidelines
• Significant hands-on experience in a Product Design role in complex products/domains, highly preferred in financial services
• Bachelor's Degree in Product Design, Human-Computer Interaction, a related field or equivalent practical experience
• Have driven innovative efforts that uncovered new value with new kinds of experiences for both designers and customers/users
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Experience with enterprise-scale Design Systems
• Track record of driving the user experience across highly complex enterprise problems with measurable success
• Portfolio demonstrating an expert level understanding and applied experience of product design in complex domain

Company & Culture

We are an established multi-disciplinary full-spectrum Product Design team who have had a major impact on LSEG products over the past several years. We are embarking on a new phase of growth, focusing on new major initiatives which will strengthen LSEG's status as the leading data aggregator and provider of high-quality information in the financial & risk professional world. If you share our values of collaboration, commitment to helping our users and each other, and a willingness to take the initiative and learn from mistakes, then we'd be very happy to hear from you. Intrigued by some of the most challenging experience design opportunities? Come join us. Career Stage, LSEG is a leading global financial markets infrastructure and data provider. Our purpose is driving financial stability, empowering economies and enabling customers to create sustainable growth. Our purpose is the foundation on which our culture is built. Our values of Integrity, Partnership, Excellence and Change underpin our purpose and set the standard for everything we do, every day. They go to the heart of who we are and guide our decision making and everyday actions. Working with us means that you will be part of a dynamic organisation of 25,000 people across 65 countries. However, we will value your individuality and enable you to bring your true self to work so you can help enrich our diverse workforce. We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. This means that we do not discriminate on the basis of anyone's race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. Conforming with applicable law, we can reasonably accommodate applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs. You will be part of a collaborative and creative culture where we encourage new ideas. We are committed to sustainability across our global business and we are proud to partner with our customers to help them meet their sustainability objectives. Our charity, the LSEG Foundation provides charitable grants to community groups that help people access economic opportunities and build a secure future with financial independence. Colleagues can get involved through fundraising and volunteering. LSEG offers a range of tailored benefits and support, including healthcare, retirement planning, paid volunteering days and wellbeing initiatives. Please take a moment to read this privacy notice carefully, as it describes what personal information London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) (we) may hold about you, what it’s used for, and how it’s obtained, your rights and how to contact us as a data subject. If you are submitting as a Recruitment Agency Partner, it is essential and your responsibility to ensure that candidates applying to LSEG are aware of this privacy notice.

Equal Opportunity Employment

We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. This means that we do not discriminate on the basis of anyone's race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. Conforming with applicable law, we can reasonably accommodate applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs.