Senior UX Designer - VP

Citi; London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services institution in London is seeking a Senior UX Designer to design complex AML and Sanctions Screening platforms. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, translating business needs into intuitive design solutions. The ideal candidate has experience in enterprise-scale products and is skilled in creating user-centered design in Figma. This is a full-time role within a diverse and inclusive work environment.

Qualifications

• Proven experience designing enterprise-scale digital products.
• Exceptional systems thinking and interaction design skills.
• Track record of impactful designs improving business outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Drive design for AML and Sanctions Screening platforms.
• Partner with cross-functional teams on product vision.
• Create wireframes and high-fidelity prototypes in Figma.

Skills

Designing enterprise-scale products

Interaction design

Figma

Systems thinking

Communication

Inclusive design

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Design, HCI, or a related field

Tools

Figma

Job description

As a Senior UX Designer (individual contributor), you will contribute to the design of Citi’s AML and Sanctions Screening investigation platforms, shaping the experience of highly complex, enterprise-wide tools used by financial crimes investigators and analysts globally. Working at the intersection of compliance, data, and enterprise systems, you’ll transform complexity into scalable, intuitive, and impactful design solutions.

You’ll work as a strategic individual contributor embedded in cross-functional teams spanning UX Research, Product Management, Engineering, and Compliance SMEs. You’ll also play a key role in shaping Citi’s growing UX practice within Financial Crimes Technologies.

Responsibilities

• Drive the design of large-scale, mission-critical AML and Sanctions Screening platforms, translating strategic business and regulatory needs into clear, human-centered solutions.
• Partner with researchers, product managers, engineers, and compliance leaders to define and align on product vision, priorities, and design principles.
• Use advanced interaction design and systems thinking to simplify complex investigative workflows across data-dense UIs.
• Create wireframes, user flows, journey maps, high-fidelity prototypes, and final designs in Figma, working confidently within and beyond the existing Design System.
• Guide end-to-end design processes - from initial framing and exploration through delivery and refinement - ensuring work is insight-led, accessible, and outcome-driven.
• Facilitate design critiques, co-creation workshops, and presentations to communicate design strategy and rationale to technology partners and compliance stakeholders.
• Collaborate with engineering during implementation, ensuring high design fidelity and addressing gaps via regular reviews and feedback loops.
• Partner with UX Researchers to champion the needs of AML investigators and sanctions screening analysts through usability testing, iterative design, and data-informed improvements.
• Help elevate Citi’s design culture by mentoring junior designers, contributing to design operations, and shaping best practices within the global UX community.
• Contribute to the growth of Citi’s internal Design System and help define standards for enterprise-scale applications.

Required Skills, Experience and Competencies

• Proven experience designing enterprise-scale or highly regulated digital products, ideally in financial services, compliance, or data-driven domains.
• Exceptional systems thinking and interaction design skills; ability to create modular, scalable UX patterns.
• Track record of delivering impactful designs that improve both business outcomes and user experience.
• Confident working on ambiguous, cross-team initiatives with multiple stakeholders and evolving requirements.
• Skilled in Figma and comfortable working with design components and preparing design documentation.
• Strong communicator - able to synthesize insights, influence decisions, and drive alignment across product and engineering.
• Passionate about inclusive, accessible design and thoughtful about edge cases and systemic risk.
• Bachelor’s degree in Design, HCI, or a related field (or equivalent experience).

Desirable Skills, Experience and Competencies

• Experience with agile, iterative product development in enterprise or regulated environments.
• Exposure to Financial Crime,Compliance, Anti-Money Laundering (AML), or Sanctions Screening technologies.
• Experience improving internal tooling, workflow automation, or case management platforms.
• Master’s degree or continued education in UX, design leadership, or systems thinking.

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Job Family Group:

Technology

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Job Family:

Applications Development

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Time Type:

Full time

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Most Relevant Skills

Please see the requirements listed above.

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Other Relevant Skills

For complementary skills, please see above and/or contact the recruiter.

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