Manager, User Experience (UX)

HLB; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Hong Leong Bank is seeking a mid-to-senior UX Designer to own end-to-end user journey design across digital banking platforms. You will map seamless customer journeys, integrate UX copywriting, conduct research, and facilitate design workshops with cross-functional teams to deliver intuitive digital experiences.

You will define structural UX flows, work with UI designers, and ensure governance and quality through UAT, translations, and audits.

Qualifications

• Education: Degree/Advanced Diploma in Interaction Design, HCI, Service Design, Mass Communication, or related fields.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end user journey design across digital banking channels.
• Lead concept design and experience strategy for new initiatives and channel features.
• Plan and run qualitative/quantitative research (usability testing, interviews, A/B tests, personas).
• Benchmark digital experiences through competitor analysis and industry-leading practices.
• Conduct Usability Acceptance Testing (UAT) and usability audits before release.
• Collaborate with product, technology, business, and compliance teams throughout the development lifecycle.

Education

Degree/Advanced Diploma in Interaction Design, HCI, Service Design, Mass Communication, or related fields

Job description

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Job Summary

Own and drive end-to-end user journey design across digital banking platforms. This individual contributor role is responsible for mapping seamless customer journeys, integrating UX copywriting across touchpoints, conducting user research, and facilitating design workshops. You will define structural UX flows and work closely with product, technology, business units, and dedicated UI designers to deliver intuitive digital experiences.

Key Responsibilities

User Journey Ownership & Strategy

• Own end-to-end user journey design , information architecture, user flows, and wireframing across digital banking channels.
• Lead concept design and experience strategy for new initiatives and channel features.
• Partner with dedicated UI Designers by providing structural UX wireframing and journey direction.
• Integrate clear UX copywriting (screen copy, flows, notifications) aligned with brand guidelines.
• UI design and prototyping skills are an added advantage.

Data-Driven Research, Insights & Workshop Facilitation

• Incorporate product analytics, customer feedback, and data-driven insights into design decisions to continuously improve user journeys.
• Plan and run qualitative/quantitative research (usability testing, interviews, A/B testing, personas) to validate concepts and measure experience impact.Lead design workshops, co-creation sessions, and design sprints with cross-functional teams to align on data-backed solutions.
• Benchmark digital experiences through competitor analysis and industry leading practices to uncover growth and optimization opportunities.

Quality Control & Governance

• Conduct Usability Acceptance Testing (UAT), translation/content reviews, and usability audits before release.
• Support internal UX processes, design system standards, and governance to ensure consistent touchpoint quality.

Stakeholder Collaboration

• Work directly with product, technology, business, and compliance teams throughout the development lifecycle.
• Clearly present user scenarios, journey maps, data insights, and research findings to key stakeholders.

Job Requirements

• Education: Degree/Advanced Diploma in Interaction Design, HCI, Service Design, Mass Communication, or related fields.
• Experience:
• Skills:

About Hong Leong Bank

We are a leading financial institution in Malaysia backed by a century of entrepreneurial heritage. Providing comprehensive financial services guided by a Digital-at-the-Core ethos has earned us industry recognition and accolades for our innovative approach in making banking simpler and more effortless for our customers. Our digital and physical offerings span across a vast nationwide network in Malaysia, strengthened with an expanding regional presence in Singapore, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Cambodia, and China.

We seek to strike a balance between diversity, inclusion and merit to achieve ourmission of infusing diversity in thinking and skillsets into our organisation.Candidatesare assessed based on merit and potential, in line with our mission to attract and recruit the best talent available.Expanding on our “Digital at the Core” ethos, we are progressively digitising the employee journey and experience to provide a strong foundation for our people to drive life-long learning, achieve their career aspirations and grow talent from within our organisation.