Senior Product/UX Designer

Avaloq Philippines Inc.; Makati; Hybrid; PHP 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Avaloq Philippines Inc. in Manila seeks a senior UX designer to shape user-centered financial software. You will lead design thinking, craft wireframes, prototypes, and maintain design systems.

Collaborate with cross-functional teams, mentor junior designers, and ensure accessible experiences with WCAG while leveraging Figma and AI-enabled design tools. Hybrid work with flexible schedules in a global fintech setting.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years in Product/UX design or related field.
• Proficient in Figma; experience with Material Design and WCAG.
• Strong English communication; able to present and defend ideas.
• Mentor junior/mid-level designers and collaborate across teams.

Responsibilities

• Align design goals with business objectives using design thinking.
• Conduct user research, interviews, and usability testing.
• Create intuitive UX through wireframes, prototypes, and IA.
• Translate ideas into tangible solutions with design systems.
• Leverage AI tools for ideation while keeping human-centered design.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver solutions.
• Evolve design systems to ensure inclusivity and WCAG compliance.

Skills

5+ years UX design

Figma

Material Design

WCAG

English communication

Mentoring

Team collaboration

Design thinking

Research methodology

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in Design/Psychology/related

Tools

Figma

WCAG compliance

Job description

Company Description

Founded and headquartered in Switzerland, Avaloq is continuously expanding its global footprint with around 2,500 colleagues in 12 countries, and more than 170 clients in 35 countries. We are an industry-leading provider of wealth management technology and services for financial institutions around the world, including private banks and wealth managers, investment managers, as well as retail and neo banks. Our research led approach and continual innovation is powered by the passion and creativity of our colleagues.

We are always looking for talented people to join us on our mission to orchestrate the financial ecosystem and democratise access to wealth management. Avaloq offers the opportunity to work closely with some of the world’s leading financial institutions as we jointly develop and shape careers. Championing a collaborative, supportive and flexible work environment empowers our colleagues to reach their full potential.

Job Description

Your tasks

• Aligning design goals with business objectives by implementing design thinking processes to foster innovative, user-centric solutions and promote creative problem-solving and collaboration.
• Conducting research, interviews, and usability testing to understand user needs and inform design decisions.
• Creating intuitive and delightful user experiences by applying User Experience Design, Interaction Design, Information Architecture, and User Interface Design principles.
• Translating your ideas into tangible solutions with wireframes and prototypes.
• Leveraging AI-powered design and research tools to accelerate ideation, prototyping, content creation, and user insights while applying critical thinking and human-centered design principles.
• Working closely with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality solutions
• Maintaining and evolving design systems for consistency, and incorporating inclusive design practices per WCAG.

Qualifications

• You bring over 5 years of experience in Product/UX design and hold a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Design, Psychology, or a related field.
• You are proficient in Figma and have experience implementing Material Design and WCAG in your projects.
• You have excellent English communication skills and can effectively present and defend your ideas.
• You are resourceful, creative, and confident in solving complex design challenges independently, and managing the entire design process with support.
• You are committed to continuously learning to stay current with the latest design and technology trends.
• You work well in a team, value diverse perspectives and are open to giving and receiving constructive feedback.
• You actively mentor junior and mid-level designers while promoting a collaborative design culture.

It would be a real bonus if:

• You have experience in the financial services, fintech, or wealth management industry.
• You have strong UX research skills, including user interviews, usability testing, and insight synthesis

Additional Information

We realize that managing work life balance is a challenge we all face in our daily lives and in order to support with this we are pleased to offer hybrid and flexible working for most of our Avaloqers to maintain work life balance and still continue our fantastic Avaloq culture in our global offices.

In Avaloq we are proud to embrace diversity and understand the success of our business is built on the power of different opinions, we are whole heartedly committed to fostering an equal opportunity environment and inclusive culture where you can be your true authentic self.

We hire, compensate and promote regardless of origin, age, gender identity, sexual orientation or any other fantastic traits that make us all unique, we have done our best to write this advert in an inclusive and neutral way.

Please be aware that we will not accept speculative CV submissions for any of our roles from recruitment agencies, and any unsolicited candidate submissions will be exempt from any payment expectations.

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