Lead UX Designer for Banking Legacy Modernization

Veriipro; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Veriipro seeks a Lead UX Designer to transform complex legacy mainframe applications into intuitive, scalable digital experiences. You will partner with product, architecture, and engineering teams to define UX strategy for modernization while mentoring designers and driving design excellence.

The role emphasizes leadership in enterprise UX, systems thinking, and AI-enabled capabilities to improve productivity. Experience with banking-grade, data-intensive apps is highly valued.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in UX/Product Design with banking modernization experience.
• Led enterprise modernization initiatives in UX.
• Expert in UX research, IA, interaction design, and usability testing.
• Skilled with data-intensive dashboards, analytics, and workflows.
• Familiar with enterprise design systems and reusable patterns.
• Strong knowledge of accessibility (WCAG) and responsive design.
• Experience with Agile/Lean UX and Dual-Track Agile.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Product Managers, Architects, Engineers, and stakeholders to define modernization goals.
• Analyze legacy interfaces (3270/green-screen) and COBOL/CICS workflows to identify opportunities.
• Lead Design Thinking workshops, journey-mapping, and co-creation with cross-functional teams.
• Define UX strategy and create personas, journeys, and IA to steer direction.
• Design enterprise dashboards, analytics, search, and workflow interfaces.
• Develop reusable patterns and maintain enterprise design system components.
• Plan usability testing and validate with users; measure UX success metrics.
• Present findings and recommendations to executives and drive design excellence across workstreams.

Skills

UX Leadership

Enterprise Modernization

UX Research

Information Architecture

Interaction Design

Usability Testing

Design Systems

Design Tools

Accessibility WCAG

Agile/Scrum

Stakeholder Management

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's or Master’s in HCI/Product Design

Tools

Figma

FigJam

Sketch

Miro

Photoshop

Job description

Veriipro seeks a Lead UX Designer to transform complex legacy mainframe applications into intuitive, scalable digital experiences. You will partner with product, architecture, and engineering teams to define UX strategy for modernization while mentoring designers and driving design excellence.

The role emphasizes leadership in enterprise UX, systems thinking, and AI-enabled capabilities to improve productivity. Experience with banking-grade, data-intensive apps is highly valued.