Director - User Experience & Design (UI/UX) - New York, New York, Dresher, Pennsylvania or Remote

Position Title: Director - User Experience & Design (UI/UX)

Entity: KBRA Holdings, LLC

Employment Type: Full-time

Location: NY, PA or Remote (Remote only in CA, CO, DC, FL, IL, MD, NJ, MA, NY, PA, SC, TX, VA)

Summary/Overview:

At KBRA we believe that financial data and analytics applications should demonstrate the same care and craft as everyday consumer applications. We treat internal and external applications as first-class citizens. This approach requires research, and design influence throughout the organization.  This position can be hybrid for New York, Dresher, PA, or otherwise remote.

KBRA (KBRA Holdings, LLC) is seeking a player/coach, Director of User Experience & Design, to lead our UI/UX team as well as hands on contribution across our products & teams. You will collaborate with cross-functional peers to turn a strategic vision into a set of products and features that serve and ensure all users remain at the heart of every design decision. You will succeed in this role if you are able to build strong relationships across teams and stakeholders, tell the story behind the process and design, and uphold the values and quality standards in a stakeholder-rich environment.

Job Responsibilities:

• As a Coach

  • Lead and manage team of experienced designers including 1:1s, professional development, performance reviews, etc.
  • Drive a holistic design process, design system, or design language across teams or products.
  • Oversee multiple projects and scale design resources, accordingly, ensuring deadlines are met, your org is effective, and team members are set up for success by setting clear and measurable goals.
  • Partner with product, engineering, and business leaders across products to execute on roadmaps, gather requirements, and structure work for multiple product lines.
  • Plan and structure work across multiple design/product teams.
  • Bring a user-centered design perspective to discussions around product vision, roadmap, and requirements with Product-level leadership.
  • Influence stakeholders across functions to gain support for design strategies.

• As a Player

  • Lead by example, by taking ownership of a product(s), understanding the customer journey, problems to be solved and partnering with Product Managers to design best-in-class applications and features that help our customers solve their problems.
  • Design through wireframes, visuals, and prototypes at different levels of fidelity.
  • Contribute to and guide product vision, roadmap, requirements, user pain points and development plans.
  • Participate in upfront user research to better understand user needs and behaviors, as well as perform usability testing to see how our solutions work for users.
  • Drive the development of innovative design solutions to user, product, and business problems.
  • Demonstrate your knowledge and expertise in design thinking to plan and facilitate ideation and alignment workshops with stakeholders.
  • Bring user-centric perspectives to discussions about product, establish and articulate design strategy and end-to-end product experience.
  • Deliver improvements in design based on UX testing and stakeholder input and provide guidance and expertise to effectively engage stakeholders on product design to achieve product goals.

Successful candidates will possess the following:

• Requirements

  • Relevant Bachelors or Graduate degree
  • A minimum of ten (10) or more years in Product Design / Experience
  • Experience leading a team and working with senior management.
  • Financial Services or Fintech background is preferred

Salary Range:

The anticipated annual base salary range for this full-time position is $150,000 to $180,000. Offer amounts are determined by factors such as experience, skills, geography, and other job-related factors.

KBRA Benefits

• Competitive benefits and paid time off
• Paid family and disability leave
• 401(k) plan, including employer match (100% vested)
• Educational and professional development financial assistance
• Employee referral bonus program
• Cell phone reimbursement

About Us:

KBRA is a full-service credit rating agency registered in the U.S., the EU and the UK, and is designated to provide structured finance ratings in Canada. KBRA’s ratings can be used by investors for regulatory capital purposes in multiple jurisdictions.

More Info

KBRA encourages applications from all qualified individuals without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, marital status, citizenship, disability, and veteran status or any other basis prohibited by federal, state or local law.

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