Senior Product Designer - Mobile App fintech

Synchro is proud to be working with an expanding fintech business who due to recent investment are now seeking a dedicated VP Product Designer to join a brand new greenfield initiative.

As the newly appointed VP Product designer you'll be the sole lead on Designing, developing, and maintaining of this brand new product, conducting regular user research across multiple locations for use on both IOS and Android devices. This highly backed project will be data driven and be highly transactional.

We are seeking individuals who are keen to join a fast-paced business and want to play a key part in owning and developing this new product from the ground up.

Some of your responsibilities will include:

Work collaboratively in a multi-disciplinary team of researchers, product designers, technologists and business experts to create new customer-focused products and services Supporting and partnering with teams to direct discovery work

Lead and advise on how to run discovery, design and delivery research through the facilitation of workshops, design sprints and ideation sessions

Advocate and provide guidance on how to use customer insights and data to inform the user experience

Have a clear understanding of the business drivers behind product goals Creating, delivering and supporting other designers delivering high-quality design outcomes like concepts, user journeys, wireframes, UI flows and detailed UI design

Work with the design system team to represent customer and business needs

Present and communicate work and recommendations to the wider organisation

Manage stakeholders and proactively solve issues affecting design quality

Collaborate and provide direction to design team members and other stakeholders to identify new opportunities for a design or feature vision that creates value for our customers

Support and mentor designers

Support best practices and methodologies to drive efficiency and effectiveness

Uphold design consistency and excellence of design deliverables

Be an advocate for the customer and foster a shared understanding of customer centric design in the organisation

You will have:

Strong portfolio of design work/case studies demonstrating your principles, methodologies, and approaches

Ability to synthesize complex, interdependent, and sometimes competing needs

Effective communication of journeys and solutions across roles & levels

Ability to communicate intended experiences to product owners and developers

Awareness and practical understanding of current technologies and their application and relevance to digital experiences

Proven understanding of mobile application design and screen development

Expert knowledge in the native iOS and Android design & interaction patterns and platform constraints

Experience using a test & iterate approach through usability studies, and collaborating on early UX research methods

Solid communication and interpersonal skills

ROLE: VP Product Designer

SALARY: Up to $225,000 + Benefits + Bonus

LOCATION: New York (Hybrid Working)

Please contact Ryan James at Synchro to explore this exclusive opportunity further or apply through this job posting and we will be in touch.