Description

The Advisory Product Designer is responsible for leading and managing the design of a core product line, collaborating with cross functional teams (Product, Technology, Research), and ensuring the quality and consistency of the overall product design to create world-class experiences for our users. The Advisory Product Designer has a deep understanding of user-centered design principles, excellent leadership and communication skills, and the ability to mentor and coach others in the organization about design. Additionally, this role will leverage research and direct interactions with our clients to actively contribute to our strategic roadmap across the product portfolio.

Job Responsibilities

Provide strategic design direction and thought leadership across multiple product teams
Lead and manage the design of a core product line, ensuring it aligns with the companys strategic goals, business objectives and vision
Collaborate with product managers, tech leads, and other designers to conceptualize ideal solutions for problems and drive the strategic product roadmap.
Contribute to long-term vision, ensuring that we are focused on the most important problems to solve for our business and for our users
Champion and nurture a strong design culture within the company, advocating for user-centered design principles and design thinking methodologies
Contribute to our design system and be an advocate for maintaining a consistent look and feel across all of our products
Be a key contributor to eMoney’s design standards and governance model
Provide expertise to other designers within the organization, providing guidance on design best practices
Create high quality visuals and prototypes that represent elegant and usable user interfaces that solve user problems and align with the companys brand guidelines and design standards
Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including product managers, developers, and other designers, to ensure the designs are implemented accurately and effectively
Drive innovation and push boundaries in product design by exploring new technologies and design trends and how they can thoughtfully be applied to our objectives
Conduct user research and collaborate with the research team to validate concepts, inform product design decisions, and clearly articulate areas of opportunity to improve
Communicate and document design decisions in the clear and efficient manner
Lead meetings and speak about our current and future products through the lens of benefits and value that they deliver to our customers

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in design or related field a plus
10+ years of experience in product design or related UX/UI roles
Demonstrated expertise in solving complex design problems and delivering impactful design solutions
Experience leading design teams is a plus
Experience in financial services is a plus

Skills

Strong UX skills – A deep understanding of usability, accessibility, information architecture and best practices for how something should work
Strong UI skills – The ability to create beautiful UI work with excellent attention to detail, leveraging the existing system and principles wherever possible
Strong understanding of design systems, information architecture, and interaction design principles
Excellent leadership and communication skills to influence stakeholders and drive design initiatives
Ability to balance strategic thinking with tactical execution
Ability to understand business goals and user needs, and align design solutions with both
Strong persuasive storytelling and reasoning skills to humanize complex concepts, building understanding and alignment across teams and functions
Expert level skills in Figma, Adobe Suite and other modern design tools
Strong understanding of fundamental business concepts related to how our SaaS business functions and how our clients operate
Strong collaboration and facilitation skills, including ability to create and run group workshops
Excellent problem solving and creative thinking skills
Attention to detail, especially in user interface design and documentation
Strong empathy for our users, understanding their needs, motivations, and pain points to design solutions that are intuitive and effective

The salary range for this position is $130,000 - $171,000; commensurate salary to be determined based on skills, professional background and expertise. This position is also eligible, pursuant to applicable eMoney policies, for the annual bonus program, retirement contributions, health insurance, sick leave, parental leave and paid time off.

At eMoney Advisor, our mission is to help people talk about money. Founded in 2000, it’s the only wealth management system that offers transparency, security, mobile access, and superior organization. Our award-winning, web-based services and resources are designed to amplify advisors value to their clients. Today, we serve more than 109,000 financial professionals and support over 6 million end clients.

At eMoney, we create and nurture a culture that values diversity and inclusion, which enables our employees to thrive and do their best work. Different ideas, perspectives, and backgrounds inspire a stronger and more creative work environment that delivers better results.

eMoney is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status.