UX Design Lead, Vice President

About this role

UX Design Lead, VP  

Help shape the future of digital experiences at BlackRock! 

About the Aladdin UX Design Team 

The Aladdin UX Design team researches and designs the user experience for the Aladdin investment and risk analytics platform which is used by institutional wealth managers and investment professionals worldwide. 

We practice a human-centered design approach—designing software grounded in user need—to enable our users to tap into the power of BlackRock’s Aladdin enterprise platform. We are a team of skilled UX designers, UI designers, and UX researchers, working to reinvent and improve the Aladdin platform through the user’s lens. 

We are looking for a UX designer who understands and is inspired by the complexities of designing software for the enterprise. 

About You 

You are first and foremost a UX educator and advocate.  Experienced at employing strategy and identifying and implementing processes that empower cross-functional teams to not only evolve their UX practice, but ultimately ensure we are creating high quality products on behalf of our users.  You seek insight into user needs to derive efficient, friendly interaction design. You understand the holistic journey a user takes in order to provide them with valuable tools for task completion. You are not afraid of complexity, depth, and balancing the demands of a wide, varied user base when crafting software. 

You love owning big interaction problems and providing the thought leadership vital to drive them toward success by collaborating hand-in-glove with product owners and engineers. 

As a VP UX Designer, You Will: 

• Own and influence the design of tool(s) used by internal and external users. 

• Help develop and implement UX strategies that align with business goals, ensuring a seamless user experience. 

• Design detailed wireframes, journeys, info architecture, and prototypes 

• Ensure design is consistent with our UX guidelines and approved interaction patterns 

• Lead the design of user interfaces using participatory and iterative design techniques, including heuristic evaluations, observational studies, customer interviews, usability testing, and other forms of requirements discovery 

• Conduct comprehensive user research, including user interviews, surveys, and usability testing to gather insights and identify pain points. 

• Collaborate with key project team members, including UI designers, researchers, product managers, and technology leads to deliver end-to-end solutions. 

• Be a positive, friendly representative and evangelist for user-centered design. 

Requirements 

Experience & Education 

• 7+ years application design experience in either product or agency environments 

• BFA degree in HCI or a related field 

Work Samples 

• Portfolio samples that show deep UX thinking and sophisticated problem solving 

• Candidates who proceed to in-person interviews will be required to perform a small UX design exercise, which they will t