Product Designer

Product Designer at Barclays

Join us as a Product Designer to create user-centred and visually appealing designs for digital banking products by conducting user research, design of user interfaces and experiences, collaboration with stakeholders, and continuous improvement.

You will be designing exceptional products and features for our customers and colleagues across Private Bank and Wealth, working collaboratively in cross-functional squads and tribes to own the outcomes and deliver exceptional value.

To be successful as a Product Designer, you should have experience with:

• End-to-End design (from Discovery to Delivery)
• Problem solving
• Cross-functional collaboration

Some Other Highly Valued Skills May Include

• Prototyping
• UI design and design systems
• UI Design

You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.

The location of this role is One Canada Square, London.

Purpose of the role

To create user-centred and visually appealing designs for digital banking products by conducting user research, design of user interfaces and experiences, collaboration with stakeholders, and continuous improvement.

Accountabilities

• Execution of user research and usability tests to understand customer needs, pain points, and integrate feedback and preferences to banking products and services, through collaboration with various stakeholders, including product managers and developers.
• Creation of intuitive and user-friendly interfaces for digital banking platforms and applications for a seamless and engaging user experience.
• Design and maintenance of visually appealing and consistent user interfaces that align with the bank's brand identity and design guidelines across digital products.
• Creation of wireframes and interactive prototypes for visualisation and testing of product concepts and features before development.
• Accessibility considerations to ensure that designs comply with accessibility standards and guidelines to provide an inclusive experience for all users.
• Monitoring of industry trends, design best practices, and emerging technologies to continuously improve the design quality and innovation of banking products.

Analyst Expectations

To perform prescribed activities in a timely manner and to a high standard consistently driving continuous improvement. This role requires in-depth technical knowledge and experience in the assigned area of expertise and a thorough understanding of underlying principles and concepts.

If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: L – Listen and be authentic, E – Energise and inspire, A – Align across the enterprise, D – Develop others. For an individual contributor, they will develop technical expertise in their work area, acting as an advisor where appropriate.

You will have an impact on the work of related teams within the area, partnering with other functions and business areas. You will take responsibility for end results of a team's operational processing and activities, escalating breaches of policies/procedures appropriately and embedding new policies/procedures adopted due to risk mitigation. You will advise and influence decision making within your own area of expertise, taking ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls.

Deliver your work and areas of responsibility in line with relevant rules, regulation and codes of conduct. Maintain and continually build an understanding of how your sub-function integrates with the broader function, alongside knowledge of the organisation's products, services and processes. You should demonstrate understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of organisational objectives.

Make evaluative judgements based on the analysis of factual information, paying attention to detail. Resolve problems by identifying and selecting solutions through the application of acquired technical experience and will be guided by precedents. Guide and persuade team members and communicate complex/sensitive information. Act as a contact point for stakeholders outside the immediate function, while building a network of contacts outside the team and external to the organisation.

All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship – our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge and Drive – the operating manual for how we behave.