UX Designer

Join us at Barclays as a UX Designer, where you will create best in class user experiences that are aligned to customer needs and drive optimal commercial and customer outcomes. Creating products and journeys that meet customers informational, functional, and emotional needs.

To be successful as UX Designer you should have experience with:

• UX & Product Design:
  Experience creating user journeys, wireframes, prototypes, and interaction designs for digital products. Understanding of human-centred design principles and the design process from discovery through to delivery.
• Collaboration & Communication:
  Ability to work effectively with product, technology, and business teams. Strong communication skills, with the ability to explain design decisions and incorporate feedback.
• Research & Insight:
  Experience using customer research, usability testing, and analytics to inform design decisions. Ability to identify user needs and translate insights into design improvements.

• Accessibility & Design Systems:
  Experience working with design systems and reusable UI components. Understanding of accessibility and inclusive design principles.
• Digital Banking or Regulated Environments:
  Awareness of financial services, digital banking, or other regulated industries. Understanding of security, compliance, and customer trust considerations.
• Growth & Development Mindset:
  Willingness to learn, seek feedback, and develop design skills. Interest in contributing to design best practice and team collaboration.

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.

This role is based in Manchester.

To create best in class user experiences that are aligned to customer needs and drive optimal commercial and customer outcomes. Creating products and journeys that meet customers informational, functional and emotional needs.

• Conceptualisation, design and implementation of user-centric digital banking products and experiences, ensuring alignment with customer needs, industry best practices and business objectives. Monitoring impact of design post launch through relevant CX metrics. .
• Collaboration with cross-functional teams including product managers, developers, business analysts to translate business requirements into compelling user experiences. Efficiently communicate design rationale and advocate for user-centred design principles. Advocate and champion Design Principles within the organisation. .
• Development of interactive prototypes and wireframes to visualise design concepts and validate solutions. Iterate designs based on feedback, incorporating changing technical and business requirements and user feedback. .
• Evaluation of the technical feasibility,legal compliance,and potential risks associated with the development and launch of the new product. Securing governance oversite and providing design assurance.
• User research, usability testing and data analysis to gather insights in user behaviour, preferences and pain points. Utilise findings to inform design decisions and enhance the over user experience and translate these into commercial and customer outcomes.
• Stay abreast of emerging trends, technologies and design tools within the fintech and banking industry. Proactively identify opportunities for innovation and improvement in product design processes, tools and methodologies.

• To advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development and take responsibility for operational effectiveness. Collaborate closely with other functions/ business divisions.
• Lead a team performing complex tasks, using well developed professional knowledge and skills to deliver on work that impacts the whole business function. Set objectives and coach employees in pursuit of those objectives, appraisal of performance relative to objectives and determination of reward outcomes
• If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected…