Lead Product Designer - Fintech

About Alpheya We are a B2B WealthTech startup based in Abu Dhabi and backed by BNY Mellon (America’s oldest bank and first company to list on NYSE) and Lunate (a new $100B AUM alternative asset management firm based in Abu Dhabi, UAE). The company has raised $300M to build a state of the art wealth technology platform. Our mission is to power and grow our clients’ Wealth franchises through differentiated experiences, financial solutions, and insights. Our digital wealth management platform- will enable banks and other financial institutions in the Middle East to grow and further penetrate affluent, HNW and UHNW investor segments. While still leveraging the capabilities and knowledge of large organizations, our fintech is a startup with truly cross-functional and agile teams. For more information, please visit www.alpheya.com Lead Product Designer Main responsibilities Lead the collaboration with cross-functional teams to understand user needs, business requirements, and technical constraints. Lead design projects and manage designers. Drive the creation of innovative and best-in-class design solutions to user and business problems. Collaborate with UX Research Team to conduct user research, usability testing, and gather feedback to inform design decisions. Hands-on in creating wireframes, high-fidelity designs, and prototype that effectively communicate interaction and design ideas. Iterate on designs based on user feedback, usability testing, and stakeholder input. Develop and maintain an intuitive and cohesive information architecture for the WealthTech platform. Collaborate with product managers and developers to ensure seamless integration of design into the development process. Design visually appealing interfaces that align with our brand identity and enhance the overall user experience. Create designs that are responsive and optimized for various devices, ensuring a consistent and delightful user experience across platforms. Contribute to the development and maintenance of a comprehensive design system to streamline the design process and maintain consistency. Collaborate effectively with product managers, developers, and other stakeholders to bring designs to life. Clearly communicate design decisions and rationale to the team and stakeholders. Stay informed about the latest UX/UI trends, tools, and technologies, and incorporate best practices into our design processes. Ensures development of compelling visual designs that align with brand standards. Tracks user experience metrics and reports on the success of UX improvements, including analytics. Requirements Bachelor’s degree in Design or equivalent practical experience. 7+ years of experience in product design or UX design. 3+ years of experience leading design projects and managing people. Experience in financial services, FinTech, WealthTech, ideally in B2B context. Understand the interdependence between customer needs, business expectations, and technical requirements and ability to drive a reasoned discussion on this subject and articulate the value of a design choice. Ability to manage complex problems and able to deliver best-in-class, intuitive customer experiences. Combined skills in Interaction Design, Visual Design, and User Research. Ability to plan, conduct, and synthesize user research and usability testing at various stages of the design process. Skilled at creating interaction design solutions for desktop, web, and mobile applications. Strong visual design skills, able to create compelling, branded, high-fidelity product screens. Familiar working with design systems that consistently scale across platforms. Strong communication skills with ability to articulate the value of a design choice to users and non-designer stakeholders.