Vice President, UX Designer

About this role

UX Designer, VP

Help shape the future of digital experiences at BlackRock!

About the Aladdin UX Design Team

The Aladdin UX Design team researches, designs and engineers 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’re growing a team of skilled UX designers, visual designers, researchers, and front-end developers to help reinvent the platform through that 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 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:

• 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
• Augment our research professionals when necessary by facilitating user interviews and testing
• Collaborate with key project team members, including visual 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

• 10+ 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 then present to the team.

Expert-level Skills in:

• Developing UX artifacts such as wireframes, prototypes, site maps, user journeys
• Sketch and/or Axure
• Detailing the work (i.e. functional specs, annotations, user stories, etc.)
• Communication and storytelling through presentation
• Ability to collaborate with development teams to ensure design implementation meets high quality standards

Strong Skills in:

• Leading a user-centered discovery phase for projects, such as running workshops and facilitating discussions with partners
• Working within lean/agile product development models
• Experience facilitating or assisting user research and user testing – and subsequently identifying user needs, actions, behaviors and emotions through research

Design Experience with the Following Is a Plus, but Not Required:

• B2B offerings
• Enterprise desktop software
• Enterprise financial software

Our hybrid work model

BlackRock’s hybrid work pilot is designed to help you experience the best of both worlds: connecting with colleagues in person, building connections as a new joiner and strengthening our collaborative One BlackRock culture, while enjoying the flexibility to spend time on what’s important to you – professionally and personally. In line with local health guidance and regulations, employees average 3 days in the office and 2 days at home each week.

Please keep in mind that at BlackRock, the health, safety and well-being of our people will always be our top priorities. For every city in which we operate, we will continue to monitor local case rates and trends while following guidance from government and local health officials in making decisions about our work environments.

For New York City only: The salary range for this position is $161,500 – $200,000. Additionally, employees are eligible for an annual discretionary bonus, and benefits including heath care, leave benefits, and retirement benefits. BlackRock operates a pay-for-performance compensation philosophy and your total compensation may vary based on role, location, and firm, department and individual performance.

Our benefits

To help you stay energized, engaged and inspired, we offer a wide range of benefits including a strong retirement plan, tuition reimbursement, comprehensive healthcare, support for working parents and Flexible Time Off (FTO) so you can relax, recharge and be there for the people you care about.

Our hybrid work model

BlackRock’s current hybrid work model is designed to enable in-person connections and collaboration that is core to our culture, while supporting increased flexibility for all employees. In line with local health guidance and regulations, employees are required to work at least 3 days in the office each week, with the flexibility to work from home up to 2 days a week. Some business groups may require more time in the office due to their roles and responsibilities. The health, safety and well-being of our people will always be our top priorities; we will continue to monitor local conditions and health advisories in making decisions about our work environments.

About BlackRock

At BlackRock, we are all connected by one mission: to help more and more people experience financial well-being. Our clients, and the people they serve, are saving for retirement, paying for their children’s educations, buying homes and starting businesses. Their investments also help to strengthen the global economy: support businesses small and large; finance infrastructure projects that connect and power cities; and facilitate innovations that drive progress.

This mission would not be possible without our smartest investment – the one we make in our employees. It’s why we’re dedicated to creating an environment where our colleagues feel welcomed, valued and supported with networks, benefits and development opportunities to help them thrive.