Lead User Interface Designer

Position – Manager/ Lead UI/UX Designer Location- Chennai Relevant Exp: 15– 20yrs in Banking Preferred Roles & Responsibilities: Hands-on Design Responsibilities • Champion principles of usability, accessibility, and user-centered design. • Apply knowledge of designing in an Agile environment while collaborating with cross-functional teams. • Conduct user research, stakeholder interviews, heuristic evaluations, and competitive analysis. • Develop user flows, journey maps, wireframes, page flows, and sitemaps. • Create high-fidelity mockups, prototypes, and UI assets aligned with style guides and brand standards. • Define and apply visual design principles, design language, typography, iconography, and motion/interaction design. • Recommend modern navigation patterns and support scalable information architecture. • Design and propose signature interaction patterns for web and native apps, validated through testing. • Revise and improve designs based on user feedback, usability testing, analytics, and technical feasibility. • Collaborate with engineering teams to ensure accurate implementation of design specifications. • Partner with QA/testing teams to define usability criteria and support user acceptance testing. • Create and maintain UX design specifications and documentation. • Leadership & Strategic Responsibilities • Provide vision and leadership for UI/UX strategy across products and platforms. • Drive the adoption of inclusive design practices aligned with accessibility standards (WCAG, ADA, EAA). • Act as a design advocate influencing product strategy, culture, and customer-first mindset. • Lead design workshops, design sprints, and brainstorming sessions with stakeholders. • Mentor and guide junior designers, offering feedback, training, and knowledge sharing. • Oversee and evolve the centralized design system/component library to ensure consistency. • Partner with Product Owners, Business Analysts, and Development Leads to align business goals with design outcomes. • Communicate design strategies and decisions effectively to technical and non-technical stakeholders. • Define and track UX success metrics (usability scores, NPS, conversion rates, etc.). • Stay updated with industry trends, tools, and emerging technologies and recommend adoption where beneficial. • Balance business goals, technical constraints, and user needs when driving design decisions. Qualifications • Education & Background • Bachelor’s degree or Master’s degree or degree in Design, HCI, Interaction Design, Visual Communication, or related field. • 8–12 years of proven UI/UX design experience, with at least 3–5 years in a leadership or senior design role. Required Skills Design Expertise • Strong command of user-centered design principles, usability, and accessibility (WCAG/ADA/EAA). • Proficiency in design and prototyping tools such as Figma, Sketch, Adobe XD, InVision, or equivalent. • Expertise in information architecture, interaction design, and responsive design across web and mobile platforms. • Ability to create wireframes, user flows, journey maps, prototypes, and high-fidelity mockups. • Solid understanding of visual design systems, typography, color theory, iconography, and motion/animation design. • Research & Strategy • Hands-on experience conducting user research, usability testing, heuristic evaluations, and competitive analysis. • Ability to translate business requirements and user insights into scalable design strategies. • Familiarity with design thinking, design sprints, and agile methodologies. Leadership & Collaboration • Experience leading design teams, mentoring junior designers, and providing constructive feedback. • Strong collaboration skills to work closely with Product Owners, Business Analysts, and Engineering teams. • Skilled in stakeholder management and communicating design rationale to both technical and non-technical audiences. • Experience in building and maintaining a design system or component library for large-scale products. Technical & Analytical Skills • Working knowledge of front-end development technologies (HTML, CSS, JS) to collaborate effectively with developers. • Familiarity with design-to-dev handoff tools (Zeplin, Figma Inspect, Storybook). Soft Skills • Excellent communication, presentation, and storytelling skills. • Strong problem-solving, critical thinking, and decision-making abilities. • Ability to balance user needs, business goals, and technical feasibility in design solutions. • Proactive, adaptable, and able to thrive in fast-paced agile environments.