UX Design Lead, Vice President

Location: Budapest, Budapest Team: Technology Product Job Requisition #: R250302 Date posted: Jan. 30, 2025

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About this role

UX Design Lead

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

Figma 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 benefits

To help you stay energized, engaged and inspired, we offer a wide range of employee benefits including: retirement investment and tools designed to help you in building a sound financial future; access to education reimbursement; comprehensive resources to support your physical health and emotional well-being; family support programs; 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 hybrid work model is designed to enable a culture of collaboration and apprenticeship that enriches the experience of our employees, while supporting flexibility for all. Employees are currently required to work at least 4 days in the office per week, with the flexibility to work from home 1 day a week. Some business groups may require more time in the office due to their roles and responsibilities. We remain focused on increasing the impactful moments that arise when we work together in person – aligned with our commitment to performance and innovation. As a new joiner, you can count on this hybrid model to accelerate your learning and onboarding experience here at BlackRock.

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.

For additional information on BlackRock, please visit @blackrock | Twitter: @blackrock | LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/blackrock

BlackRock is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to age, disability, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation and other protected characteristics at law.

Job Requisition #
R250302

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