Manage design team operations and agile delivery for UX in financial services. Coordinate designers, track Jira workflows and sprints, facilitate FigJam workshops, liaise with product, engineering, and business stakeholders, gather requirements, and advocate for design value.
UX Producer:
Core Responsibilities : This role requires financial services background
- Design Team Operations
- Provide ongoing support and coordination for designers
- Ensure designers understand priorities and workflows
- Facilitate collaboration across a global team
- Foster team culture, communication, and connection
- Project & Sprint Management
- Manage Jira workflows and ticket tracking
- Ensure proper handoffs and linkage of work in Jira
- Track team bandwidth and assignments
- Support sprint cadence and agile practices
- Coordinate reporting and progress tracking
- Stakeholder Coordination
- Work with:
- Product teams
- Engineering teams
- Business stakeholders
- Gather and clarify requirements
- Advocate for design value with stakeholders
- Required Skills & Experience
- Design Tool Familiarity
- Candidate does not need to be a designer, but should:
- Be comfortable using:
- Figma
- FigJam
- Especially strong with:
- Whiteboarding
- Workflow mapping
- Facilitation activities in FigJam
- UX / Design Process Knowledge
- Strong understanding of:
- UX research
- Design workflows
- Usability testing
- Design delivery lifecycle
- End-to-end design process management
- Soft Skills
- Important qualities include:
- Facilitation skills
- Ability to unify distributed teams
- Strong communication
- Ability to influence difficult stakeholders
- Capability to advocate for design
Compensation, Benefits and Duration
Minimum Compensation: USD 43,000
Maximum Compensation: USD 152,000
Compensation is based on actual experience and qualifications of the candidate. The above is a reasonable and a good faith estimate for the role.
Medical, vision, and dental benefits, 401k retirement plan, variable pay/incentives, paid time off, and paid holidays are available for full time employees.
This position is not available for independent contractors
No applications will be considered if received more than 120 days after the date of this post
Photon Chicago, Illinois, USA Office
11 East Adams Street Suite 1100, Chicago, IL, United States, 60603
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