Lead Tech UI Designer

Job Description

As a Manager/Lead UI/UX Designer based in Chennai with 1520 years of relevant experience in Banking preferred, your role involves the following 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.- 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.- 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.- 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.).- Balance business goals, technical constraints, and user needs when driving design decisions.Qualifications Required:- Bachelors degree or Masters degree or degree in Design, HCI, Interaction Design, Visual Communication, or related field.- ~812 years of proven UI/UX design experience, with at least 35 years in a leadership or senior design role.Additional Details:- You should have a 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 is required.- Expertise in information architecture, interaction design, and responsive design across web and mobile platforms is essential.- Hands-on experience conducting user research, usability testing, heuristic evaluations, and competitive analysis is a must.- Familiarity with design thinking, design sprints, and agile methodologies is beneficial.- Experience in building and maintaining a design system or component library for large-scale products is advantageous.- Working knowledge of front-end development technologies (HTML, CSS, JS) to collaborate effectively with developers is desired.- Familiarity with design-to-dev handoff tools (Zeplin, Figma Inspect, Storybook) is a plus.- You should be proactive, adaptable, and able to thrive in fast-paced agile environments. As a Manager/Lead UI/UX Designer based in Chennai with 1520 years of relevant experience in Banking preferred, your role involves the following 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.- 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.- 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.- 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 an

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