Blackrock

Blackrock

UX Product Designer - Aladdin Design, Director

New York, NY · Director

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 14 days ago
A/B TestingUX ResearchUX DesignDesign SystemsAccessibilityProduct StrategyResearchLeadershipCommunicationCollaborationProblem SolvingMentoring

About the role

  • Help shape the future of investment technology.
  • Our team believes great enterprise software begins with a deep understanding of the people using it.
  • You are accountable not just for experience quality, but for measurable outcomes including client adoption, workflow efficiency, risk reduction, and decision effectiveness.

Responsibilities

  • Lead UX strategy for complex product areas across the Aladdin platform.
  • Drive discovery through customer research, workshops, design sprints, prototyping, and iterative validation.
  • Use qualitative research, product analytics, and experimentation to inform design decisions.
  • Influence product direction and executive decision-making through compelling storytelling, frameworks, and design rationale.
  • Champion design quality, systems thinking, accessibility, and consistency across the platform.
  • Leverage AI throughout the design process to accelerate research synthesis, concept generation, prototyping, and evaluation while maintaining high standards of design judgment.
  • Mentor designers and contribute to the growth of the design practice through coaching, critique, and thought leadership, while remaining an individual contributor.
  • Contribute to design capability, standards, and organizational evolution.
  • support businesses small and large; finance infrastructure projects that connect and power cities; and facilitate innovations that drive progress.
  • At BlackRock, AI has long been part of how we work - enhancing decision-making, improving operations, and helping us deliver better outcomes for clients.

Requirements

  • 12+ years of experience designing complex digital products, including significant experience with enterprise software.
  • Demonstrated experience designing sophisticated financial products, investment platforms, private market platforms, trading systems, risk management tools, or similar financial technology solutions.
  • Experience influencing product strategy and partnering with executive stakeholders for better outcomes for users.
  • Strong facilitation and communication skills, with the ability to align diverse stakeholders around user-centered outcomes.
  • Experience working within Agile product development environments and cross-functional teams.
  • Experience designing with an AI-first mindset, considering how intelligent systems can augment user workflows and decision-making.
  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Human-Computer Interaction, Design, or a related discipline, or equivalent professional experience.
  • AI & Data (Required)
  • 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.
  • Required
  • Experience leading design across interconnected product ecosystems, balancing local product needs with platform-wide consistency.
  • Strong understanding of designing for investors and financial professionals in complex, highly regulated environments, with the ability to translate sophisticated investment workflows into intuitive, effective user experiences.
  • Work samples demonstrating strategic thinking, systems design, and end-to-end problem solving across complex enterprise experiences.
  • Expertise in human-centered design, interaction design, information architecture, prototyping, and UX research methodologies.
  • Experience utilizing AI tools within the design process to enhance exploration, prototyping, and delivery.

Compensation

  • For New York, NY Only the salary range for this position is USD$215,000.00 - USD$275,000.00.

Benefits

  • Our clients, and the people they serve, are saving for retirement, paying for their children's educations, buying homes and starting businesses.
  • Partner closely with Product Management, Engineering, and business leaders to shape product vision from concept through delivery.
  • As a new joiner, you can count on this hybrid model to accelerate your learning and onboarding experience here at BlackRock.

Company info

  • At BlackRock, we are all connected by one mission: to help more and more people experience financial well-being.

Visa & Work Authorization

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