JPMorgan Design Systems Lead - Vice President 

United States, Texas, Plano 

464559401

As a Vice President Lead Designer focused in Design Systems for Consumer Bank, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the user experience across our products and services. Leveraging your deep knowledge of design and research practices to lead strategically important initiatives and develop innovative solutions that align with business requirements and user needs. As a subject matter expert, collaborate with cross-functional teams, guide, and mentor junior designers, and foster a culture of inclusivity and accessibility. Your expertise in experience strategy and inclusive design will ensure that our offerings are not only visually appealing but also accessible and user-friendly, enhancing the overall customer experience.

Job responsibilities

• Be a leader in the definition and curation of shared design and experiences across all our digital products
• Plan and oversee the work of members of your team
• Contribute to high performing teams through the development of self and others, emphasizing continuous learning and growth
• Prioritize work based on needs, impact, and available resources
• Understand and communicate macro business objectives and how they apply to your team’s work
• Partner with designers, developers, and product owners to apply and evolve our design system
• Develop thinking through wireframes, visual studies, motion studies, prototypes
• Present and communicate work and recommendations to the larger design organization
• Ensure our design patterns maintain the highest of quality standards
• Build relationships with other design leads and key stakeholders to drive adoption of our design system
• Identify opportunities to increase the consistency of our customer and employee experience

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Bachelor’s degree in relevant field, plus 5 or more years of design experience
• Prior work on design system strongly preferred
• Ability to synthesize complex, interdependent, and sometimes competing needs
• Excellent time management skills and the ability to be self-directed
• Must be capable of independent decision-making to achieve a shared team goal
• Ability to work closely with other disciplines to understand design context
• Ability to deliver solutions (research findings, design concepts, content) and participate in critique process to improve design acceptance
• Understand the technical limitations and liberties behind your decisions and be able to communicate your ideas to product and technology partners
• Be adept in the design of both web and mobile experiences
• Possess critical thinking through iteration and design review

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Design leadership or managerial experience
• Experience with Figma and Salesforce Lightning Design System
• Experience building relationships with other design leads and key stakeholders