Lead UX/UI Designer – Private Banking - Hybrid in Edinburgh

Job description

Lead UX/UI Designer - Private Banking

We are seeking a Lead UX Designer to help shape our next-generation digital banking platforms and elevate the experience of our high-net-worth clients across web and mobile channels. If you're passionate about crafting elegant, intuitive, and secure user experiences in a highly regulated, high-stakes environment—this is the opportunity for you.

Your Role

As Lead UX Designer, you will:

• Own the end-to-end UX design process for our private banking digital services.
• Lead and mentor a team of UX/UI designers, ensuring design consistency, quality, and innovation.
• Collaborate closely with product managers, developers, data analysts, and compliance teams to define and execute design strategies.
• Conduct user research with affluent clients and relationship managers to uncover needs, pain points, and opportunities.
• Translate complex financial workflows into intuitive, accessible, and elegant user interfaces.
• Advocate for design thinking and a user-centered mindset across the organization.
• Create and maintain UX frameworks, design systems, and documentation aligned with brand and accessibility standards.

What You Bring

• 7+ years of UX design experience, including 2+ years in a lead or senior role.
• Proven success designing digital products in financial services—preferably private banking, wealth management, or fintech.
• Strong portfolio showcasing complex UX challenges and user-centric solutions.
• Deep understanding of design thinking, user research, wireframing, prototyping, and usability testing.
• Familiarity with security, compliance, and accessibility standards in the financial sector.
• Excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Proficiency with tools such as Figma, Sketch, InVision, or similar.

Extra information

Status

Open

Education Level

Secondary School

Location

Edinburgh

Type of Contract

Part-time jobs

Published at

09-09-2025

Profession type

Design / Fashion

Full UK/EU driving license preferred

No

Car Preferred

No

Must be eligible to work in the EU

No

Cover Letter Required

No

Languages

English