Job Description Purpose of the role To manage product development UX and set the strategic direction. Provide support to the bank's senior management team, and to manage product development risk across the organisation.  Accountabilities • Development of strategic direction for product development UX, including the implementation of up to date methodologies and processes. • Management of product development UX initiatives, including oversight of colleagues and their performance, implementation of departmental goals and objectives, oversight of department efficiency and effectiveness.  . • Relationship management of product development UX stakeholders, including identifying relevant stakeholders, and maintenance of the quality of external third party services. • Development and implementation of policies and procedures for product development UX. • Management of product development UX risk, including identification of potential risks, development of strategies to mitigate those risks, and maintenance of alignment between the bank’s product development UX and compliance functions.  . • Monitoring the financial performance of the product development UX department, including revenue, profitability, and cost control. • Conducting thorough market research to understand market trends, competitive landscape, and regulatory changes to identify market opportunities. Vice President Expectations • To contribute or set strategy, drive requirements and make recommendations for change. Plan resources, budgets, and policies; manage and maintain policies/ processes; deliver continuous improvements and escalate breaches of policies/procedures.. • If managing a team, they define jobs and responsibilities, planning for the department’s future needs and operations, counselling employees on performance and contributing to employee pay decisions/changes. They may also lead a number of specialists to influence the operations of a department, in alignment with strategic as well as tactical priorities, while balancing short and long term goals and ensuring that budgets and schedules meet corporate requirements.. • If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: L – Listen and be authentic, E – Energise and inspire, A – Align across the enterprise, D – Develop others.. • OR for an individual contributor, they will be a subject matter expert within own discipline and will guide technical direction. They will lead collaborative, multi-year assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will train, guide and coach less experienced specialists and provide information affecting long term profits, organisational risks and strategic decisions.. • Advise key stakeholders, including functional leadership teams and senior management on functional and cross functional areas of impact and alignment. • Manage and mitigate risks through assessment, in support of the control and governance agenda. • Demonstrate leadership and accountability for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work your team does. • Demonstrate comprehensive understanding of the organisation functions to contribute to achieving the goals of the business. • Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategies. • Create solutions based on sophisticated analytical thought comparing and selecting complex alternatives. In-depth analysis with interpretative thinking will be required to define problems and develop innovative solutions. • Adopt and include the outcomes of extensive research in problem solving processes. • Seek out, build and maintain trusting relationships and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders in order to accomplish key business objectives, using influencing and negotiating skills to achieve outcomes. All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship – our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge and Drive – the operating manual for how we behave. Join us as a Mobile IN - VP UX Designer at Barclays, where you will spearhead the evolution of our infrastructure and deployment pipelines, driving innovation and operational excellence. You will harness cutting-edge technology to build and manage robust, scalable and secure infrastructure, ensuring seamless delivery of our digital solutions.     To be successful as a Mobile IN - VP UX Designer, you should have experience with: • Conceptualization, design and implementation of user-centric digital banking products and experiences, ensuring alignment with customer needs, industry best practices and business objectives. Monitoring impact of design post launch through relevant CX metrics.   • Collaboration with cross-functional teams including product managers, developers, business analysts to translate business requirements into compelling user experiences. Efficiently communicate design rationale and advocate for user-centered design principles. Advocate and champion Design Principles within the organization.   • Development of interactive prototypes and wireframes to visualize design concepts and validate solutions. Iterate designs based on feedback, incorporating changing technical and business requirements and user feedback.   • Evaluation of the technical feasibility, legal compliance, and potential risks associated with the development and launch of the new product. Securing governance oversite and providing design assurance.  • User research, usability testing and data analysis to gather insights in user behavior, preferences and pain points. Utilize findings to inform design decisions and enhance the over user experience and translate these into commercial and customer outcomes.  • Stay abreast of emerging trends, technologies and design tools within the fintech and banking industry. Proactively identify opportunities for innovation and improvement in product design processes, tools and methodologies.    Some other highly valued skills may include: • To advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development and take responsibility for operational effectiveness. Collaborate closely with other functions/ business divisions.  • Lead a team performing complex tasks, using well developed professional knowledge and skills to deliver on work that impacts the whole business function. Set objectives and coach employees in pursuit of those objectives, appraisal of performance relative to objectives and determination of reward outcomes. • Consult on complex issues; providing advice to People Leaders to support the resolution of escalated issues.  • Identify ways to mitigate risk and developing new policies/procedures in support of the control and governance agenda.  • Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work done.  • Perform work that is closely related to that of other areas, which requires understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organization sub-function.  • Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategy.  • Engage in complex analysis of data from multiple sources of information, internal and external sources such as procedures and practices (in other areas, teams, companies, etc).to solve problems creatively and effectively.  • Communicate complex information. 'Complex' information could include sensitive information or information that is difficult to communicate because of its content or its audience.  • Influence or convince stakeholders to achieve outcomes.    You may be assessed on key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.   This role is based in Bangalore.