Experience Designer Lead Senior--Digital Investing

Job Profile

Position Overview

You can play a critical role in the success of PNC as a member of our Retail Bank Operations team. You’ll help drive crucial behind-the-scenes functions for many lines of business. This includes essential items such as managing the cash needs of our branch and ATM networks, protecting the bank from potential fraud, and identifying ways to continually improve our processes. If you’re ready for exciting new challenges in your career, bring your passion and expertise to PNC.
At PNC, our people are our greatest differentiator and competitive advantage in the markets we serve. We are all united in delivering the best experience for our customers. We work together each day to foster an inclusive workplace culture where all of our employees feel respected, valued and have an opportunity to contribute to the company’s success. As an Experience Designer Lead Senior within PNC's Digital organization, you will be based in Cleveland, OH; Pittsburgh, PA; Laredo, TX; McAllen, TX; Birmingham, AL; Tampa, FL; Columbus, OH; Houston, TX; Harlingen, TX; Phoenix, AZ.
Responsibilities require time in the office or in the field on a regular basis. Some responsibilities may be performed remotely, at the manager’s discretion
At PNC, you’ll build digital solutions that help people achieve their financial goals so they can focus on everything else life brings. You'll be a key player in shaping product design and strategy by collaborating with experience designers, agile development teams, and core product team members. You’ll use a strong, critical voice to deliver engaging, consistent, and accessible experiences to our audiences.
We are looking for an Experience Designer Lead Senior to join PNC Bank and our Digital Investing team. As an Experience Designer Lead Senior in the Digital Investing space, you’ll lead a pod of designers aligned with product and development crews in an agile framework, to create and enhance our customer experiences. Working across multiple projects, you’ll collaborate with the team to align across products, channels and business lines. Transparency, high engagement, and collaboration are important dynamics you’ll be expected to bring to the team.
In this role, you will:
· Balance design strategy with hands-on execution to ensure alignment with business objectives and user needs across multiple product areas
· Identify problems and goals, map user flows, and prototype interactions
· Promote relationships across teams, through shared roadmaps and a unified vision for customer-focused outcomes; guide and mentor designers by creating design objectives, goals and delivery timelines
· Design frameworks, systems, and components that aim to deliver consistent UX across a range of user touchpoints
· Apply your UI and UX skills to an established product
· Drive continuity between UX prototypes and end-user experience; monitor and review development execution and design approvals
· Support user observation, research, and analysis to understand the challenges of our customers
· Use quantitative and qualitative data to inform design decisions
We think you could be successful if you:
· Are a natural leader and an excellent communicator, able to present design ideas and explain your thought process in a large team environment
· Advocate for users and inspire a culture of design thinking
· Manage and deliver details for multiple projects and deadlines
· Believe iteration is the best path to improvement and can adapt quickly to change
· Take initiative and act on opportunities for improvement
Preferred qualifications:
· Experience with finance and investment features is a plus
· Experience with Figma is a plus
· An online portfolio that demonstrates strong experience in creating end-to end solutions through ideation, user research, wireframing, and design iteration

Job Description

• Influences the process and transforms most complex tasks into intuitive, accessible and easy-to-use designs through the entire experience lifecycle, from the first-time user to the expert.
• Develops and recommends the discovery techniques of customer and business needs through contextual inquiries, and generative and quantitative research. Uncovers customer latent needs and creates vision to meet those needs.
• Drives and establishes the design direction and strategy. Leads others to execute visual, information, interaction and service design elements of the initiative that meets business and customer needs and delights customers. Communicates the initiative and product to others, including senior management, through user journeys, storyboards, prototypes, wireframes and other materials.
• Sets the direction for usability of new and existing products, makes adjustments to align with shifting customer expectations.
• Develops research methods and strategies, conduct studies, and present findings that will inform improvements in the customer experience.
• Coaches and mentors junior staff; Assists management team in training new staff.

PNC Employees take pride in our reputation and to continue building upon that we expect our employees to be:

• Customer Focused - Knowledgeable of the values and practices that align customer needs and satisfaction as primary considerations in all business decisions and able to leverage that information in creating customized customer solutions.
• Managing Risk - Assessing and effectively managing all of the risks associated with their business objectives and activities to ensure they adhere to and support PNC's Enterprise Risk Management Framework.

Qualifications

Successful candidates must demonstrate appropriate knowledge, skills, and abilities for a role. Listed below are skills, competencies, work experience, education, and required certifications/licensures needed to be successful in this position.

Preferred SkillsAgile Web Development, Business Requirements Documentation (BRD), Digital User Experience, IT Architecture, JavaScript, Wireframing

CompetenciesBusiness Analytics, Creativity, Design Thinking, Effective Communications, Graphic Visualization, Group Facilitation, Product Development Life Cycle, Requirements Analysis, Solutions Development, User Experience Design, User Interface Design

Work ExperienceRoles at this level typically require a university / college degree. Higher level education such as a Masters degree, PhD, or certifications is desirable. Industry relevant experience is typically 8+ years. Specific certifications are often required. In lieu of a degree, a comparable combination of education, job specific certification(s), and experience (including military service) may be considered.

EducationBachelors

CertificationsNo Required Certification(s)

LicensesNo Required License(s)

Benefits

PNC offers a comprehensive range of benefits to help meet your needs now and in the future. Depending on your eligibility, options for full-time employees include: medical/prescription drug coverage (with a Health Savings Account feature), dental and vision options; employee and spouse/child life insurance; short and long-term disability protection; 401(k) with PNC match, pension and stock purchase plans; dependent care reimbursement account; back-up child/elder care; adoption, surrogacy, and doula reimbursement; educational assistance, including select programs fully paid; a robust wellness program with financial incentives.

In addition, PNC generally provides the following paid time off, depending on your eligibility: maternity and/or parental leave; up to 11 paid holidays each year; 8 occasional absence days each year, unless otherwise required by law; between 15 to 25 vacation days each year, depending on career level; and years of service.

To learn more about these and other programs, including benefits for full time and part-time employees, visit Your PNC Total Rewards.

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