The UX and Human Factors Design (VP) is an IC role significantly contributing to the research, analysis, and design of digital products and systems. User Experience partners with Product and Technology colleagues to create innovative and intuitive digital products that deliver best-in-class user experience and usability to our clients, both internally and externally. We undertake a wide spectrum of activities, from discovery and research, through definition, ideation, and design, to the management of design systems and the delivery of interactive prototypes and high-fidelity designs to our development partners.
The UX Design Group’s primary goal is to research and design products and solutions that are streamlined, intuitive, consistent, accessible, great-looking, and easy-to-use, which perfectly suit (or even anticipate) our clients’ needs.
Core Expertise: Proven, hands-on experience designing for high-risk, high-volume console operations (e.g., Security Operations Centers, Network Operations Centers, financial trading platforms, or similar command-and-control environments).
Skills:
- Mastery of real-time data visualization, complex alert management, and workflow orchestration.
- Deep understanding of human factors, cognitive psychology, and decision science, particularly as they apply to high-stress, high-stakes situations.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to articulate and defend design decisions to senior leadership.
Mindset: You are a pragmatic systems-thinker, resilient under pressure, and obsessed with the details that separate a good user experience from a great one. Ability to think and design beyond the design system.
Responsibilities:
- Lead meetings with users, clients, product sponsors and technology to understand project requirements
- Plan and perform UX research, define IA, user journeys, and create personas
- Identify metrics and data that can support decision-making, guide tech partners where needed to add necessary metrics
- Work closely with users, stakeholders, business analysts, product managers and development teams to brainstorm and co-create ideas, approaches, and solutions
- Perform relevant testing to validate and inform design decisions
- Create wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity designs using specialist tools such as Figma and AI-assisted tool sets.
- Apply a positive and constructive attitude to all feedback
- Use and contribute to the approved design system
- Contribute to design standards and best practices
- Perform detailed handover to development teams, ensuring they have all they need to implement the designs
- Provide ongoing support to development, with regular UX review checkpoints ensuring quality and spec are as designed
- Keep up to date with the latest UX practices, innovations, and tools
- Ensure all designs comply with ADA/WCAG standards for accessibility
- Deliver on-time, identifying and managing risks to ensure timelines are met, and escalating where needed
- Help to train, support, and develop junior team members
- Confidently challenge substandard work by other team members, and provide coaching and guidance to resolve
- Contribute to the wider UX community of practice
- Identify and articulate design and technical conflicts between colleagues and/or local stakeholders and help to resolve these.
- Promote the value of UX within the wider organization
- Appropriately assess risk when business decisions are made, demonstrating particular consideration for the firm's reputation and safeguarding Citigroup, its clients and assets, by driving compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations, adhering to Policy, applying sound ethical judgment regarding personal behavior, conduct and business practices, and escalating, managing and reporting control issues with transparency.
Qualifications:
- 6+ years of relevant experience
- Strong attention to detail & analytical skills
- Significant experience on complex, enterprise-scale design projects
- Excellent communication and presentation skills
- Excellent skills in professional design tools e.g., Sketch, Figma, AdobeXD, Axure, InVision etc.
- Experience in using/creating design systems
- Experience using design systems
- Keen interest in, or knowledge of, banking or finance
- HTML/CSS Development Skills Participation in external UX groups or communities
Education:
- Bachelor’s/University degree, Master’s degree preferred
- At least one formal UX Qualification
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Job Family Group: Technology------------------------------------------------------
Job Family:Digital Design Engineering------------------------------------------------------
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Primary Location:New York New York United States------------------------------------------------------
Primary Location Full Time Salary Range:$157,040.00 - $235,560.00
In addition to salary, Citi’s offerings may also include, for eligible employees, discretionary and formulaic incentive and retention awards. Citi offers competitive employee benefits, including: medical, dental & vision coverage; 401(k); life, accident, and disability insurance; and wellness programs. Citi also offers paid time off packages, including planned time off (vacation), unplanned time off (sick leave), and paid holidays. For additional information regarding Citi employee benefits, please visit citibenefits.com. Available offerings may vary by jurisdiction, job level, and date of hire.
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Other Relevant Skills For complementary skills, please see above and/or contact the recruiter.------------------------------------------------------
Anticipated Posting Close Date:Oct 21, 2026------------------------------------------------------
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Skills Required
- 6+ years of relevant experience
- Significant experience with complex, enterprise-scale design projects
- Hands-on experience designing for high-risk, high-volume console operations
- Experience with real-time data visualization, complex alert management, and workflow orchestration
- Strong understanding of human factors, cognitive psychology, and decision science
- Excellent communication and presentation skills
- Strong attention to detail and analytical skills
- Professional design tool experience, including Sketch, Figma, Adobe XD, Axure, or InVision
- Experience using or creating design systems
- HTML and CSS development skills
- Knowledge of or interest in banking or finance
- Participation in external UX groups or communities
- Bachelor's or university degree
- Master's degree
- At least one formal UX qualification
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