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Senior Associate, UX Product Designer

New York Life 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States of America

Hybrid $100,000 - $130,000 Full-time Senior

The UX Product Designer will lead the design strategy and execution for the NYL360 digital experience, collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver customer-centered, compliant, and high-performing workflows. This role involves hands-on design, mentoring junior designers, and integrating AI-driven features to enhance user efficiency and trust.

Responsibilities

  • UX design delivery in an agile sprint cadence
  • Lead design pod focused on the NYL360 experience
  • Partner with Product Managers and Engineers to shape the roadmap and sprint plans
  • Translate customer and business problems into clear experience outcomes, user stories, and acceptance criteria
  • Deliver designs ahead of development
  • Support teams through build
  • Own the NYL360 experience end-to-end
  • Design for clarity and trust in complex, regulated flows
  • Partner with Content Strategy, Legal/Compliance, and Accessibility to ensure designs are accurate, inclusive, and production-ready

Requirements

  • Portfolio required
  • 6+ years of digital product design experience
  • 2+ years leading or mentoring designers
  • Strong experience designing complex, workflow-driven products
  • Experience working closely with engineers in an agile sprint environment
  • Strong command of human-centered design, interaction design, visual design, and UX writing collaboration

Benefits

  • Full package of benefits
  • Leave programs
  • Adoption assistance
  • Student loan repayment programs
  • 401(k) matching
  • Paid time off
  • Training & development

Key Skills

Human-centered design Interaction design Visual design UX writing collaboration Figma Modern prototyping tools Collaborative whiteboarding tools Accessibility standards (WCAG) Inclusive design practices Agile sprint environment Cross-functional collaboration Communication Presentation Storytelling Design systems Design thinking User research Usability testing A/B testing Prototyping Wireframing Design QA

About New York Life

For over 180 years, we’ve helped turn your biggest dreams into milestones that last a lifetime. As a mutual company we hold ourselves to the highest standards of transparency, objectivity, and integrity. We’re committed to improving local communities through a culture of giving and volunteerism, supported by our own New York Life Foundation. Join a company that values development, career growth, collaboration, innovation, and diversity & inclusion. Through various resources and programs, you can grow your career while developing personally and professionally. Your life. New York Life. More powerful, togetherᵀᴹ. Insurance • Investments • Retirement • Advisory Services New York Life is an Equal Opportunity Employer - M/F/Veteran/Disability/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity Investments are offered through NYLIFE Securities LLC (Member FINRA/SIPC), a Licensed Insurance Agency. Advisory services are offered through Eagle Strategies LLC, a Registered Investment Adviser. NYLIFE Securit

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