Morgan Stanley at Work, UX Designer – Vice President

Lead the end-to-end UX strategy and execution for workplace financial solutions, translating complex financial concepts into intuitive digital workflows. Partner with cross-functional teams to define product roadmaps and mentor designers to maintain high standards of design craft.

Responsibilities

• Lead UX strategy and execution for one or more high-impact product areas within MS At Work, from discovery through delivery and iteration
• Translate complex financial/operational concepts into clear, usable workflows and interaction models
• Partner with Product Management to shape roadmaps, define problem statements, and set measurable experience outcomes
• Drive high-quality design craft: information architecture, interaction design, prototyping, and design specifications
• Establish and maintain UX standards, patterns, and governance in partnership with the Design System team
• Champion user-centered practices: research intake, hypothesis development, usability testing, and evidence-based decisioning
• Collaborate with Engineering to ensure feasibility, design intent, and build quality; support implementation reviews
• Ensure experiences meet accessibility standards (e.g., WCAG) and align with brand guidelines
• Mentor and coach designers (and potentially manage a small team, depending on org needs); raise the bar on craft and execution
• Communicate effectively to senior stakeholders—presenting rationale, tradeoffs, and recommended paths forward

Requirements

• 9.5 Years of comparable experience from work and higher education
• Experience in financial services, workplace benefits, equity compensation, or regulated environments
• Experience with authenticated account experiences, onboarding, permissions/roles, and data-heavy dashboards
• Familiarity with analytics-driven UX, experimentation (A/B testing), and funnel optimization
• People management experience (or strong mentorship track record) and experience scaling UX practices
• An outstanding portfolio that demonstrates how you have created experiences that solved business and user needs
• 5-7 years of experience as a UX designer as a key contributor to the success of products that have launched
• Mastery of strategic, hard, and soft UX skills
• Bachelor's degree in design or related field; master’s degree is a plus
• Fluency in Figma
• Ability to fully utilize and work with less skilled designers

Benefits

• At Morgan Stanley, we raise, manage and allocate capital for our clients – helping them reach their goals
• Our values - putting clients first, doing the right thing, leading with exceptional ideas, committing to diversity and inclusion, and giving back - aren’t just beliefs, they guide the decisions we make every day to do what's best for our clients, communities and more than 80,000 employees in 1,200 offices across 42 countries
• Our teams are relentless collaborators and creative thinkers, fueled by their diverse backgrounds and experiences
• We are proud to support our employees and their families at every point along their work-life journey, offering some of the most attractive and comprehensive employee benefits and perks in the industry

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