Lead Product Design

Headquartered in Toronto, Canada, with more than 85,000 employees in offices around the world, The Toronto-Dominion Bank and its subsidiaries are collectively known as TD Bank Group (TD). TD offers a full range of financial products and services more than 25 million customers worldwide through three key business lines:

· Canadian Retail includingTD Canada Trust, Business Banking, TD Auto Finance (Canada), TD Wealth (Canada), TD Direct InvestingandTD Insurance

· U.S. Retail including TD Bank, America’s Most Convenient Bank, TD Auto Finance (U.S.), TD Wealth (U.S.) and TD’s investment in TD Ameritrade

· Wholesale Banking including TD Securities

TD Securities offers a wide range of capital markets products and services to corporate, government, and institutional clients who choose us for our innovation, execution, and experience.

With more than 6,500 professionals operating out of 40 cities across the globe, we help clients meet their needs today and prepare for tomorrow. Our services include underwriting and distributing new issues, providing trusted advice and industry-leading insight, extending access to global markets, and delivering integrated transaction banking solutions. In 2023, we acquired Cowen Inc., offering our clients access to a premier U.S. equities business and highly-diverse equity research franchise, while growing our strong, diversified investment bank.

We are growth-oriented, people-focused, and community-minded. As a team, we work to deliver value for our clients every day.

Position Overview

This is an opportunity to influence strategic technology solutions in the Global Transaction Banking space. The successful candidate will be responsible for taking charge of the full end-to-end UX process, from research and ideation to prototyping, testing, and implementation. Your expertise will be instrumental in delivering seamless and intuitive user journeys for global transaction banking services This is a unique opportunity to work on cutting-edge platforms to solve problems of scale and speed.

Role Description

Collaborate closely with product managers, developers, and stakeholders to gather insights, understand user needs, and define design strategies that align with business objectives.

Establish and maintain a comprehensive design system that encompasses UX and UI standards, ensuring consistency, efficiency, and scalability across platforms and products.

Advocate for user-centred design principles, championing the importance of user research and usability testing in the design process to validate and refine design decisions.

Extensive experience in collaborating with design and development teams to drive the adoption of the products/platforms.

Stay informed about the latest industry trends and emerging technologies, identifying opportunities to incorporate cutting-edge innovations into our design processes

Candidate Requirements

To thrive in this role, you should possess the following qualifications and skills:

Extensive experience in UX/UI design, with a strong track record of leading and delivering successful projects, ideally within the financial or banking sector.

Proficiency in design tools such as Figma, Axure or Sketch along with prototyping tools to efficiently execute design processes.

A track record of continuously improving and evolving design systems over time. Your experience in identifying opportunities for enhancement and adapting the design system to meet changing user needs and industry trends will be vital in keeping it at the forefront of innovation.

Solid understanding and implementation of design systems to ensure consistency and streamline design workflows.

Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills, enabling you to effectively convey design concepts and decisions to stakeholders and senior management.

Strong leadership qualities with a collaborative mindset, capable of inspiring and guiding a team of designers to reach their full potential.

Creative problem-solving abilities, with a focus on delivering user-centric solutions that exceed expectations and drive business impact.

Other

If you are passionate about user-centric design and possess a keen eye for detail, we invite you to apply and become an integral part of our journey.

Shared Commitments

Executives promote adherence to TDBG’s vision and purpose to be the better bank, and enrich the lives of customers, communities and colleagues. As part of the general management of their function, Executives are accountable to deliver against TD's five shared commitments:

Think like a customer; provide legendary experiences and trusted advice

Act like an owner; lead with integrity to drive business results and contribute to communities

Execute with speed and impact; only take risks we can understand and manage

Innovate with purpose; simplify the way we work

Develop our colleagues; embrace diversity and respect one another

At TD, we are committed to fostering an inclusive, accessible environment, where all employees and customers feel valued, respected and supported. We are dedicated to building a workforce that reflects the diversity of our customers and communities in which we live and serve. If you require an accommodation for the recruitment/interview process (including alternate formats of materials, or accessible meeting rooms or other accommodation), please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs.

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