FCA
Finance / FinServ
LeadInteractionDesigner
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“Lead Interaction Designer at FCA. Skills: Interaction Design leadership, design system development, design standards, user-centered design principles. Oversee interaction design practice within a specialist user centred design team to increase organisational maturity across digital delivery. Develop, maintain and evolve the organisation’s design system, including interaction patterns, standards and reusable components”
Industry & Context.
Use data, user insight, design thinking and agile ways of working to solve problems, test ideas quickly, iterate what you do and embed a learning culture
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Demonstrated experience working as an Interaction Designer at a senior or leadership level, Delivering government digital services in line with Government Digital Services (GDS) standards, Experience of working in agile or multidisciplinary teams, Interaction Design leadership and interpersonal skills with the ability to motivate, lead and develop large diverse teams, Evidence of managing the development and implementation of shared design standards, including ownership of, or significant contribution to, a design system, Lead the FCA design community, supporting the professional growth of design practitioners and contributing to design improvements through analysis of user needs and usability issues, A highly strategic but pragmatic mindset, able to navigate a highly complex organisation and leverage insight to deliver usable, accessible digital services., Experience setting and assuring hypothesis-driven, inclusive, accessible design practices and standards across an organisation, You can share best practice and coach others, including those new to UCD approaches, Demonstrated ability to use a variety of prototyping methods at any fidelity and to understand how Interaction Design and other professions work together in practice, Use data, user insight, design thinking and agile ways of working to solve problems, test ideas quickly, iterate what you do and embed a learning culture
What You'll Do.
Oversee interaction design practice within a specialist user centred design team to increase organisational maturity across digital delivery
maintain and evolve the organisation’s design system
including interaction patterns
standards and reusable components
accessibility and quality across digital products and services through well‑defined interaction design standards
Provide interaction design support to multidisciplinary teams designing new digital products and services
Help users reach their goals by applying user-centered interaction design principles to complex services
Support emerging product teams through collaboration and hands‑on design input
Coordinate and grow the internal design community
promoting design practice and shared standards
Support the professional development of design practitioners while contributing to the organisation’s public service and regulatory mission
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Provide interaction design support to multidisciplinary teams designing new digital products and services; Support emerging product teams through collaboration and hands‑on design input; Coordinate and grow the internal design community, promoting design practice and shared standards
Full Job Description
**Job Title: Lead Interaction Designer** **Division:** Data, Technology and Innovation **Department** : Digital Delivery Hub * **Salary:** National (Edinburgh and Leeds) ranging from £74,900 to £91,500 and London from £82,300 to £100,700 per annum (salary offered will be based on skills and experience) * **This role is graded as:** Technical Specialist – Regulatory * **Your recruitment contact is** Benjamin via [email protected]. Applications must be submitted through our online portal. Applications sent via social media or email will not be accepted. **_About the FCA and team_** We regulate financial services firms in the UK, to keep financial markets fair, thriving and effective. By joining us, you’ll play a key part in protecting consumers, driving economic growth, and shaping the future of UK finance services. The Data, Technology and Innovation (DTI) division enables the FCA to be a digital-first, data-led smart regulator by delivering a secure, agile, and cost-effective technology and data ecosystem that drives better decisions, transparency, and operational efficiency. Sitting within DTI, the Digital Delivery Hub digitally transforms the FCA's regulatory services to efficiently meet the needs of all stakeholders. You will join the User Centred Design (UCD) Centre of Excellence leadership team within the Digital Delivery Hub (DDH). **_Role responsibilities_** * Oversee interaction design practice within a specialist user centred design team to increase organisational maturity across digital delivery * Develop, maintain and evolve the organisation’s design system, including interaction patterns, standards and reusable components * Ensure consistency, accessibility and quality across digital products and services through well‑defined interaction design standards * Provide interaction design support to multidisciplinary teams designing new digital products and services * Help users reach their goals by applying user-centered interaction design principles
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