Clearwater Analytics

Lead UX Designer, Design Systems

Clearwater Analytics$120K — $150K *
Finance & Insurance
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 10+ years in product leadership roles within insurance, financial services, fintech, or data products.
  • Focus on Accounting, Investment Portfolio Data Aggregation, or Reporting is advantageous.
  • Proven track record of mentoring product teams.
  • Familiarity with regional regulatory challenges in the industry.
  • Strong emphasis on client success in decision-making processes.
  • Proficient in MS Office and Salesforce.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication abilities.

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand user needs and business requirements.
  • Engage in user research and evaluate feedback for design improvements.
  • Develop wireframes and prototypes to support user experience.
  • Present and iterate designs based on stakeholder feedback.
  • Maintain UX/UI guidelines through design documentation.
  • Review user interfaces to ensure adherence to UX/UI standards.
  • Advocate for user-centered design across the organization.

Benefits

  • Business casual atmosphere with flexible work options.
  • Innovative, team-centric company culture.
  • Access to advanced investment reporting technologies.
  • Career development opportunities with multiple pathways.
  • Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and life insurance coverage.
  • Generous maternity and paternity leave policies.
  • Paid Personal Time Off and Volunteer Time Off.
  • Stock options and a 401(k) plan with matching contributions.
  • Work remotely up to 3 weeks annually and enjoy work-from-home Fridays.
Full Job Description
Job Summary

Create an excellent end-user interaction and overall experience for users navigating our web-based applications and websites. This person seeks to improve the user experience by making their interactions simple, useful, scalable, accessible, and visually compelling.

Responsibilities:
• Work with Product Managers, Developers, Sales, Marketing, and Operations to understand user needs, project goals, and business requirements.
• Partner in user research studies and evaluation of user feedback.
• Create consistent, comprehensive, and functional wireframes or prototypes.
• Present designs to peers, stakeholders, and developers and iterate based on feedback.
• Design, write, communicate, and update UX/UI guidelines.
• Review UIs to verify that design and UX/UI guidelines were implemented correctly.
• Advocate for end users throughout the company.
• Recommend priority for fixing UX bugs.
• Exhibits extensive knowledge of user needs in CW's industry
• Creates usability plans for multiple efforts
• Sets target usability efforts across product lines
• Has significant network of industry connections
• Independently determines best approaches to solving problems
• Initiates conversations with required parties and proactively resolves issues across disciplines without requiring oversight
• Simplifies complex patterns
• Considers accessibility and browser compatibility when creating design and wireframes and ensures that the implementation meets these requirements

Requirements:
• 10+ years of experience in product leadership roles in insurance, financial services, financial technology or data products
• Experience with a focus on either Accounting, Aggregation of Investment Portfolio Data, Reporting or other complimentary solutions / services would be highly beneficial
• History of successfully mentoring a product / specialist team
• Knowledge of industry challenges such as regional regulations
• Demonstrated success of putting client success at the heart of your decisions
• MS Office and Salesforce
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills Strong ability to synthesize and communicate results of data analysis
• Strong organizational and interpersonal skills

What we offer:
• Business casual atmosphere in a flexible working environment
• Team-focused culture that promotes innovation and ownership
• Access cutting-edge investment reporting technology and expertise
• Defined and undefined career pathways, allowing you to grow your way
• Competitive medical, dental, vision, and life insurance benefits
• Maternity and paternity leave
• Personal Time Off and Volunteer Time Off to give back to the community
• RSUs, as well as an employee stock purchase plan and a 401 (k) with a match
• Work from anywhere 3 weeks out of the year
• Work from home Fridays

About Clearwater Analytics

Clearwater Analytics is a global SaaS solution for automated investment data aggregation, reconciliation, accounting, and reporting. Clearwater helps thousands of organizations make the most of investment portfolio data with cloud-native software and client-centric servicing. Every day, investment professionals worldwide trust Clearwater to deliver timely, validated investment data and in-depth reporting. Clearwater aggregates, reconciles, and reports on more than $5.5 trillion in assets across thousands of accounts daily for our Fortune 500 clients.
Learn more about Clearwater Analytics
Size
1,500 employees
Market Cap
$4.4 billion
Industry
NASDAQ

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