Principal Experience Designer

WHY THIS ROLE IS IMPORTANT TO US

Experience Design transforms complex financial workflows into intuitive solutions that drive measurable business outcomes. We bridge sophisticated investment technology with the people who depend on it — portfolio managers, compliance officers, and analysts operating in high-stakes environments where precision and speed matter.

Our Global Experience Design team operates as a centralized center of excellence with distributed impact. We maintain unified standards and processes globally while embedding designers directly within product teams for deep collaboration and contextual expertise. This lets us stay consistent across SimCorp's product ecosystem while scaling expertise efficiently across markets and time zones.

As Principal Experience Designer, you will serve as the senior design authority for our most complex, strategic initiatives, influence design direction across multiple teams, and mentor senior designers.

At SimCorp, we support some of the largest financial institutions in the world to be successful by simplifying their investments, accounting and operations.

WHAT YOU WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR

• Lead design for SimCorp's most complex and strategic initiatives, contributing to the overall strategic vision and design craft excellence.
• Establish design patterns and standards adopted across the organization, and influence design system evolution and adoption.
• Drive innovation in financial technology user experience, influencing multiple products across the organization.
• Partner with senior product leadership on roadmap planning, and represent the design perspective in architectural and technical decisions.
• Act as a thought leader and subject matter expert in UX.
• Work closely with engineering leadership on technical feasibility, and collaborate with user research on strategic research initiatives.
• Partner with customer success to integrate user feedback, and present design vision to executive stakeholders.
• Work independently and cross-functionally with senior leadership.
• Mentor Lead and Senior Experience Designers, and contribute to hiring decisions for senior design roles.

WHAT WE VALUE

Most importantly, you can see yourself contributing and thriving in the position described above. How you gained the skills needed for doing that is less important. We expect you to be good at several of the following and be able to — and interested in — learn the rest.

• 8+ years of design experience, with deep expertise in enterprise software.
• Proven track record leading complex, multi-team design initiatives.
• Strong systems thinking and design pattern recognition.
• Ability to navigate between high-level strategy and detailed execution.
• Skill in translating complex financial concepts into clear, actionable interfaces.
• Experience getting the most from AI tools in crafting creative solutions.
• Experience mentoring senior designers and design leaders.
• Ability to facilitate cross-functional collaboration and drive stakeholder consensus.
• Self-directed and results-oriented, taking ownership of projects while contributing to our collective design practice.
• Experience with the fintech domain is a plus.

BENEFITS

Attractive salary and bonus scheme are essential for any work agreement. However, at SimCorp we believe we can offer more. Therefore, in addition to the traditional benefit scheme, we provide a good work and life balance: flexible working hours and a hybrid model - working from SimCorp's office two days a week. And opportunities for professional development: there is never only one route - we offer a personal approach to professional development to support the direction you want to take. Visit our career pages to learn more about working at SimCorp.

NEXT STEPS

Please send us your application in English via our career site as soon as possible, we process incoming applications continually. At SimCorp, we recognize that bias can unintentionally occur in the recruitment process. To uphold fairness and equal opportunities for all applicants, we kindly ask you to exclude personal data such as photo, age, or any non-professional information from your application. Thank you for aiding us in our endeavor to mitigate biases in our recruitment process. If you are interested in being a part of SimCorp but are not sure this role is suitable, submit your CV anyway.

SimCorp is on an exciting growth journey, and our Talent Acquisition Team is ready to assist you discover the right role for you. The approximate time to consider your CV is three weeks.

For New York City only: The salary range for this position is $160,000 - $241,000 USD. Additionally, employees are eligible for an annual discretionary bonus, and benefits including health care, leave, and retirement plans. Your total compensation may vary based on role, location, department and individual performance.

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