You will lead a high-performing team of product and service designers that will ensure every interaction fits together to form a complete, coherent whole that reflects our brand, reinforces behavior, and reduces experience inefficiencies. The role will serve as the architectural authority across the Advisor experience, influencing at the executive level and enabling teams to deliver intentional experiences on a scale.
The Senior Director, Architect for Advisor Experience plays a critical strategic role in leading experiences that are connected across a complex ecosystem of the Advisor user journey. This role is a perfect fit for a leader with a strong and inclusive design POV, the ability to connect the dots, and the desire to bring out the best in others. This leader will lead the day-to-day design activities while also effectively working with senior partners across multiple lines of business on strategy, prioritization, and delivery of the Advisor experience. They will lead a talented team of product and service designers to power TIAA's Advisor experiences ensuring that every interaction fits together to form a complete, coherent whole that reflects our brand, reinforces behavior, and reduces experience inefficiencies.
Key Responsibilities and Duties- Lead a journey design team that partners with research, analytics, legal and compliance, product management and engineering teams to establish modern best practices for end-to-end advisor experience design and delivery.
- Develop and govern the architectural experience foundation for the advisor ecosystem. including flows, journey structures, interaction patterns, and navigational models to drive cohesion across platforms, channels, and cross functional teams.
- Define and advocate for an ambitious Advisor experience design vision that incorporates emerging technologies such as AI and follow through with a plan on how to deliver against it. See the big picture and understand how to set people up for success and create the most impact for the organization.
- Communicate ideas and concepts in a clear and compelling way to audiences of all levels of understanding and seniority in an organization. Work across a diverse group of stakeholders in a range of different functions and roles to drive towards shared outcomes.
- Collaborate and build relationships with a methodology that promotes flat, connected, and fast ways of resourceful collaboration.
- Lead and inspire a high-performing team of product and service designers, fostering a maker mindset that encourages iteration, experimentation, and a continuous drive to improve processes and outcomes.
- Negotiate with and influence decision-making at the senior executive level, building collaborative relationships across a diverse range of functions leading to shared outcomes and alignment around a broader end-to-end Advisor journey.
- Mentor and develop less-experienced team members modeling ownership and demonstrating that everyone is an owner through thoughts, actions, and behaviors. Actively get things done, raising the bar for performance, and taking accountability for your own actions.
- Work with the Design System team, Product, and Engineering to establish scalable Information Architecture systems and navigational models for Advisor experiences.
Educational Requirements- University (Degree) Preferred
Work Experience- 8+ Years Required; 10+ Years Preferred
Career Level10IC
Required Skills:- 8+ years of UX design and /or design management or leadership experience
- Background in enterprise experience design, Salesforce experience design, and mobile platform design in an Agile delivery model and a track record of shipping high impact products in a fast-moving and changing environment.
- Demonstrated working knowledge of or practice in Figma
- Successful track record of creative problem-solving across cross-functional partners to drive best-in-class thinking from all parts of the organization while owning and delivering all phases of the design process
- Demonstrated experience designing and contributing to a design system across an enterprise with an openness to partner and collaboration
- Proven leadership in structuring complex digital ecosystems, systems and service design
Related Skills
Accountability, Adaptability, Collaboration, Communication, Consultative Communication, Continuous Improvement Mindset, Creative Thinking, Critical Thinking, Innovation, Prototyping, Relationship Management, Test and Learn Mentality, User Experience Design
Anticipated Posting End Date:2026-07-15
Base Pay Range: $189,000/yr - $234,000/yr
Actual base salary may vary based upon, but not limited to, relevant experience, time in role, base salary of internal peers, prior performance, business sector, and geographic location. In addition to base salary, the competitive compensation package may include, depending on the role, participation in an incentive program linked to performance (for example, annual discretionary incentive programs, non-annual sales incentive plans, or other non-annual incentive plans).
Benefits and Total Rewards The organization is committed to making financial well-being possible for its clients, and is equally committed to the well-being of our associates. That's why we offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package designed to make a positive difference in the lives of our associates and their loved ones. Our benefits include a superior retirement program and highly competitive health, wellness and work life offerings that can help you achieve and maintain your best possible physical, emotional and financial well-being. To learn more about your benefits, please review our Benefits Summary.
