TIAA

Sr. Conversation Designer

TIAA$126K — $177K *
Consumer Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of conversation design, content strategy, UX writing, or related field experience required
  • Familiarity with GenAI and LLM-powered chatbots and conversation design tools (e.g., Figma, Dialogflow)
  • Ability to create conversation flows and prompt libraries
  • Understanding of natural language processing concepts and conversation design principles
  • Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams including product, engineering, and legal

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with teams to develop clear and concise conversational content
  • Conduct content audits and gap analyses to align with best practices
  • Enhance consistency and clarity across user experiences with UX design
  • Analyze audience needs and preferences for effective content delivery
  • Plan, write, and present conversational flows and dialogues for mobile/web
  • Identify issues in user experiences and improve ease of use
  • Create consistent messaging that highlights TIAA products and services
  • Conduct interviews to define user intents for conversational contexts

Benefits

  • Comprehensive Total Rewards package supporting associates and their families
  • Superior retirement program
  • Highly competitive health and wellness offerings
  • Work-life balance initiatives
  • Commitment to employee physical, emotional, and financial well-being
Full Job Description
In this role, you will support our conversational AI design initiatives, developing frameworks and dialogue flows that enhance how we engage with clients and participants. You'll contribute to AI conversation design guidelines and best practices, collaborate with product development teams on AI assistant capabilities, work cross-functionally to enhance conversational experiences, and play a key role in shaping TIAA's AI-powered conversational interfaces. The Senior Conversation Design role is responsible for helping to shape and craft simple, approachable, and straightforward language, hierarchy, and voice & tone for our digital experiences. In partnership with designers, product owners, and technologists, this position plays a critical role in shaping our end-to-end experiences to guide, inform and educate our clients to make the best choices for their future financial security, supporting our participants to and through their retirement. Key Responsibilities and Duties • Collaborate with design, product, development, and marketing teams to develop clear and concise conversational content to reach business goals and TIAA's internal and external audiences. • Conduct content audits and content gap analyses to ensure that user experiences are consistent and in line with industry's best practices and enterprise needs. • Collaborate with UX design and content strategy to build consistency and clarity across experiences. • Work with research to analyze audience needs, preferences, objectives, and methods. Study and understand how participants and B2B audiences consume content to plan for retirement. • Plan, write and present conversational flows, dialogue, and intent-level prompts for existing and emerging mobile and web experiences, including user intent mapping, happy paths, edge cases, and fallback strategies. • Identify and help solve problems in new and existing user experiences to ensure ease of use in a complex, fast-paced, deadline-driven financial environment. • Create consistent, on-brand messaging that clearly articulates the benefits of TIAA products and services, while streamlining operational tasks for internal and external audiences. • Conduct SME interviews to identify and define user intents across conversational experiences. • Test conversational interactions, monitor live performance, and iterate on intent recognition and response quality. Educational Requirements • University (Degree) Preferred Work Experience • 5+ Years Required; 7+ Years Preferred Career Level 8IC Required Skills: • 5+ years of conversation design, content strategy, content design and/or UX writing experience • Knowledge of how GenAI- and LLM-powered chatbots that use prompt stacking work, as well as experience with conversation design tools (e.g., Figma, Dialogflow, Voiceflow, Lex, or similar) • Demonstrated ability to create conversation flows, dialogue patterns, prompt libraries. • Understanding of natural language processing (NLP) concepts and conversation design principles • Knowledge of AI assistant capabilities, limitations, and best practices • Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams including product, development, engineering, legal, and compliance Related Skills Accountability, Adaptability, Collaboration, Communication, Consultative Communication, Continuous Improvement Mindset, Creative Thinking, Critical Thinking, Innovation, Prototyping, Relationship Management, Test & Learn Mentality, User Experience Design Anticipated Posting End Date: 2026-07-15 Base Pay Range: $126,000/yr - $177,000/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.

About TIAA

TIAA is a financial services company that specializes in providing retirement plans, IRAs, mutual funds, and life insurance. The company is dedicated to helping those who teach, heal, and serve to achieve financial well-being. TIAA was founded in 1918 and headquartered in New York, United States.

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