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SimCorp · 1 day ago

Head of Product Design

New York

Full-time

Hybrid

Director/Executive

15+ years exp

SimCorp is a leading provider of integrated investment management solutions, dedicated to innovation in FinTech. The Head of Product Design is a senior executive role responsible for defining and driving the strategic design direction across SimCorp's product portfolio, ensuring a seamless user experience for institutional investors.

Financial ServicesFinTechSoftware

Work & Life Balance

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

You define and own the strategic design vision for SimCorp's portfolio, translating client requirements, accessibility standards, and competitive dynamics into a prioritized roadmap that positions SimCorp ahead of market expectations

You identify opportunities where design innovation drives measurable business impact — improved adoption, reduced time-to-value, and strengthened competitive positioning

You drive exceptional design delivery by establishing principles, interaction patterns, and quality standards that enable designers to execute with precision across the full product lifecycle

You build and scale a world-class design system that ensures consistency while enabling rapid innovation and improving product velocity

You establish user research infrastructure that informs enterprise decisions based on actionable user behavior, competitive intelligence, and institutional client feedback

You represent SimCorp's design vision to institutional clients and industry forums, ensuring deep user empathy shapes executive decision-making and long-term strategy

You build and scale a high-performing design organization, developing talent pipelines and cultivating a culture of excellence that attracts world-class designers

You operate as an extension of the executive team, providing strategic counsel on initiatives where design thinking shapes competitive positioning and resource allocation

Qualification

Product design leadershipDesign strategyDesign systemsUser researchMarket knowledgeCommunication skillsTeam leadership

Required

15+ years of experience in product design leadership for institutional investment platforms, with demonstrated expertise in complex workflows, data visualization, or trading systems

Deep understanding of asset management workflows, asset classes, and regulatory requirements — and how design drives adoption, reduces operational risk, and creates competitive differentiation

Demonstrated ability to define strategic vision, build organizational capabilities, and lead high-performing design teams across multiple business units while maintaining design excellence as a core capability

Demonstrated experience in building and scaling design systems that improve product velocity while maintaining quality across complex, data-dense enterprise platforms

Proficient communication skills presenting design strategy to C-suite executives, institutional clients, board stakeholders, and industry forums with clarity and conviction

Ability to influence product strategy, engineering priorities, and business decisions through design thinking, user research, and user-centered advocacy

Benefits

Annual discretionary bonus

Health care

Leave

Retirement plans

Company

SimCorp

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SimCorp is a provider of investment management software solutions and services for the global financial industry.

Founded in 1971

Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, DNK

1001-5000 employees

http://www.simcorp.com

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