Marcus by Goldman Sachs, Product Designer, Associate, London London · United Kingdom · Associate

Goldman Sachs; City of London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global investment firm is seeking a Product Designer to lead design initiatives that focus on user needs across mobile and web platforms. This role involves collaborating with various teams to promote user-centered design principles and improving design standards. The ideal candidate has extensive experience in product design, particularly within regulated environments like retail banking, and strong communication skills. Competitive compensation and career development opportunities are offered.

Benefits

Training and development opportunities

Diversity and inclusion programs

Wellness and personal finance offerings

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in Product Design best practices.
• Strong understanding of responsive design.
• Experience in regulated environments, especially in retail banking.
• Experience or understanding of UX writing.

Responsibilities

• Lead design initiatives across mobile and web.
• Collaborate closely with Product & Engineering.
• Use data and insights to inform design decisions.
• Champion opportunities for user research.

Skills

Product Design expertise

Mobile-first design

Strong communication

User-centred design (UCD)

Critical thinking

Job description

Marcus by Goldman Sachs – Product Designer, Associate – London

Marcus by Goldman Sachs, Product Designer, Associate, London location_on London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom

OUR IMPACT

Marcus by Goldman Sachs

The firm’s direct-to-consumer business, Marcus by Goldman Sachs, combines the entrepreneurial spirit of a start‑up with more than 150 years of experience. Today, we help over 800k customers with their savings goals, leveraging innovative design, data, engineering to provide customers with products that are grounded in value, transparency, and simplicity.

YOUR IMPACT

Marcus by Goldman Sachs is looking to strengthen our Product Design capability in our London HQ. We have an exciting opportunity for the right person to come in and help expand the capabilities of our Design team as we focus on Growth, crafting seamless experiences. Our customer journeys predominantly take place over web and mobile – but all touch points are important, and we’d like someone to lead the thinking around consistency, usability and customer delight.

In this role you will be responsible for partnering with key teams across the business including Operations, Engineering, Product Owners, Marketing and Legal & Compliance (to name a few) to explore the many different approaches to solve end‑user problems.

We also work closely with our marketing teams and would like someone who has experience within that area to help, push our brand to be Consumer friendly. We want you to be owner and take responsibility for your work. This is not for you, if you are relying on others to push your work through.

Responsibilities

• Lead design initiatives across mobile and web focusing on user needs whilst aligning with our core business objectives
• Own your work
• Collaborate closely with Product & Engineering
• Work with our Design system and the wider team to develop it within our Consumer Brand across mobile, web and native app
• Champion opportunities to for user research
• Work with our US Marcus colleagues, and other key personnel across our division to influence and improve Design standards
• Bring innovative thinking to the way we work and the way customers and agents interact with our products
• Use data and insights to inform design decisions
• Collaborate with our Research and Analytics teams to identify improvements using a data‑driven approach. Use these findings to drive design improvements
• You may also collaborate with Marketing to review output from our agencies

REQUIREMENTS

• A seasoned Product Design practitioner with extensive experience in using best practices to design solutions, and a deep understanding of mobile‑first and responsive design.
• Experience designing and delivering designs optimized for a wide range of devices and interfaces
• Experience of working in a regulated environment and having to balance operational, regulatory and efficiency demands whilst still shipping products with outstanding design features. Ideally within retail banking.
• Strong communication skills to discuss design processes, ideas, and solutions clearly and effectively to stakeholders, whether that be visual storytelling or your presenting style – how you communicate your ideas is as important as your designs
• Experience/understanding with UX writing - preferred, but not essential
• Great experience of thinking critically about Design processes and influencing how we work with business stakeholders, Product Owners and Engineers
• Clear understanding of the importance of user‑centred design and design thinking
• A solid grasp of user‑centred design (UCD), planning and conducting user research, user testing, A/B testing, usability, and accessibility concerns.
• Be passionate about resolving user pain points through great design

ABOUT GOLDMAN SACHS

At Goldman Sachs, we commit our people, capital and ideas to help our clients, shareholders and the communities we serve to grow. Founded in 1869, we are a leading global investment banking, securities and investment management firm. Headquartered in New York, we maintain offices around the world.

We believe who you are makes you better at what you do. We're committed to fostering and advancing diversity and inclusion in our own workplace and beyond by ensuring every individual within our firm has a number of opportunities to grow professionally and personally, from our training and development opportunities and firmwide networks to benefits, wellness and personal finance offerings and mindfulness programs. Learn more about our culture, benefits, and people at GS.com/careers.

Goldman Sachs is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, age, veterans status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.