UX Architect Lead

Job Description

Duties & Responsibilities

UX Architect Lead – Fintech | Cape Town/Johannesburg | Hybrid

Join a newly established digital first Fintech business within a bigger Group,
on a mission to democratize financial advice and solutions for everyone across the African continent.

The core function of this role is to design experience strategies and information architecture that support and guide product design and delivery teams in ensuring consistent and seamless experiences across the business that deliver on companies CX’s vision.

Our ideal candidate has:

5+ years’ experience in UX Architect, UX design, UX strategy, UX research,
Digital product creation and strategy, Service and interaction design.
Extensive experience in conducting research in emerging markets, related to the behaviours and use of digital services
Extensive experience in the creation of digital financial services and products
Exposure to and experience in the use of emerging financial technologies and innovation in the financial services space Advantageous: Product ownership/management experience

Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in Interaction Design, Multimedia design, Human-Computer
Interaction (HCI), User Experience Design, or a related field.
Advantageous: UXPM Level 1 Certification

Knowledge:

Information architecture
UX design
UX research
Digital product strategy
Product design