Senior Product Designer (contract)
BNY Mellon
New York, NY$84 - $105 an hourContract
Job Description
At BNY, our culture allows us to run our company better and enables you to grow and succeed. As a leading global financial services company at the heart of the global financial system, we influence nearly 20% of the world’s investible assets. Every day, our teams harness cutting-edge AI and breakthrough technologies to collaborate with clients, driving transformative solutions that redefine industries and uplift communities worldwide.
Recognized as a top destination for innovators and champions of inclusion, BNY is where bold ideas meet advanced technology and exceptional talent. Together, we power the future of finance – and this is what #LifeAtBNY is all about. Join us and be part of something extraordinary.
Job Summary
BNY is seeking an experienced Product Designer to lead the strategy and design of one of our most critical enterprise financial products. This role requires a highly skilled designer who excels at defining and designing complex systems, bringing creativity, strategic insight, and user-centered thinking to deliver impactful user experiences.
The role is based in New York, NY, with an expectation of 3+ days onsite per week for local candidates.
Key Responsibilities
• User-Centered Design Leadership: Drive a user-first approach to product design, ensuring all solutions are grounded in user research, behavioral insights, and real-world needs. Create intuitive, seamless experiences for complex enterprise systems.
• Journey Mapping & Systems Thinking: Map and analyze end-to-end user journeys across customers, operations teams, servicing groups, and systems. Identify pain points and opportunities, aligning cross-functional teams around a shared product vision.
• Interaction & UI Design Excellence: Design sophisticated web interfaces and workflows for complex platforms. Develop intuitive layouts, navigation models, and interaction patterns. Leverage animation and micro-interactions to simplify complex tasks and enhance usability.
• Strategic Product Collaboration: Partner with product managers, engineers, enterprise product owners (EPOs), leadership teams, sales, and stakeholders across lines of business to translate business objectives into scalable design solutions that align with technical and regulatory constraints.
• Design System Contribution: Contribute to and evolve a global design system to ensure visual consistency and reusable workflow patterns across products and platforms.
• Complex Systems Design: Apply deep understanding of enterprise and resiliency-focused systems to distill intricate requirements into clear, user-friendly design frameworks.
• Stakeholder Communication & Storytelling: Present design concepts and rationale clearly to diverse audiences, including leadership and client-facing stakeholders. Use storytelling to drive alignment and support product adoption both internally and externally.
• Mentorship & Team Leadership: Guide junior designers, provide constructive feedback, and elevate overall design standards. Foster a collaborative, innovative team culture focused on continuous improvement.
• Design Tool Proficiency: Create high-fidelity wireframes, prototypes, and mockups using Figma and Miro. Clearly communicate interaction models, flows, and UI specifications to development teams.
Qualifications
• 7+ years of product design experience, ideally within fintech or highly regulated industry
• Advanced proficiency in Figma, Miro, and Jira
• Experience planning and mapping user flows, journeys, and identifying research opportunities
• Experience contributing to global design systems
• Strong ability to collaborate cross-functionally with engineering, product, sales, and executive stakeholders
• Exceptional communication and presentation skills
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Design, Human Behavior, or related field
A portfolio is required for consideration. Portfolio should demonstrate complex system design, journey mapping, interaction design, and user-centered thinking. A Figma link with view access is acceptable.
Preferred Experience
• Experience designing resiliency or enterprise-level platforms
• Exposure to AI-driven product experiences or AI design tools
• Strong presentation and storytelling capabilities
Why Join Us
This role offers the opportunity to shape the experience of a critical enterprise resiliency product within a highly visible and collaborative environment. The Product Designer will influence product strategy, partner with cross-functional leadership, and contribute to meaningful innovation across platforms and lines of business.
At BNY, our culture speaks for itself, check out the latest BNY news at:
BNY Newsroom
BNY LinkedIn
Here’s a few of our recent awards:
America’s Most Innovative Companies, Fortune, 2025
World’s Most Admired Companies, Fortune 2025
“Most Just Companies”, Just Capital and CNBC, 2025
Pay Rate Range
84 - 105 USD hourly
Additional Notes
Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis.
This posting is for a contract assignment with Tundra Technical Solutions to provide services to Bank of New York (BNY). Please note that this is not a full-time employment opportunity. Candidates selected for this role will be engaged as contractors for the specified duration of the project. For any inquiries regarding the terms of the contract or engagement, please contact Tundra Technical Solutions directly.
Benefits Information
Optional benefits offering include medical, dental, vision and retirement benefits via Tundra Technical Solutions.
Recognized as a top destination for innovators and champions of inclusion, BNY is where bold ideas meet advanced technology and exceptional talent. Together, we power the future of finance – and this is what #LifeAtBNY is all about. Join us and be part of something extraordinary.
Job Summary
BNY is seeking an experienced Product Designer to lead the strategy and design of one of our most critical enterprise financial products. This role requires a highly skilled designer who excels at defining and designing complex systems, bringing creativity, strategic insight, and user-centered thinking to deliver impactful user experiences.
The role is based in New York, NY, with an expectation of 3+ days onsite per week for local candidates.
Key Responsibilities
• User-Centered Design Leadership: Drive a user-first approach to product design, ensuring all solutions are grounded in user research, behavioral insights, and real-world needs. Create intuitive, seamless experiences for complex enterprise systems.
• Journey Mapping & Systems Thinking: Map and analyze end-to-end user journeys across customers, operations teams, servicing groups, and systems. Identify pain points and opportunities, aligning cross-functional teams around a shared product vision.
• Interaction & UI Design Excellence: Design sophisticated web interfaces and workflows for complex platforms. Develop intuitive layouts, navigation models, and interaction patterns. Leverage animation and micro-interactions to simplify complex tasks and enhance usability.
• Strategic Product Collaboration: Partner with product managers, engineers, enterprise product owners (EPOs), leadership teams, sales, and stakeholders across lines of business to translate business objectives into scalable design solutions that align with technical and regulatory constraints.
• Design System Contribution: Contribute to and evolve a global design system to ensure visual consistency and reusable workflow patterns across products and platforms.
• Complex Systems Design: Apply deep understanding of enterprise and resiliency-focused systems to distill intricate requirements into clear, user-friendly design frameworks.
• Stakeholder Communication & Storytelling: Present design concepts and rationale clearly to diverse audiences, including leadership and client-facing stakeholders. Use storytelling to drive alignment and support product adoption both internally and externally.
• Mentorship & Team Leadership: Guide junior designers, provide constructive feedback, and elevate overall design standards. Foster a collaborative, innovative team culture focused on continuous improvement.
• Design Tool Proficiency: Create high-fidelity wireframes, prototypes, and mockups using Figma and Miro. Clearly communicate interaction models, flows, and UI specifications to development teams.
Qualifications
• 7+ years of product design experience, ideally within fintech or highly regulated industry
• Advanced proficiency in Figma, Miro, and Jira
• Experience planning and mapping user flows, journeys, and identifying research opportunities
• Experience contributing to global design systems
• Strong ability to collaborate cross-functionally with engineering, product, sales, and executive stakeholders
• Exceptional communication and presentation skills
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Design, Human Behavior, or related field
A portfolio is required for consideration. Portfolio should demonstrate complex system design, journey mapping, interaction design, and user-centered thinking. A Figma link with view access is acceptable.
Preferred Experience
• Experience designing resiliency or enterprise-level platforms
• Exposure to AI-driven product experiences or AI design tools
• Strong presentation and storytelling capabilities
Why Join Us
This role offers the opportunity to shape the experience of a critical enterprise resiliency product within a highly visible and collaborative environment. The Product Designer will influence product strategy, partner with cross-functional leadership, and contribute to meaningful innovation across platforms and lines of business.
At BNY, our culture speaks for itself, check out the latest BNY news at:
BNY Newsroom
BNY LinkedIn
Here’s a few of our recent awards:
America’s Most Innovative Companies, Fortune, 2025
World’s Most Admired Companies, Fortune 2025
“Most Just Companies”, Just Capital and CNBC, 2025
Pay Rate Range
84 - 105 USD hourly
Additional Notes
Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis.
This posting is for a contract assignment with Tundra Technical Solutions to provide services to Bank of New York (BNY). Please note that this is not a full-time employment opportunity. Candidates selected for this role will be engaged as contractors for the specified duration of the project. For any inquiries regarding the terms of the contract or engagement, please contact Tundra Technical Solutions directly.
Benefits Information
Optional benefits offering include medical, dental, vision and retirement benefits via Tundra Technical Solutions.