[Hiring] Sr. Manager, Digital Design @Inspira Financial

Role Description

The Sr. Manager, Digital Design reports to the Sr. Director, Product Management and plays a key role in shaping and delivering client‑centric digital experiences across the organization’s portfolio of retirement and custody products. This role blends strategic design leadership with hands‑on execution—leveraging user experience (UX) research, modern design methods, and cross‑functional collaboration to create intuitive, elegant, and scalable digital solutions.

• Contributes to product vision and evolves design standards.
• Mentors designers and partners closely with Product, Technology, Marketing, and stakeholders.
• Translates complex business requirements and user insights into thoughtful designs, prototypes, and frameworks.

• Strategic Thinking: Help drive strategy by conducting product and competitive research while providing quick and clear value add to the business.
• Collaboration and Communication: Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to ensure effective coordination and integration of design efforts.
• User-Centric Design: Champion user-centered design principles and methodologies, conducting user research, testing, and feedback analysis.
• Quality Assurance: Implement design review processes to maintain high-quality standards.
• Stakeholder Management: Engage with key stakeholders to understand their needs and effectively communicate design strategies.
• Continuous Improvement: Stay updated with industry trends and best practices in design.
• Operational Excellence: Ensure workflow efficiency and alignment with Agile cycles.

People Leader Responsibilities:

• Manages a team of 3.
• Recruits, interviews, hires, and trains new staff.
• Oversees the daily workflow of the department.
• Evaluates employee performance, provides feedback, and conducts performance reviews.
• Identifies areas for development and creates plans to enhance team members' skills.
• Uniformly identifies high performers who consistently produce quality work.
• Removes barriers for the team, ensuring team members have all the tools and resources to execute.
• Addresses challenges and conflicts that arise within the team or projects.
• Cultivates relationships with clients, partners, and other departments to facilitate collaboration.
• Provides direction, guidance, and support to a team of employees.

Qualifications

• 7–10 years of digital product design experience.
• Experience in financial services preferred.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Graphic Design, UI/UX Design, Interactive Media, Human‑Centered Design, or related field.

• Proficiency in design tools (Figma, Sketch, InVision).
• Strong understanding of user‑centered design and usability.
• Experience conducting or collaborating in user research.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and maintain accuracy.

Requirements

• Typical schedule is [Monday–Friday, 8AM to 5PM CT; ability to work evening or weekend hours may be required during peak periods].
• Employees within a 90-minute radius of our Oak Brook, IL headquarters are required to adhere to Company in-office work guidelines of 4 days per month minimum from 10 am to 2 pm (1 of the 4 days must be a Monday or Friday).
• [Occasional/Frequent travel (up to 10%)].
• Ability to provide personal transportation for training or meetings may be required.
• Occasionally lifts up to 25 pounds.
• Prolonged periods of sitting and operating standard office equipment.

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