About the Role
Lead the design of service and touchpoint experiences within the Commercial Bank as a Senior Service Designer on the M&T Experience Design & Innovation team.
Responsibilities
- Lead team members dedicated to one or more opportunity spaces and connect to broader experience vision.
- Ideate and conceptualize service concepts aligned to strategies defined by product and workstream leads and provide recommendations for implementation.
- Lead cross-functional teams in design workshops using human-centered and design thinking methodologies.
- Perform user/customer research in partnership with the User Experience Research team.
- Translate user/customer insights into opportunity spaces for providing differentiating service experiences.
- Strategically choose and apply service design tools and methods (e.g., journey maps, service blueprints) that best fit the strategic outcomes of the program.
- Contribute example service design best practices for M&T Bank.
- Work closely with peers from Product, Process, Finance, Research, Analytics, and Technology.
- Communicate rationale to partners and collaborate with cross-functional peers.
- Adhere to applicable compliance/operational risk controls in accordance with Company or regulatory standards and policies.
- Promote an environment that supports belonging and reflects the M&T Bank brand.
- Maintain M&T internal control standards, including timely implementation of internal and external audit points together with any issues raised by external regulators as applicable.
- Complete other related duties as assigned.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Service Design, Human Computer Interaction, Strategic Design, or similar, and a minimum of 3 years relevant experience or in lieu of a degree, a combined minimum of 7 years education and/or relevant work/service design experience.
- Background in the design/user experience field, preferably demonstrated through an online portfolio.
- Experience creating service blueprints, illustrated journey maps, concept designs, service experience prototypes, empathy maps, and value proposition proposals to communicate ideas and designs.
- Hands-on experience designing for a variety of digital touchpoints and non-digital channels.
- Experience with conceptualization, ideation, and iterative prototyping, and with employing various methods to prototype service concepts such as staging and role-playing approaches.
- Ability to mentor and educate others on the value and principles of good experience design.
- Team player who is comfortable navigating ambiguity within a self-directed culture.
- Ability to establish strong working relationships with colleagues, clients, and key stakeholders.
- Experience conducting remote and in-person workshops; strong familiarity with supporting tools such as Miro and Webex.
- Proficiency in design and prototyping tools such as Adobe, Sketch, InVision, Figma or other similar tools used widely in the design community.
- Proficiency in industry best practices for digital and non-digital products and services.
- Experience with accessibility standards, cross-platform issues, mobile user interfaces and systems-thinking.
- Familiarity with design systems.
- Experience in financial services industry a plus.
- Consulting Experience is a plus.
Skills
- Service Design
- Human Computer Interaction
- Strategic Design
- Design Thinking
- User Research
- Journey Maps
- Service Blueprints
- Prototyping
- Adobe
- Sketch
- InVision
- Figma
- Miro
- Webex
- Accessibility Standards
- Systems-thinking
Location
- Buffalo, New York, United States of America
Work Type
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- Senior
- 3 years relevant experience
- 7 years combined education and/or relevant work/service design experience
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree in Service Design, Human Computer Interaction, Strategic Design, or similar
Salary/Compensations
- $85,800.00 - $143,000.00 Annual (USD)
About the Company
- The M&T Experience Design & Innovation team is a dedicated team of designers, developers, strategists, and leaders who believe in the transformative power of customer centricity.
- We believe that focus on craft and advocacy for the customer as truth are keys to building differentiated, innovative experiences.
- We lead by example — staying curious, doing the work, and challenging assumptions at every turn.
- We’re bold enough to believe that great design can exist at a bank, and that it can be a catalyst to bettering the lives of our customers and the communities we share with them.
- Our mission: Combine deep human understanding with the bank’s full suite of capabilities to provide personal, connected, and surprisingly simple banking experiences that help our customers achieve their financial goals.
