Senior Associate - Product Designer

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• Design end-to-end UI/UX for multiple analytical products, from early concept through polished, production-ready interfaces
• Partner closely with Business Product Owners to envision initial idea mapping, refine varying needs across multiple stakeholders through reviews and craft out intuitive, well-structured designs
• Create wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity mockups that make complex data — tables, charts, risk scores, and multi-variable comparisons — easy to scan, interpret, and act on
• Establish and maintain design consistency across a portfolio of products through shared patterns, components, and a scalable design system
• Conduct or participate in user research and usability testing with agency, marketing, underwriting and other insurance professionals to validate design decisions
• Collaborate with engineering to ensure designs are technically feasible and implemented with fidelity
• Use both qualitative feedback and quantitative product data to inform design rationale and prioritize improvements
• Present design work and rationale clearly to cross-functional stakeholders, including non-design partners in the business

• Experience designing for data-heavy, workflow-driven, or B2B/enterprise software — insurance, financial services, or other similar industries a strong plus
• A portfolio demonstrating strong UI craft alongside clear UX thinking, especially for dashboards, tables, or analytical interfaces
• Comfort working directly with non-design stakeholders (e.g., Business Product Owners, subject matter experts) to gather and interpret requirements
• Ability to manage design work across multiple products or workstreams at once
• Strong prototyping skills (Figma or equivalent) and familiarity with contributing to or working within a design system
• A collaborative approach to working with product managers and engineers throughout the development lifecycle
• Clear communication and product driven skills — able to explain design decisions and trade-offs to both design and non-design audiences
• Job Level: LEVELPF4
• Pay Transparency

• Overtime eligible: Exempt
• Discretionary bonus eligible: Yes
• Sales bonus eligible: No
• Actual base salary will be determined based on several factors but not limited to individual’s experience, skills, qualifications, and job location. Additionally, employees are eligible for an annual discretionary bonus. In addition to base salary, employees may also be eligible to participate in an incentive program.
• We provide a full package of benefits for employees – and have unique offerings for a modern workforce, including leave programs, adoption assistance, and student loan repayment programs. Based on feedback from our employees, we continue to refine and add benefits to our offering, so that you can flourish both inside and outside of work. Click here to discover more about our comprehensive benefit options or visit our NYL Benefits Site.