Innovation Product Designer

Overview

Join Barclays as Innovation Product Designer
, where you’ll be responsible for using your design skills to explore creative product territories, leverage design thinking to drive innovation, envisage future products and customer experiences, and develop new-to-market propositions and digital products that are unique and differentiated. You’ll challenge the status quo putting the customer at the heart of design decisions, leverage emerging technologies, and ensure that user-centered design is at the core of every decision.

To be successful in this role, you should have:

• User-Centered Design & Research: A deep understanding of user research methodologies, insight generation, and validation techniques to create exceptional customer experiences, including new AI solutions for rapid testing.
• Iterative Prototyping & Implementation:
  Strong ability to translate ideas into wireframes, prototypes, and refined solutions through iterative design and testing, collaborating closely with researchers and developers.
• Innovation Expertise:
  Experience designing and launching groundbreaking digital products and propositions. A creative mindset with the ability to disrupt traditional approaches and introduce new ideas.

Some other highly valued skills may include:

• Technology Literacy & Innovation:
  Strong grasp of digital platforms, AI, and emerging technologies, with the ability to apply them strategically to drive product innovation.
• Adaptability & Continuous Learning: A flexible mindset to navigate fast-changing market conditions, fintech disruption, and technological advancements.
• Communication & Stakeholder Influence:
  Ability to effectively collaborate and influence across senior executives, business leaders, and external stakeholders, using compelling storytelling and strong negotiation skills.

You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills

The successful candidate will be based in Glasgow
.

Purpose of the role

To collaborate, nurture and drive group innovation with internal and external stakeholders to ensure the bank stays at the forefront of innovation and adapts to the rapidly changing landscape in financial services and increasing customer expectations.

• Collaboration with a range of stakeholders to develop a portfolio of open innovation and strategic initiatives through experimentation, co-creation, access to innovative technology capabilities, products and services and a global innovation ecosystem.
• Development and delivery of frameworks, ideation, training and tools to build a culture of innovation and knowledge sharing to enable new and creative ideas/solutions that deliver on the bank’s strategy.
• Provision of a global platform and curated ecosystem of partners to inform strategy, drive connectivity and new insights.
• Development of the strategic capabilities and programmes for the bank to deliver on its strategy, supporting the exploration, evaluation and execution of innovation and investment opportunities.
• Management and coordination between external stakeholders/partners and the bank, to successfully deliver joint projects and initiatives.
• Deliver thought leadership and insights to inform strategic decision making and organisational readiness, in conjunction with regular research, identifying emerging technologies and trends.
• Development and management of key metrics including key partnerships, innovation initiatives and impact through regular assessments to calculate the return on investment and identify any potential risks and issues.

• To advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development and take responsibility for operational effectiveness. Collaborate closely with other functions/business divisions.
• Lead a team performing complex tasks, using well developed professional knowledge and skills to deliver on work that impacts the whole business function. Set objectives and coach employees in pursuit of those objectives, appraisal of…