VP, UX Design

Your Team Responsibilities

We’re seeking a VP of UX Design to lead the vision and execution of transformative experiences for the GP Solutions segment within MSCI’s Private Assets business. This senior individual contributor role blends hands-on design with strategic influence, shaping next-generation solutions including AI-led product design. You’ll collaborate closely with cross-functional partners and the wider UX design team—ensuring alignment, breaking silos, and driving cohesive outcomes—while guiding product direction through your expertise.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the full product design lifecycle—from discovery and ideation through delivery and iteration—ensuring intuitive, cohesive, and scalable experiences.

• Design innovative interaction models for complex and AI-driven features, with a focus on usability, trust, transparency, and end-user value.

• Act as a thought partner to product, engineering, and business leaders—shaping requirements, influencing priorities, and aligning roadmaps through design expertise.

• Actively break silos by fostering collaboration across functions, ensuring user needs remain central in decision-making and execution.

• Deliver high-fidelity UI and UX assets, including dashboards, data visualizations, prototypes, and user flows that reflect both design precision and strategic intent.

• Contribute in agile sprints, guiding implementation with clear design specifications while ensuring quality execution.

• Mentor and inspire junior designers, modeling best practices in design thinking, problem-solving, and user advocacy.

• Advance and evolve design standards and systems that elevate consistency, usability, and innovation across Private Assets products.

Qualifications:

• 12+ years of experience applying user-centered design methodologies, with expertise in complex product ecosystems; experience with AI-driven design strongly preferred.

• Mastery of design tools such as Figma and Fig Jam; experience with AI design tools (e.g., Figma Make, Lovable) a plus.

• Strong portfolio demonstrating advanced UI design, and the ability to deliver both hands-on execution and strategic direction.

• Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders, align cross-functional teams, and mentor junior designers to raise the bar on design excellence.

• Well-versed in Agile product design practices and the software development lifecycle (SDLC), with experience integrating design seamlessly into iterative delivery models.

• Can direct self and others in both planning and structuring the work, and executing on expected levels of quality.

• Experience in designing for financial services or payments solutions a plus.

What we offer you

• Salary range: $148,000 - $192,000 /year plus eligible for annual bonus.

• Transparent compensation schemes and comprehensive employee benefits, tailored to your location, ensuring your financial security, health, and overall wellbeing.

• Flexible working arrangements, advanced technology, and collaborative work spaces.

• A culture of high performance and innovation where we experiment with new ideas and take responsibility for achieving results.

• A global network of talented colleagues, who inspire, support, and share their expertise to innovate and deliver for our clients.

• Global Orientation program to kickstart your journey, followed by access to our Learning@MSCI platform, Linked In Learning Pro and tailored learning opportunities for ongoing skills development.

• Multi-directional career paths that offer professional growth and development through new challenges, internal mobility and expanded roles.

• We actively nurture an environment that builds a sense of inclusion belonging and connection, including eight Employee Resource Groups. All Abilities, Asian Support Network, Black Leadership Network, Climate Action Network, Hola! MSCI, Pride & Allies, Women in Tech, and Women’s Leadership Forum.

At MSCI we are passionate about what we do, and we are inspired by our purpose – to power better investment decisions. You’ll be part of an industry-leading network of creative, curious, and entrepreneurial pioneers. This is a space where you…