Design Architect

**About the company**: Upstox is one of India's leading Fin-Tech companies with a mission to simplify trading & investing to make it easily accessible to the masses. We aim to enable everyone, from new investors to seasoned traders, to invest across multiple categories with our
**state-of-the-art trade & investment platform** and
**commission-free pricing**. We offer numerous asset categories to invest in, like Stocks, Digital Gold, IPOs, Mutual Funds, and more. By focusing on our customers’ needs and equipping them with personalised yet powerful tools, we witnessed a steep growth of 800% in our customer base from
**25 Thousand** in 2017 to
**2 Lakh** in 2019. With 1500% growth in 2020, currently, over
**3 million** customers trust us with their investment decisions, thus setting us on the course to become an industry-leader in the country. Our mission is simple - to break down the complexities of investing and make it more effortless, accessible, affordable, and easy for the masses to adopt. This key principle when infused with intuitive design and leading-edge technology will help us empower every Indian to take control of their investments. RKSV Securities was founded by Ravi Kumar and Shrinivas Viswanath in
**2009 **and was soon graced by Kavitha Subramanian as the third co-founder in
**2016**. Backed by Ratan Tata, Upstox had raised
**$4 million **in Series A funding in early
**2016** that was led by Kalaari Capital. The
**Series B** funding round scaled multifold and witnessed an investment of
**$25 million** by US-based investment firm - Tiger Global Management in
**September 2019.** We have a team of highly skilled technology and finance professionals, and are currently looking for highly motivated field experts to be part of our high-energy team.We are scaling our design teams across all verticals (UX, UI, Research) to deliverproducts aligned with our customer's needs and innovate on their behalf. If you getexcited about transforming complex technical & financial problems into simplecustomer-friendly solutions, then you will love being part of the Upstox family. Ourdesign team is headed by Mr. Divye Bokdia.

**Role : Design Architect**

As a design Architect, you will be setting the vision, process, and direction for themultidisciplinary team of UX designers, researchers, content strategists, and UI designers. In this role, you will be thinking big to focus on the long-term strategy and plan for the product. You willmake sure that the design function is well integrated within the product developmentprocess and is not an afterthought.

**Responsibilities**:

- You will be the champion of the consumer experience and will collaborate closelywith Product Management, Engineering, and Design teams to deliver high-qualityproducts.
- Drive collaboration and a design vision across the company to build alignment onpriorities leading to product design and execution
- The building, managing, and evangelising a design system for a cross-platformproduct. Identify and articulate new design patterns suitable across the product
- Attract, retain, and develop top talent to build a diverse team across multiplelocations
- Oversee timelines and deliverables, define OKR and goals for the team andindividuals
- Provide guidance, direction, and mentorship to the team and create an inclusiveenvironment where everyone can do their best work and growth
- Be highly adaptable in an ever-changing startup environment

**Required Skills and Experience**:

- 10+ years as a professional UX Designer, Interaction Designer, or equivalentexperience
- Bachelor's or Master’s degree in design, human factors, HCI, or a relateddiscipline
- Experience growing dynamic teams of designers, researchers, and writers.
- Solid understanding of user-centered design process and interaction designprinciples
- Business knowledge and ability to see the big picture of UX impact on Productand Users.
- Has a track record of influencing the direction of the product and delivering ahigh-quality product
- Good understanding of B2C and B2B domain
- Effectively worked with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality results
- Excellent written and verbal skills to communicate with stakeholders and seniorleadership
- An online portfolio that demonstrates your design thinking, approach to theproblem, and design deliverables like conceptual models, navigation and userflows, information design, and mock-ups