Head of Product Design

WHAT MAKES US, US

Join some of the most innovative thinkers in FinTech as we lead the evolution of financial technology. If you are an innovative, curious, collaborative person who embraces challenges and wants to grow, learn and pursue outcomes with our prestigious financial clients, say Hello to SimCorp! 

At its foundation, SimCorp is guided by our values — caring, customer success-driven, collaborative, curious, and courageous. Our people-centered organization focuses on skills development, relationship building, and client success. We take pride in cultivating an environment where all team members can grow, feel heard, valued, and empowered.

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WHY THIS ROLE IS IMPORTANT FOR US

The Head of Product Design is a senior executive leadership role responsible for defining and driving the strategic direction of design across SimCorp's entire product portfolio — serving Portfolio Managers, Traders, CIOs, Operations teams, and Risk professionals.

As chief steward of SimCorp's design language, you are critical to realizing the SimCorp ONE vision — transforming disconnected applications into a seamless, persona-centric platform that operates as a single system for institutional investment management. This role shapes the strategic vision, market positioning, and execution excellence that ensures SimCorp's user experience remains the benchmark the world's most sophisticated institutional investors depend on for mission-critical decisions.

As a member of the Product executive leadership team, you partner with Product Management, Engineering, Sales, and Client Success to translate institutional requirements into intuitive, scalable, and beautiful experiences that drive adoption, reduce operational risk, and reinforce SimCorp's competitive differentiation.

WHAT YOU WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR

Design Strategy & Market Leadership

• You define and own the strategic design vision for SimCorp's portfolio, translating client requirements, accessibility standards, and competitive dynamics into a prioritized roadmap that positions SimCorp ahead of market expectations.
• You identify opportunities where design innovation drives measurable business impact — improved adoption, reduced time-to-value, and strengthened competitive positioning.

Design Execution & Systems

• You drive exceptional design delivery by establishing principles, interaction patterns, and quality standards that enable designers to execute with precision across the full product lifecycle.
• You build and scale a world-class design system that ensures consistency while enabling rapid innovation and improving product velocity.

Customer Insight & External Engagement

• You establish user research infrastructure that informs enterprise decisions based on actionable user behavior, competitive intelligence, and institutional client feedback.
• You represent SimCorp's design vision to institutional clients and industry forums, ensuring deep user empathy shapes executive decision-making and long-term strategy.

Leading & Influencing People

• You build and scale a high-performing design organization, developing talent pipelines and cultivating a culture of excellence that attracts world-class designers.
• You operate as an extension of the executive team, providing strategic counsel on initiatives where design thinking shapes competitive positioning and resource allocation.

WHAT WE VALUE

Domain Expertise & Market Knowledge

• 15+ years of experience in product design leadership for institutional investment platforms, with demonstrated expertise in complex workflows, data visualization, or trading systems.
• Deep understanding of asset management workflows, asset classes, and regulatory requirements — and how design drives adoption, reduces operational risk, and creates competitive differentiation.

Design Leadership & Execution Excellence

• Demonstrated ability to define strategic vision, build organizational capabilities, and lead high-performing design teams across multiple business units while maintaining design excellence as a core capability.
• Demonstrated experience in building and scaling design systems that improve product velocity while maintaining quality across complex, data-dense enterprise platforms.

Strategic Communication & Executive Influence

• Proficient communication skills presenting design strategy to C-suite executives, institutional clients, board stakeholders, and industry forums with clarity and conviction.
• Ability to influence product strategy, engineering priorities, and business decisions through design thinking, user research, and user-centered advocacy.

BENEFITS

Attractive salary, bonus scheme, and pension are essential for any work agreement. However, in SimCorp we believe we can offer more. Therefore, in addition to the traditional benefit scheme, we provide a good work and life balance: flexible working hours and a hybrid model. And opportunities for professional development: there is never just only one route - we offer an individual approach to professional development to support the direction you want to take.

NEXT STEPS

Please send us your application in English via our career site as soon as possible, we process incoming applications continually. Please note that only applications sent through our system will be processed. At SimCorp, we recognize that bias can unintentionally occur in the recruitment process. To uphold fairness and equal opportunities for all applicants, we kindly ask you to exclude personal data such as photo, age, or any non-professional information from your application. Thank you for aiding us in our endeavor to mitigate biases in our recruitment process.

If you are interested in being a part of SimCorp but are not sure this role is suitable, submit your CV anyway. SimCorp is on an exciting growth journey, and our Talent Acquisition Team is ready to assist you discover the right role for you. The approximate time to consider your CV is three weeks.  

We are eager to continually improve our talent acquisition process and make everyone’s experience positive and valuable. Therefore, during the process we will ask you to provide your feedback, which is highly appreciated.

WHO WE ARE

For over 50 years, we have worked closely with investment and asset managers to become the world’s leading provider of integrated investment management solutions. We are 3,000+ colleagues with a broad range of nationalities, educations, professional experiences, ages, and backgrounds in general. 

SimCorp is an independent subsidiary of the Deutsche Börse Group. Following the recent merger with Axioma, we leverage the combined strength of our brands to provide an industry-leading, full, front-to-back offering for our clients. 

SimCorp is an equal opportunity employer and welcome applicants from all backgrounds, without regard to race, gender, age, disability, or any other protected status under applicable law. 

We are committed to building a culture where diverse perspectives and expertise are integrated into our everyday work. We believe in the continual growth and development of our employees, so that we can provide best-in-class solutions to our clients.

SimCorp USA welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available upon request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.

For New York City only: The salary range for this position is $284.000 - $427.000. Additionally, employees are eligible for an annual discretionary bonus, and benefits including health care, leave, and retirement plans. Your total compensation may vary based on role, location, department and individual performance.

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