Job Description

About the client:

- Company Name: Kotak Neo

- Industries: Banking / Financial Services / Broking

- Company Type: Startup

- Funding Stage: Other

- Headquarter Location: Bangalore

- Nature of Offering: Product & Services

- Founding Year: 2021

- No of Employees: 51-200

Opportunity

The title itself is clear :-) We are seeking a visionary and strategic Head of Design to lead the design team for our digital customer front ends. As the Head of Design, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the user experience and visual identity of our platform, ensuring it stands out and makes customer\'s life easy. You\'ll lead and build a talented team of designers in crafting compelling and intuitive user experiences.

This role will lead the entire design function at Kotak Securities and will report to Head of Product.

What we\'re looking for

- Provide strategic leadership and vision for the design team, fostering a culture of creativity and excellence.

- Willingness to embrace failures and learn from them.

- Curiosity and passion for continuous learning and a receptiveness to candid feedback.

- High adaptability to change and being comfortable with ambiguity.

- Keen attention to detail, analytical prowess, and adept at managing multiple tasks in a dynamic setting.

- User Centric Design - Ability to conduct in-depth customer research, analyse feedback, and translate insights into actionable product strategies.

- Knowledge of industry best practices in user-centric design and iterative development.

- Excellent communication skills to convey product vision, priorities, and objectives to cross-functional teams and stakeholders, ensuring alignment and shared understanding.

- Prior experience of leading/being a key member of a high performance design team in B2C fintech/e-commerce/digital startup is preferred.

- 10-15 Yrs of experience. With a major part being in UI/UX design.

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