User Experience (UX) Lead, VP - Marketing

Blackstone is the world’s largest alternative asset manager. We seek to create positive economic impact and long-term value for our investors, the companies we invest in, and the communities in which we work. We do this by using extraordinary people and flexible capital to help companies solve problems. Our $1.1 trillion in assets under management include investment vehicles focused on private equity, real estate, public debt and equity, infrastructure, life sciences, growth equity, opportunistic, non-investment grade credit, real assets and secondary funds, all on a global basis. Further information is available at www.blackstone.com. Follow @blackstone on LinkedIn, X, and Instagram. The Role: A User Experience Designer who demonstrates strategic and creative thinking. Collaborates with Project Managers, Copywriters, Designers, Marketers and Tech Leads to develop innovative engaging experiences across a wide breadth of channels and devices (web, mobile, native applications). This individual shows the ability to define business opportunities and translate insights into consumer-facing experiences. Applies user- and customer-centered design principles to their process while designing complex interaction systems. Will be responsible for managing the quality of design throughout all project phases. Will need to confidently and professionally present work to stakeholders and clients. This is a senior leadership role where you will manage a team of visual designers, experiential designers and other specialists while working closely with marketing, product, and business teams to ensure experience consistency across all touchpoints. Reporting to the Global Head of Design, this role requires a leader who can inspire creativity and collaborate across departments to deliver results that align with both business and brand goals. Responsibilities: Lead multi-disciplinary teams in creating best-in-class user experience across a variety of projects with multiple client stakeholders Drive a collaborative approach across stakeholder groups, including educating and bringing along non-UX stakeholders throughout process Demonstrate UX leadership with a strong point of view and the ability to eloquently inspire and educate the firm Assess competitive landscape and understand industry patterns and trends Identify and pursue opportunities to improve design strategy and user objectives Produce and deliver wireframes, sitemaps, flows, decks, prototypes, use cases, journeys and personas (in low and high fidelity) Strong experience with prototyping tools to concept, test, and communicate solutions Guide project team developing the experiential solution architecture with best practices and subject matter expertise Qualifications: 10+ years of experience in creative leadership roles, with at least 5 years in a senior creative position, ideally within financial services, fintech, or other regulated B2B industries Natural leader with experience setting performance measures, m...