Job Title: Product Designer III
Experience: 46 Years
Location: Rajendra Place, Delhi
Position Type: Full-Time
About SMC
Started in 1990, SMC is a well-diversified financial services company operating across India and abroad, offering one-stop investment solutions in trading and investments.
At SMC, we believe in growing with our clients and creating lasting, valuable relationships. Our philosophy revolves around passion, partnership, and going the extra mile to make our clients and associates feel like family.
We offer advanced broking and investment services across equity, derivatives, currency, and commodity asset classes, along with financial analytics, mortgage advisory, investment banking, and executions in cash & future equities.
Key Responsibilities
- Own end-to-end design of complex featuresand product modules,from discovery and user research to post-launch optimization.
- Collaborate closely with Product Managers to define problem statements, shape PRDs, user journeys, and success metrics.
- Partner with engineering teams to balance design quality, technical feasibility, and performance constraints.
- Lead UX strategy across information architecture, interaction design, visual design, and micro-interactions.
- Design scalable, mobile-first, and responsive web experiences with strong platform consistency.
- Leverage AI-driven tools, data, and insights to improve user experience and internal design workflows.
- Define, evolve, and govern design systems to ensure consistency, scalability, and reusability across products.
- Conduct and analyse usability testing, user research, and behavioral data to inform design decisions.
- Ensure high-quality design handoff, review implementation, and actively participate in UAT and design QA.
- Mentor junior designers, review their work, and set quality benchmarks and best practices.
- Confidently present design solutions to senior leadership and stakeholders, clearly articulating design rationale.
Requirements
- 46 years of experience as a Product Designer / UX Designer / UI Designer working on real- world shipped products.
- Proven experience owning end-to-end product features in complex, high-impact digital products.
- Strong expertise in UX principles, interaction design, information architecture, and visual hierarchy.
- Advanced proficiency in Figma and strong working knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite (After Effects, Proto Pie, Principle, etc.).
- Hands-on experience collaborating with Product Managers, Engineers, and cross-functional stakeholders.
- Strong understanding of design systems, component-driven design and scalable UI frameworks.
- Ability to translate ambiguous business problems into clear, user-centric design solutions.
- Excellent communication, storytelling, and stakeholder management skills.
- Portfolio demonstrating end-to-end ownership of multiple shipped features across mobile and web.
Nice to Have
- Experience designing AI- or ML-driven user experiences.
- Strong understanding of accessibility standards (WCAG) and inclusive design practices.
- Experience with usability testing, experimentation, and data-informed design decisions.
- Prior experience in fintech, trading, or financial services products.
- Experience working in Agile or Scrum-based product teams.
What We Value
At SMC, we value designers who think holistically, own outcomes rather than just deliverables, and actively influence product direction.
As a Product Designer III, you will be a key design leader within the team helping elevate design maturity, mentoring others, strengthening collaboration with product and engineering teams, and ensuring our products are intuitive, scalable, accessible, and future-ready, with AI deeply integrated into our design approach.
Additional Notes
- Candidates with a Bachelor's degree in Design from any recognized design school will be preferred, but this is not mandatory.
- A strong portfolio is mandatory. The portfolio must include detailed case studies that clearly demonstrate problem-solving ability, design thinking, end-to-end ownership, and impact.
