UX/UI Designer

Location: Remote (U.S. based)

Employment Type: Full-time

Reports to: VP of Product

About AscentAI

AscentAI builds intelligent software to help risk and compliance teams at financial institutions keep pace with ever-evolving global regulation. Our platform transforms complex regulatory information into clear, actionable insights enabling teams to reduce risk, increase efficiency, and stay ahead of change.

We’re a small, mission-driven company pushing the boundaries of machine learning, artificial intelligence, and human-in-the-loop systems to solve some of the hardest problems in regulatory compliance.

The Role

We’re looking for a UX/UI Designer to join our growing team. In this role, you’ll be responsible for the user experience and UI design of AscentAI’s global SaaS platform. You’ll collaborate closely with product and technical teams to conduct user research, design highly usable software products, and deliver best-in-class user experiences.

You’ll also serve as a user and UX/UI expert for stakeholders in product, engineering, data science, regulatory intelligence, sales, and customer support. This is a high-impact role with real ownership and visibility, offering the opportunity to influence product and business outcomes.

What You’ll Do

Identify target user groups and conduct user research to help identify, clarify, and understand user needs (functional, emotional, and behavioral)
Collaborate closely with product managers, engineers, and data scientists to design highly usable software solutions solving real customer needs
Manage UX/UI Design Discovery, utilizing current industry best practices and user testing methods
Produce design artifacts including wireframes, UI designs, and interactive mock-ups, and manage Design Discovery to test, validate, and iterate on product features, user journeys, interactions, and user-interfaces
Conduct design reviews with software engineering teams and provide UI specification and testing for all user-interface features
Work closely with product leadership to incorporate user research and validation into AscentAI’s product vision, strategy, roadmap, and development
Serve as an expert on user personas, needs, behaviors, motivations, and goals to product leadership and other stakeholders

Skills

Human-centered UX/UI design
Experience using industry tools to create UI designs and interactive mock-ups
Creative problem solving skills to provide solutions to user interface challenges
Analytical mindset and an ability to incorporate qualitative and quantitative data into decision making and recommendations
Multi-tasking and time management skills, with the ability to prioritize tasks and manage deliverables and timelines
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills to communicate ideas to product managers and software engineers
Attention to detail and mastery of information design

Experience

Minimum of 3-5 years hands-on experience in UX/UI design; demonstrated commercial success with emphasis on software products
Experience leading design projects, user research, and workshops
Experience with complex / technical business systems and an ability to strategically analyze how complex data and information can impact user experiences
Knowledge of human-centered designed, IDEO design thinking, SVPG’s “product operating model”, and/or modern agile software development practices is a strong plus
Understanding of or industry experience in Compliance, Risk and/or Legal is a plus
Experience with artificial intelligence and machine learning is a plus

Why Join Us?

A small, collaborative, and fast-moving team where your contributions will have an outsized impact
The chance to work on meaningful problems in regulatory technology
Remote-first culture with flexibility and autonomy
Recognition in the regtech space for our innovation and customer value

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