Sr. UI/UX Designer

Job Description
Position:Senior UX Designer
Location: Plano, TX (Hybrid - Minimum 3 days/week onsite at Toyota Financial Services office)
Experience: 12-20 Years
Employment Type: Full-Time
Position Overview
We are seeking a Senior UX Designer who can lead the design of customer-facing digital experiences from concept through delivery. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys building products, design systems, and UX frameworks from the ground up while collaborating across business and technology organizations.
The successful candidate will work closely with Product Owners, Business Analysts, Architects, Engineering teams, business stakeholders, vendors, customers, and executive leadership to create intuitive and impactful digital experiences for Toyota Financial Services customers and dealer partners.
This is a hands-on individual contributor role requiring a strong balance of user-centered design, research, stakeholder collaboration, and strategic thinking.
Key Responsibilities
Lead end-to-end UX design activities across customer-facing web applications and dealer portals.
Define and execute UX strategy for new products and digital initiatives.
Create user personas, customer journeys, workflows, information architecture, wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity designs from scratch.
Establish, maintain, and evolve design systems, component libraries, UX standards, and governance processes.
Conduct user research activities including stakeholder interviews, user interviews, usability testing, contextual inquiry, and journey mapping.
Translate complex business requirements into simple, intuitive, and accessible user experiences.
Facilitate workshops, design reviews, ideation sessions, and stakeholder alignment meetings.
Collaborate with Product Management, Business Analysis, Engineering, Architecture, Compliance, Operations, Marketing, and external partners to deliver successful products.
Advocate for user-centered design principles throughout the product lifecycle.
Analyze user feedback, usability metrics, and research findings to drive continuous product improvement.
Partner with development teams during implementation to ensure design quality and consistency.
Contribute to UX maturity by defining best practices, standards, templates, and repeatable design processes.
Required Qualifications
7-10 years of professional UX Design experience.
Bachelor's degree in human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Human Factors, Design, Information Architecture, Psychology, Computer Science, or related discipline.
Strong experience designing customer-facing web applications and digital platforms.
Expert-level proficiency in Figma for wireframing, prototyping, collaboration, and design system management.
Demonstrated experience creating UX artifacts from scratch, including:
Personas
Customer journeys
Service blueprints
User flows
Information architecture
Wireframes
Interactive prototypes
Experience establishing design systems, governance frameworks, and UX standards.
Hands-on experience conducting user research and usability testing.
Strong understanding of design thinking methodologies and user-centered design principles.
Ability to influence stakeholders across business and technology functions.
Excellent communication, presentation, storytelling, and stakeholder management skills.
Experience of collaborating within Agile delivery environments.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience within Banking, Financial Services, Lending, Automotive Finance, or FinTech environments.
Experience designing dealer-facing or customer self-service digital experiences.
Experience with responsive and mobile-first design methodologies.
Familiarity with accessibility standards (WCAG 2.1).
Experience using:
Miro
UserTesting
AI-assisted design and productivity tools
Experience working with enterprise-scale digital transformation programs.
Success Factors
The ideal candidate will demonstrate the ability to:
Build UX capabilities and frameworks where none currently exist.
Partner effectively with diverse stakeholder groups ranging from business users to executive leadership.
Drive alignment across teams with conflicting priorities.
Balance user needs, business objectives, compliance requirements, and technical constraints.
Create scalable design foundations that support future product growth.
Operate independently while influencing outcomes across large organizations.
Full-time:
The pay range for this role is ***k -***k per annum including any bonuses or variable pay. *** also offers benefits like medical, vision, dental, life, disability insurance and paid time off (including holidays, parental leave, and sick leave, as required by law). Ask our recruiters for more details on our Benefits package. The exact offer terms will depend on the skill level, educational qualifications, experience and location of the candidate
"AI tools may assist in the recruitment process; however, all hiring decisions are made by the recruitment team based on a comprehensive evaluation of candidates."
"*** is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We promote and support a diverse workforce at all levels of the company. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin, or disability. All applicants will be evaluated solely on the basis of their ability, competence, and performance of the essential functions of their positions with or without reasonable accommodations. Reasonable accommodations also are available in the hiring process for applicants with disabilities.
Candidates can request a reasonable accommodation by contacting the company ADA Coordinator at ***."