Principal Product Designer Market Data

Job Description:

Our Technology team drives the evolution of our Technology Engineering Data Product and User Experience functions. With a keen focus on delivering cutting-edge solutions we shape the digital landscape for our customers readers and users. From revolutionizing visuals to optimizing tools and harnessing the power of data mobile video and social platforms our team is committed to providing a seamless and immersive experience across all touchpoints. Collaborating closely with our newsrooms and strategic partners we spearhead the development of groundbreaking products and technologies.

Our Design & Research org brings together world-class designers and researchers with a unified purpose: to connect people to the news and information that matters most. Were the strategic force that transforms deep user understanding into exceptional product experiences across our entire portfoliofrom The Wall Street Journal to Factiva.

Our integrated approach ensures that research insights directly shape design decisions while design explorations reveal new research opportunities. Together were building coherent accessible experiences that honor our 135-year legacy while pushing us boldly into the future. Were a globally distributed team spearheading a digital transformation at Dow Jones newly staffed by industry leaders from Google LinkedIn The New York Times and more. Through our combined expertise in design craft and research rigor we ensure that millions of users can depend on our platforms for truth in a world full of noise.

As Principal Product Designer - Market Data you will own the design strategy for our Market Data platformthe real-time quotes charting watchlists screeners and visualization systems that power how millions of people read and act on financial markets across The Wall Street Journal Barrons MarketWatch and Investors Business Daily. This is a senior individual-contributor role for someone who sets direction across our financial brands and is the go-to design expert for how Dow Jones presents market data.

Market Data connects across every one of our financial brands and this role sets the design strategy that spans all of them. Your decisions will establish shared patternsfor quotes charts tables portfolios and alertsthat these brands build on. You will own the direction for how investors of every kind from first-time savers to sophisticated professionals interpret dense fast-moving data and turn it into confident decisions balancing the distinct needs of each brand against the consistency and quality users expect wherever they encounter our data.

And this reach wont stop at the consumer. Market and pricing data runs across much of Dow Jonesso your influence will extend well beyond the consumer brands into our professional and enterprise products from Factiva and Dow Jones Risk & Compliance to Dow Jones Energy wherever market data underpins the experience. Where data meets the broader product you will be the design lead who makes it cohere.

This is a role of real influence and scope. You will shape strategy with senior leadership resolve tension between individual brand priorities and platform consistency define the market-data patterns that live in our Index Design System and mentor senior designers across the financial brands. You will be the design authority for your domainnavigating ambiguity and setting the standard others in your area build on.

You will report to the VP of Product Design within the Design & Research organization.

• Own the design strategy for the Market Data platform across our financial brandssetting a coherent multi-year direction for quotes charting watchlists screeners portfolios and data visualization that spans The Wall Street Journal Barrons MarketWatch and IBD and connecting it to measurable outcomes like engagement retention and revenue

• Shape strategy with senior leadership. Present your design direction for the Market Data platform to senior design product and business leadersand to executives where the work warrantsbuilding the partnerships that advance it across brands and making the case for how well-designed data experiences create competitive advantage

• Solve the hard ambiguous problems in your domaindeveloping new patterns methods and approaches for presenting complex financial information across multiple brands and building a deep understanding of the problem space that lets you see opportunities ahead

• Shape the market-data patterns in our Index Design System. Establish the charting data-table real-time and visualization standards that become the norm across the financial brandsknowing when consistency serves the user and when a brands audience warrants a tailored approachand help adjacent teams adopt and evolve them

• Extend your influence beyond our consumer brands into the wider portfoliothe professional and enterprise products from Factiva and Risk & Compliance to Newswires and OPIS where market and pricing data is just as centralso the experiences built on our data share the same clarity rigor and craft. Be the design lead wherever data shapes the product

• Set a high bar for craft. Define what excellence looks like for dense real-time financial informationtypography information density motion and the accessibility of complex tables and chartsand ensure consistent quality across the brands through design reviews and audits

• Connect design to outcomes. Partner with Research and analytics to tie your decisions to engagement retention and subscription metrics and help teams across the financial brands understand which measures matter for market-data experiences

• Mentor and grow senior designers across the financial brands shape a strong design culture and strengthen the talent pipeline through the standards you set and the craft you share

• 10 years of product design experience including significant time owning complex systems-level or platform work with a track record of setting design direction that spans multiple products or brands

• Deep expertise designing data-rich experiencesfinancial data analytics dashboards data visualization or other complex information displaywhere clarity density and trust matter as much as visual polish

• A portfolio that demonstrates strategic impact across multiple products or brands: platform or design-system contributions cross-team pattern-setting and strong end-to-end craft on sophisticated products

• A proven ability to influence senior stakeholders translating design strategy into business terms and building alignment across teams whose priorities compete

• Mastery of data visualization and information designcharting tables real-time data progressive disclosureand the judgment to know when complexity serves the user and when it gets in the way

• Strong systems thinking and deep experience with design systems including establishing patterns that other teams adopt and evolve

• Excellence in Figma with the ability to set standards for design communication specifications and documentation across teams

• A deep command of design fundamentals and accessibility standards (WCAG) with particular fluency in making dense complex data usable for everyone

• A track record of mentoring designers and helping raise the craft and quality of the teams around you

• Comfort operating in ambiguitysetting direction in your domain amid shifting priorities and emerging technology and acting as the go-to expert others turn to

• Bachelors degree in Design HCI related field -OR- equivalent experience

• Experience designing for financial services investing trading or fintech products

• Familiarity with real-time or streaming data systems and the constraints they place on design

• Working knowledge of financial conceptsmarkets instruments portfolio constructionsufficient to partner deeply with domain experts

• Background in news media publishing or other content-heavy products

• Experience designing across a multi-brand portfolio

• Experience contributing meaningfully to a design system

• An external presence through speaking or writing on data visualization information design or design at scale

• International or cross-cultural design experience

• Comprehensive Healthcare Plans for you and your family

• Paid Time Off (30 days a year)

• Meal Vouchers

• Retirement Plans

• Lifestyle programs & Wellness Resources

• Education Benefits

• Family Care Benefits & Caregiving Support

• Subscription Discounts

• Employee Referral Program

• Financial Health Programs

• Cybersecurity Protection

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Business Area:

Dow Jones - Technology

Job Category:

Software Product Engineering

Union Status:

Non-Union role

Base Pay Range: EUR 70000 - EUR 90000

Were committed to offering competitive and flexible compensation to attract top talent. This pay range reflects our good faith estimate for the role and may vary based on a candidates experience skills location and other relevant factors.

For bonus-eligible roles targets are determined based on multiple considerations including market benchmarks and individual contributions.

For benefits-eligible roles we offer a comprehensive and competitive benefits package covering health retirement wellbeing and more along with optional benefits to meet the diverse needs of our employees.