Turning Legacy Access Systems into Scalable Self-Service

Global Rollout , Local Complexity

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Senior Product Designer

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Product experience strategy

Omni-channel design system

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Drive digital transformation for growth

Best customer experience team - Gold CX Asia Nov 2024

Digital Bank of the Year – The Asset Triple A Digital Awards 2024

Best Use of Technology for Customer Experience – Overall

The Digital Banker Digital CX Awards 2024

Best Digital Bank for CX in Singapore Digital CX Awards 2023

7 Redesigned Crucial User Journeys

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Contribute to Bank's Unified Design System

overview

I redesigned Standard Chartered’s corporate access control experience to enable self-administration at scale—turning a fragmented, backend-heavy entitlement system into a seamless, secure journey for enterprise clients. By aligning intricate backend logic and translating complex access logic into clear, intuitive end-to-end UX, the solution was launched globally across Asia, Greater China and North Asia, EMEA, and the Americas, driving a 33% increase in self-service adoption and significantly reducing manual support dependencies.

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impact

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33%
increase in user adoption
ongoing
reduction in manual support dependencies
7
core end-to-end user journey implemented
152,000+
Groups Enabled Globally

my design process

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ideate
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prototype
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explore

Standard Chartered’s corporate clients needed a way to manage platform access independently—nominating administrators, setting up operators, and managing authorisers—all without manual intervention. However, the existing system was backend-heavy, entitlements were complex, and support teams were constantly involved in what should have been client-driven tasks. At the same time, the bank’s backend infrastructure—particularly the functional and data access matrix—was highly fragmented and difficult to scale across markets.

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define the problem

How might we turn a convoluted, support-reliant access system into a scalable self-service journey that empowers enterprise clients—without exposing backend complexity? The core challenge was balancing two competing forces: Internal system constraints driven by outdated entitlements logic. External expectations for a simple, intuitive experience for C-level administrators managing global teams

IDEATE

Together with Product Owners, Business Analysts, and my design team, I mapped and uplifted 7 core user journeys around self-administration. These included user creation flows, role delegation, operator controls, and approval matrix configuration.

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prototype

While shaping the front-end experience, we realized we couldn't design in isolation. The underlying access architecture was so intricate, we had to deep dive into the backend matrix just to understand what was technically feasible. This informed a modular UX system—allowing both near-term delivery and long-term scalability once backend systems are revamped.

test & iterate

We validated the design directly with our most complex users—platinum and gold‐tier clients who require hypercare support—ensuring the interface remained elegant and straightforward for everyday business users while fully satisfying the stringent needs of advanced administrators. Continuous feedback loops with these groups paved the way for a smooth, globally-coordinated rollou