User Experience Lead

OVERVIEW

A UX designer owns the design problems, understands the design process, and is a highly visible contributor to the development of the product. UX designers interact with high-ranking roles within the organization and clients to gather feedback, demonstrate results, and overall champion the direction of the product. You will be working closely with onsite and remote teams, as well as offshore team members to gather information and feedback for the product. You will need to be highly trained in UX design best practices as well as have excellent communication and conflict resolution skills to promote a healthy design environment..

YOUR MISSION

Your mission is the overall expectation of your role, and how you will be part of the bigger picture.

Become an integral part of the product development team and provide design assistance throughout the entire software development cycle

Collaborate directly with product owners to understand business requirements and develop new features

Collaborate closely with a multi-disciplinary design team to create a user experience with visual elements

Interact with users to become an expert at the problem and context knowledge.

Create impactful and highly refined designs that meet the user and business needs while leveraging technical feasibilities

Analyze and discover information architecture models to develop easy-to-understand user flows, page layout, and navigation.

Use agile methodologies to manage team, plan the work, and reach milestones

Scope and provide estimates to set project deadlines and deliverables

Defend and communicate the UX Design process

Plan the design execution process and tasks for the entire project

Resolve conflicts in design opinions and directions across team members

QUALIFICATIONS

The following are the skills and experience needed to achieve the responsibilities for this position.

Bachelor's degree or related field training

6-10+ years of experience in an UX job role

Have a strong portfolio of UX Design work

Skill to think as a designer and focus on problems

Excellent communication skills

Excellent problem-solving skills

Has experience in a leadership role in an IT industry setting