Senior Product Designer

Job Description 

We are looking for a Senior Product Designer with excellent UX design and user research skills to drive our products' design process from concept stages to launch, with minimal oversight.  

You’ll drive the design direction, and then make it happen! 

Requirements 

• 5+ years' experience designing working as UX Designer or Product Designer on complex B2B or SaaS products.  
• A portfolio that demonstrates an understanding of user and business needs, creative approaches to problem-solving, and a focus on defining the user experience through various user research methods 
• Customer-centric mindset with experience turning research outcomes into success stories 
• You have an expert understanding of usability principles, best practices in interaction and visual design, and expert knowledge of user-centered design principles 
• You’ve proudly shipped and launched several products 
• Penchant for understanding complex problems and products; unafraid to discuss technical feasibility and propose feasible solutions. 
• You’re a conceptual thinker that can translate customer needs, behaviors, and project requirements 
• Experience effectively presenting and communicating your design decisions to clients and team members 
• You're empathetic to users' needs and can help find solutions if problems arise 
• A commitment to being a trusted mentor and thought leader 
• Organized and comfortable overseeing multiple design projects, ensuring that your designers can stay focused on creating great experiences 

What you’ll be doing 

• Lead ideation discussions and collaborate with stakeholders (engineering, project management) to plan products direction and design strategy 
• Lead fellow designers to conduct user research, build information architecture, create mockups and prototypes, and run usability tests 
• Own your own timelines and deliverables 
• Give and receive design critique to help constantly refine and push design quality 
• You’ll advocate for good product design practices, ensure the visibility of product design across functions, create space for collaboration, and develop a deep level of subject matter expertise in our products 
• Proactively identify and resolve impediments 
• 80% of your time will be spent working with your fellow designers to create world-class and user-centered data visualization products  
• 20% of your time will be spent reviewing tasks and sharing advice with individual contributors to ensure designs are conceptually sound