UI/UX Lead

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Spearhead human-centered design initiatives for mission-critical digital products.

• Execute and consolidate user research to guide product strategy and iterative development.

• Create personas, journey maps, workflows, wireframes, and prototypes that adhere to federal accessibility standards.

• Lead UX governance and ensure uniform design patterns and compliance with accessibility across products.

• Partner with product managers and developers to refine requirements and validate design assumptions.

• Influence user experience for a large-scale, cloud-native modernization project.

• Ensure digital interactions support the mission, improve usability, and fulfill federal customer requirements.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Human-Computer Interaction, UX Design, Computer Science, or a related field; equivalent experience will be considered for highly qualified candidates.

• Over 10 years of experience designing user experiences for large-scale enterprise applications.

• Extensive user research experience, including conducting surveys, user interviews, and data analysis.

• Familiarity with design thinking methodologies, Agile concepts and practices, and principles of product management.

• Proficient in visual and interaction design, implementing user interfaces based on user data.

• Expertise with UX tools such as Figma, Sketch, Adobe XD, Miro, or Axure.

• In-depth understanding of human-centered design, interaction design, and usability heuristics.

• Knowledge of accessibility principles and compliance with Section 508/WCAG.

• Capability to develop wireframes, prototypes, interaction flows, and detailed specifications.

• Must be able to pass a security background check.

• Skilled in communicating design direction to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

• Strong leadership abilities and cross-functional collaboration skills.

• Proficient in translating complex workflows into intuitive user interfaces.

• Strong facilitation skills for design workshops and user research sessions.

🏝️ Benefits

• Full-flex work week.

• 401K with company match.

• Comprehensive health and wellness packages.

• Internal mobility team.

• Professional growth opportunities including paid education and certifications.

• Cutting-edge technology learning opportunities.

• Paid vacation and holidays.

• Medical, dental, and vision plan options.

• Health Savings Accounts.

• Paid sick and personal leave.

• Paid parental, military, bereavement, and jury duty leave.

• Paid Family Leave of up to 160 hours in a rolling 12-month period for eligible employees.

• Short- and long-term disability benefits.

• Life insurance.

• Accidental death and dismemberment insurance.

• Personal accident insurance.

• Critical illness insurance.

• Business travel and accident insurance.