Senior Product Designer; Senior Consultant, and Desig Security Clearance

Position: Senior Product Designer (Senior Consultant, Experience and Desig with Security Clearance
Job Requirements Product Designer (Senior Consultant, Experience & Design) In this role, you will support the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in designing and improving digital experiences across the CMS web ecosystem. As part of a cross-functional, you will collaborate with product managers, engineers, designers, and CMS subject matter experts to design user-centered solutions for large scale platforms. You will help translate research, business needs, and user requirements into intuitive, accessible digital experiences while applying modern design practices and contributing to the implementation of CMS design systems to support scalable, consistent, and high-quality public-facing services.

At Fearless , the Senior Consultant combines expertise in Content Design, Content Strategy, Product Design, Service Design, User Research, and UX leadership. This role will possess the necessary skills at an advanced level of proficiency for setting the vision, strategy, and systems that guide cross-functional design teams in creating scalable, impactful, and user-centered solutions. The role requires a balance of strategic foresight, design mentorship, and hands-on expertise to deliver high-quality products and services that meet user, customer, and organizational needs.

Your Responsibilities in This Role:
* Collaborate with Product Owners, Engineers, Designers, and other team members to conceptualize and prioritize product features, user flows, and user interfaces that align with customer goals, user needs, and business objectives.

* Translate business, technical, and user requirements into effective design solutions, including personas, journey maps, storyboards, scenarios, and user flows.

* Design wireframes, low- and high-fidelity mockups, and interactive prototypes that support intuitive, accessible, and responsive user experiences.

* Conduct and synthesize user research and stakeholder insights to inform design decisions and recommend improvements to products and systems.

* Communicate research findings, design concepts, prototypes, and rationale clearly to stakeholders and team members to support decision-making.

* Assess and improve product usability through rapid prototyping, usability testing, and iterative design.

* Apply and maintain design systems, style guides, and component libraries to ensure consistency and scalability across products.

* Work closely with engineers and technical leads to ensure designs are feasible, meet technical constraints, and are implemented according to design specifications.

* Identify and communicate design and technical constraints while navigating trade-offs to deliver effective solutions.

* Provide feedback on design artifacts and support teammates in maintaining high standards for design quality and accessibility.

* Collaborate with subject matter experts and cross-functional teams to design and deliver minimum viable products (MVPs) that support new digital experiences. The Impact You Will Create:
Fearless Impact:
* Collaborates with cross functional teams
* Coach, mentor, and develop peers in a manner that allows for knowledge sharing that strengthens the design community within the organization
* Earn the trust of your customer and teammates by delivering world class services.
* Drive accountability and delivery by ensuring project objectives are not only met on time but aligned with client priorities and Fearless standards of excellence. Anticipate risks and implement proactive solutions to keep initiatives on track.
* Take ownership of risk management by monitoring deliverables across the team, identifying issues early, and coaching teammates on mitigation strategies while keeping leadership informed.
* Shape client engagement and intelligence-gathering efforts by actively cultivating relationships with stakeholders, synthesizing insights across the client organization and partner ecosystem, and providing Fearless leaders with actionable recommendations that inform strategy and strengthen delivery outcomes. Fearless Customer Impact:
* Deliver expected outcomes that are intuitive, accessible, and aesthetically compelling
* Offer and implement…