Sr. UX Design Lead

Base pay range

$80.00/hr - $92.00/hr

1-year

$80/hr - $92.90/hr

The Design Lead is an expert player‑coach who can set a strategic design vision, guide research and design implementation, and deliver high‑quality, production‑ready materials y are chief collaborators with the business, technical, and product leaders to understand and inform the vision, objectives, and transformation plans to help identify opportunities for impact.

• Champion a human‑centered product vision for the POD:
  Set the strategic direction for the platform, aligning it with business goals and product strategies across multiple work streams.
• Lead the evolution of the platform to an integrated system with advanced predictive analytics and user experience orchestration.
• Lead and own execution of design efforts in agile cadence:
  Identify, prioritize, plan, and execute iterative design research (generative, evaluative) to inform product backlog and UX design decisions.
• Ideate, define, and deliver detailed designs for user stories, including informing user story acceptance criteria and product prioritization.
• Operational excellence & continuous improvement:
  Lead POD design team in creating, contributing to, and maintaining the design system and other design ops resources.
• Work closely with product owner, data science team, and POD & Platform developers to ensure the product designs are implemented effectively.
• Facilitate technical discussions with other designers across PODs to ensure consistency and best‑in‑class practices balanced with efficiency and a delivery‑oriented mindset.
• Champion design and research best practices within the POD and beyond.
• Stakeholder communication & governance:
  Act as the primary voice of the user and UX expert in sprint demos and interactions with stakeholders and leadership.
• Ensure compliance with accessibility and UX standards.
• Jira – Project management and tracking.
• Confluence – for documenting data.
• MO365.

• Excellent leadership skills with experience in leading design within cross‑functional teams and collaborating with diverse stakeholders.
• 5+ years leading design teams.
• Demonstrated ability to drive innovation, identify opportunities for improvement, and implement effective solutions in a fast‑paced, dynamic environment.
• Portfolio based – Please include any passwords to review case studies on Cover Page and Supplier Notes on request.
• 8+ years – Quality to be shown in Portfolio.

• Experience in software design and development.
• Background in Finance, Media or Entertainment.
• Rapid Prototyping.

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