Lead User Experience Designer

Position Overview
The main function is to work with project teams to design and deliver high quality client-centered, effective, consistent and usable interfaces.

• Works closely with business analysts, business sponsors, project managers and IT teams to obtain and understand business requirements.
• Creates the design of user interface specifications, by applying client research, design standards, industry best practices, taking into account strategic business objectives, user needs, systems constraints.
• Participates in design review sessions with project teams, acquiring consensus and getting approvals on designs and documentation.
• Executes business acceptance test cases and testing.
• Works with the project managers to ensure that usability deliverables accommodate project timelines, budgets, technical and scope constraints.
• Contributes to the development, maintenance, and continuous improvement of efficient and effective usability methodology/process, documentation, workflow, ROI, metrics and design standards.
• Acts as a user experience advocate regarding principles of user experience and user-centered design.

Responsibilities:

• Create and update documentation and graphics for design docs
• Build, fix, and test Figma components
• Create dev specs
• Design and test Angular components
• Collaborate with content and ADA accessibility partners
• Stay up to date on competitive analysis of other design systems
• Answer help desk questions
• Attend or facilitate open office hours
• Attend or facilitate early Design Reviews with product designers
• Attend or facilitate design system Design Reviews
• Attend or facilitate design system governance meetings
• Research, audit, and prepare topics for design system governance meetings
• Attend or facilitate working sessions across product design teams to align
• Work on special projects as requested

Must-Have Qualifications:

• Design System experience, ideally working on a design system (using at a minimum but hopefully contributing / maintaining)
• Figma experience - creation of components
• Jira • Confluence
• Product, UI, UX design
• Good Communication
• Presentation / Facilitation experience
• Critical thinking
• Systems thinking mindset
• Detail oriented

Pay: $55.00 - $75.00 per hour

Expected hours: 40.0 per week

Benefits:

• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Vision insurance

Application Question(s):

• Are you authorized to work for any employer in the US on a W2?

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Pittsburgh, PA 15222