Senior Product Designer

Summary

Join Coforma's growing team as a Senior Product Designer! You'll bridge research and delivery, focusing on user needs and scalable systems. Collaborate with various teams to create holistic design systems and deliver iterative designs. This remote US-based role requires at least 6 years of product design experience and proficiency in various design tools. You'll lead projects, conduct user research, and present work to diverse audiences. Coforma offers a competitive salary, benefits, and growth potential.

Requirements

• You have at least 6 years of experience in product design, web, interaction, and/or equivalent roles
• You're proficient in crafting quality designs using design systems, atomic design, component design, annotated wireframes, responsive layouts, clickable prototypes, branded UI designs, microcopy, and style guides
• You have experience partnering with researchers to define, lead, and support usability testing using low- and high-fidelity prototypes as well as live systems
• You have experience synthesizing usability research insights and transforming them into design recommendations and decisions
• You have experience leading project teams and facilitating and designing product design workshops and presentations with clients or in a consulting role (ideally 2+ years)
• You have a demonstrated history of enabling access to products and services within teams and communities
• You have experience working at fast-growing companies (bonus points for experience within government contracting or professional service firms)
• You have a passion for and experience with quality interaction design, usability, and accessibility
• You're adept at gathering requirements and understanding the design needs of public sector clients
• You have a demonstrated passion for continual learning
• You are a full-time resident of the contiguous United States (candidates must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. now and in the future without sponsorship)

Responsibilities

• Scope design needs for assigned projects whose parameters are often undefined, proactively navigating organizational and project ambiguity
• Work cross-functionally to develop product design principles, strategies, product roadmaps, and success measures that meet client needs
• Set and follow direction to build high-quality design deliverables and accompanying documentation from kickoff to handoff, including: design systems, prototypes, UI designs, wireframes, and more
• Partner with other designers to ensure all deliverables are inclusive, accessible, and use plain language
• Plan and execute various approaches to user research and design strategy and define, lead, and support usability testing using low- and high-fidelity prototypes as well as live systems
• Synthesize usability research insights and transform them into design recommendations and decisions
• Demonstrate solid process and a well-rounded knowledge of techniques, principles, tools, materials, and systems in Product Design and other design disciplines
• Lead and participate in meetings, workshops, and training sessions for clients, stakeholders, and internal teams
• Identify, analyze, and work through complex problems in a way that addresses business requirements and user needs—and coach more junior team members to do the same
• Present work in various forums and formats for varied audiences
• Help set the bar for client interaction, providing support to project reports as needed
• Help ensure the health of the Design department through coaching and hiring support
• Help document Coforma Product Design practice strategy and process, working hand-in-hand with Product Design counterparts
• Act as a sounding board for design researchers, engineers, UX designers, and content designers at Coforma, coaching them through experiential challenges and helping to review and structure their product design work, as needed
• Share your expertise in product design by contributing to thought leadership content for internal and external audiences

Preferred Qualifications

• 2+ years experience working on a remote team or remote freelancing
• 2+ years experience working in a consulting environment
• Experience working within a cross-matrixed environment
• Prior professional services, government, or federal consulting experience
• Experience writing or editing requirements and performing design challenges for government proposals
• Experience conducting remote-only research, workshops, or validation sessions
• Experience utilizing the United States Web Design System (USWDS)

Benefits

• Unlimited paid time off along with paid holidays
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• A 401(k) plan with an employer match
• Internet, phone, and home office stipends
• A professional development fund along with numerous growth opportunities
• $147,290 - $165,830 a year