Senior UI/UX Designer – EMEA

The Senior UI/UX Designer is a strategic leader responsible for shaping the user experience of the company’s software ecosystem. This role involves leading the end-to-end design process, from user research to final implementation, with a focus on transforming complex requirements into simple and intuitive solutions. The position requires mentoring other designers, driving the overall design vision, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality, user-centric products.

Duties and Responsibilities

Design Leadership:

• Define the Vision: Lead the evolution of our product’s visual and interactive identity, ensuring it aligns with user needs and business objectives.
• Champion User-Centricity: Act as the primary advocate for the user, leveraging research and data to inform design decisions and influence product strategy.
• Mentor & Elevate: Guide and mentor other designers on the team, fostering a culture of design excellence, collaboration, and continuous learning through critiques and coaching.
• Own the Design System: Lead the development, documentation, and maintenance of our comprehensive design system (Figma libraries, UI patterns, style guides) to ensure

UX Vision & Simplicity:

• Lead UX Strategy: Define, document, and champion a clear UX vision and a set of principles that prioritizes effortless usability and simplicity across all product initiatives.
• Champion Simplicity: Act as the lead advocate for reducing complexity, actively auditing intricate workflows and transforming them into intuitive, frictionless user experiences.
• Translate Complexity into Clarity: Master the art of translating complex business requirements and user data into clean, simple, and highly usable interfaces that minimize cognitive load.
• Set the Standard for Excellence: Establish and govern the standards for UX quality, ensuring all design work meets a high bar for clarity, efficiency, and ease of use.

Research & Discovery:

• Conduct User Research: Plan and execute a variety of research methods, including user interviews, surveys, and usability tests, to uncover deep insights into user behaviors and pain points.
• Synthesize Findings: Create user personas, journey maps, and empathy maps to translate research findings into actionable design principles and product requirements.
• Analyze the Market: Conduct competitive analysis and stay current with industry trends to identify opportunities for innovation.

Design & Prototyping:

• Create End-to-End Designs: Develop comprehensive design artifacts, including user flows, wireframes, high-fidelity mockups, and interactive prototypes.
• Craft Intuitive Interactions: Design intuitive and seamless user interactions and micro-interactions that enhance usability and delight users.
• Iterate and Validate: Use data and user feedback to rapidly iterate on designs, and conduct A/B testing to validate design solutions.

AI-Powered Design & Innovation:

• Leverage AI Tools: Utilize generative AI and other smart tools to accelerate the design workflow, from brainstorming and concept generation to creating design assets and UX copy.
• Drive Efficiency: Explore and implement emerging AI technologies to streamline repetitive tasks, enhance data analysis, and create more personalized user experiences.
• Stay at the Forefront: Act as a thought leader on the ethical and effective use of AI in design, championing innovative approaches that push the boundaries of our product’s capabilities.

Education and Experience:

Minimum Requirements:

• 5+ years of experience in product design (UI/UX), with a strong portfolio demonstrating your work on complex web applications, preferably in a SaaS or B2B environment.
• Expertise in modern design tools, particularly Figma, for creating wireframes, high-fidelity designs, and scalable design systems.
• Deep understanding of the full design process, from discovery research and user journey mapping to detailed UI and interaction design.
• Proven ability to translate complex problems and user data (both qualitative and quantitative) into simple, elegant, and effective design solutions.
• Excellent storytelling and presentation skills, with the ability to clearly articulate your design rationale to stakeholders, engineers, and product managers.
• Experience mentoring junior designers and leading design critiques.

Nice to Have:

• Certifications – Google UX Design Certificate, Interaction Design Foundation (IDF) Courses.
• Hands-on experience with product management tools like Jira, Monday.com, Aha!, or Trello

Performance Goals:

• Design System Optimization: Within the first 6 months, audit and expand the Figma design system to achieve 90% component coverage for all new features, ensuring 100% adoption by the design team to improve consistency and efficiency.
• Workflow Efficiency: By the end of Q2, streamline the design-to-development handoff process to reduce average design cycle time by 20% and decrease design-related tickets from QA by 15%.
• User Research Integration: Implement a formal user feedback program within the first 3 months, conducting a minimum of two usability testing sessions per quarter for all major projects to ensure design decisions are data-driven.
• AI Tool Adoption: Within the first 4 months, pilot at least two AI-powered design tools and present a recommendation to leadership on their potential to reduce initial concepting time by at least 30%.
• Conversion Rate Optimization: Redesign the new user onboarding flow through A/B testing and user feedback, with the goal of increasing the funnel completion rate by 15% by the end of Q3.
• Stakeholder Alignment: By the end of Q1, design and roll out a standardized design review process for non-design stakeholders, aiming for a 95% adoption rate and a 20% reduction in late-stage design changes.