Senior UX Designer

Denver, CO, United States

Position Summary

We are looking for an experienced and passionate Senior UX Product Designer to join our growing Design Team. This is a full-time position based in the United States but serving global teams. At its core, this position is focused on delivering best-in-class Product Design by taking business, product, tech, and regulatory requirements and synthesizing them into effective, easy to use, and beautiful experiences. Senior Designers at Velocity Global are expected to drive complex projects and need to be able to support iterative, Agile software delivery at a global scale. You will partner closely with Product, Engineering, and Brand to create software products with a direct impact on the business.

Responsibilities

Create effective, development-ready design solutions for roadmap features and enhancements that meet product, business, technical, and user goals. This includes workflows, wireframes, production-quality mockups, and interaction specifications.

Clearly present and articulate design rationale to the Design team, cross-functional team members, and company leadership.

Work closely with the Engineering and QA teams to ensure a high fidelity of execution in an Agile environment.

Collaborate with Product Managers on requirements documentation. Provide insight on Design and customer experience concerns at early stages of problem definition.

Collaborate with and/or guide fellow Design team members to maintain and evolve an atomic design system that meets accessibility, globalization, and branding needs.

Collaborate with UX Researchers on efforts to learn more about user pain points and product usability, including collaborating on research goals and scripts, preparing prototypes, observing usability tests, and incorporating insights into final designs.

Uphold a high standard of design solutions, providing simple, easy-to-use, scalable, and elegant solutions.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not construed to be an exhaustive list of all job duties performed by the personnel so classified.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

You have 7+ years of experience in Product UX Design with direct experience working with Product and Engineering teams.

You have a Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience in UX, HCI, or a related field.

You’re a proactive driver of collaboration, voicing ideas and concerns with stakeholders, cross-functional peers, and Designers effectively in a hybrid work environment.

You can clearly communicate and present the rationale for your designs.

You are excited to use quantitative and qualitative data to inform and inspire design.

You understand complex Products and are able to simplify them into easy to use elegant Design solutions. Much like fintech or biomedical software, our product has multiple user roles, related workflows, and compliance requirements. Our designs are the first impression a user has of the new job, and the ability to simplify the experience is key to providing them with a positive experience on behalf of our Business Customers.

You have an expert understanding of user-centered design principles and best practices and rapid ideation processes like Lean UX, Design Sprints, and Agile.

You enjoy designing and launching beautiful software solutions. It bothers you when things don’t look good or function well.

You are a strong advocate for the end user. You enjoy learning more about users and value their feedback. You’re always thinking about ways to improve the overall experience.

You are a Figma expert.

You value and are thoughtful about feedback, in your own work, and in offering it to others so they can achieve their best work.

Please note: In the spirit of winning together, the position will be based in Denver, Colorado and in-office collaboration is required for at least one day per week. Candidates based in or near Palo Alto, California; Jersey City, New Jersey; or Toronto, Ontario, may also be considered with the same in-office requirement.

Our job titles may span more than one career level. The base pay depends upon many factors, such as training, transferable skills, work experience, business needs, and market demands. The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified. This role is eligible for annual performance-based bonuses, flexible time off, health care benefits, retirement savings, and employee incentive plans.

Pay Range

$140,200—$180,300 USD

GO FARTHER WITH VELOCITY

At Velocity Global, we’re building a dream team made up of the world’s best talent. We’re looking for people like you to join us as we make opportunity borderless for people everywhere.

About Velocity Global

At Velocity Global, our values represent who we are and the company we want to be. We harness the power of unity, diversity, and collaboration, drive for impact, and win as a team - bringing our unique talents together to achieve our common goals. In partnership with our customers and ourselves, we are better together, and together, we win.

Please refer to our present benefits offering here.

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