Senior UX Designer

Austin, TX, United States

Location: Austin, United States of America Thales people architect identity management and data protection solutions at the heart of digital security. Business and governments rely on us to bring trust to the billons of digital interactions they have with people. Our technologies and services help banks exchange funds, people cross borders, energy become smarter and much more. More than 30,000 organizations already rely on us to verify the identities of people and things, grant access to digital services, analyze vast quantities of information and encrypt data to make the connected world more secure. Position Summary

Austin, Texas, USA (Hybrid)

Thales is looking for a Senior UX Designer to join the Thales Identity and Access Management (IAM) User Experience team. You will join is a collaborative and passionate team of user-centered designers and researchers who are making a positive impact on our user’s experiences. We love our users and their problems. We are on a mission to make our users' lives simpler.

As a User Experience Designer your work will help companies build trusted identities and access for their employees and customers. You will contribute to the design of experiences that meet user needs and business objectives. You will collaborate with your design teammates, UX leaders, business, product, and engineering stakeholders.

Key Areas of Responsibility

Turns abstract ideas into the representations at the right level of fidelity (sketches, journey maps, wire frames, high fidelity visual comps, and prototypes) to get user feedback and align the product team.

Present design concepts and deliverables to stakeholders, defending the data-based rationale behind design decisions.

Mobile-first designer that creates adaptive and responsive product designs for workflows across mobile, tablet and desktop experiences.

Plans and leads cross-functional product team collaborations that create forward thinking ideas, innovative user experiences and intellectual capital that has a positive market outcome.

Uses storytelling to align a product team to a shared product vision.

Coaches a product team to plan for and execute design discovery, design vision and design delivery processes including planning for evaluative and generative design research, iterative design, and usability testing.

Mastered product design processes including product development lifecycle, user-centered design, design thinking, design principles, heuristics, design testing, user feedback and iterative design.

Collaborates with user research, helps collect and synthesize data into actionable insights that are demonstrated in user outcomes.

Minimum Qualifications

Master’s degree or 2+ years of equivalent professional experience.

Naturally curious with demonstrated excellence in critical thinking and tackling complex problems.

Excellence in written and verbal communication skills, including user, product team and stakeholder interactions and presentations.

Experience working in a fast-paced software development environment.

An online portfolio or samples of work demonstrating your user-centered design craft, visualizations of complex experiences, storytelling, sketches, mock-ups, prototypes, etc.

Experience with Agile and SAFe processes and tools including refinement, estimation, Jira, Confluence, etc or a willingness to learn.

If you’re excited about working with Thales, but not meeting the requirements for this position, we encourage you to join our Talent Community!

Special Position Requirements

Travel: once or twice per year, International.

What We Offer

Thales provides an extensive benefits program for all full-time employees working 30 or more hours per week and their eligible dependents, including the following:

Elective Health, Dental, Vision, FSA/HSA, Voluntary Life and AD&D, Whole Group Life w/LTC, Critical Illness, Hospital Indemnity, Accident Insurance, Legal Plan, Identity Theft, and Pet Insurance.

Retirement Savings Plan after 30 days of employment with a company contribution and a match, and with no vesting period.

Company paid holidays and Paid Time Off.

Company provided Life Insurance, AD&D, Disability, Employee Assistance Plan, and Well-being Program.

Why Join Us?

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This position will require successfully completing a post-offer background check. Qualified candidates with (a) criminal history will be considered and are not automatically disqualified, consistent with federal law, state law, and local ordinances. Successful applicant must comply with federal contractor vaccine mandate requirements.

Thales champions inclusion and we believe diversity strengthens the fabric of our culture. We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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