Senior UX Designer - South East, United Kingdom - Zebra People

Zebra People

Verified Company

South East, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Location
South East

Salary
£70,000

Type
Permanent

Start Date

ASAP
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We are working with a market leader in Software Development who are looking for a Senior UX Designer to join the team.

The client

Our client is one of the leading providers for software development that companies use to use the benefits of DevOps to their database teams.

They are used by more than 800,000 individuals around the world, from small and medium-sized businesses to 91% of companies in the Fortune 100.

Headquartered in Cambridge, UK the company also have offices across the world and are still scaling rapidly.
The role

UX is at the forefront of how the company approach product development and it plays a critical role in the continued growth and success of everything they do.

Senior UX Designers are embedded in cross-functional, agile development teams. They act as peers to Product Managers and Technical Leads to provide leadership and design direction.

Some Key Points about the role:
Partnering with peers in Product Management and Technical Leadership to drive an approach and mindset towards continuous discovery.

Use of research and insight (qualitative and quantitative) to inform/influence the product roadmap (problems) and determine a backlog of ideas (concepts) to test.

Owns and drives the end-to-end design process, where they are accountable for local design decisions, design deliverables and the resulting product experience.

Drives and facilitates collaborative design activities necessary to explore, validate and shape new concepts/ideas (solutions).

Champions a customer-centric approach to design and development, advocating for user/customer engagement and empathy.

Supporting the growth and personal development of more junior members in the design team (including coaching and mentoring as appropriate).

Experience of working in a similar UX role, ideally in the SaaS/B2B space.

A strong portfolio that demonstrates an end-to-end design process.

Experience of working in cross-functional, agile teams where you've regularly collaborated with the likes of PMs, engineers and other Product Designers.

An understanding of mixed research methods (generative, evaluative, qual and quant) to identify customer problems and evaluate the current (as-is) experience.

The ability to connect business goals and product strategy to design decisions; balancing business and user needs.

Benefits:

Salary:
£55,000 to £70,000 negotiable dependent on experience.

You'll work about 40 hours a week, with flexible work time.

We dedicate Friday afternoons to individuals' growth and personal development.

You'll be required to visit their Cambridge office 1-2 times per month. But only when needed.

We welcome diversity

We welcome those with alternative identities, backgrounds, and experiences.

Our team includes parents, the self-taught, the university-educated, and people of a wide variety of nationalities, ages, and socio-economic backgrounds.

Obviously, we're looking to ensure it's a solid fit from both sides: we want you to step into a role you love, and we want to offer you a place you're proud to come to every day for work.