Senior Product Designer

Paylocity · United States · 2 wk ago

RemoteRemoteArt & Creative$120k/yrFull-time

About the role

This is a fully remote position, allowing you to work from home or location of record within the U.S. with no in-office requirements. You must be available five days per week during designated work hours. The work arrangement for this role is subject to change based on business needs and individual performance.

Responsibilities

Turn broad, conceptual ideas into elegant design solutions centered on our users' success and happiness at completing their jobs and connecting to our organizational strategy.
Collaborate with Product Owner(s) to define the user needs.
Present UX artifacts during high-level, strategic conversations across a category with product and executive teams.
Demonstrate leadership in the UX community by leading: research and analysis, design community level initiatives, cross-category design initiatives to progress design systems, and/or the process/approach for tackling design problems using known methods (including anticipating problems and going beyond best practices to uncover novel, unexpected but still workable solutions).
Instill an unwavering commitment to quality in all projects from conception to launch.
Partner with development and engineering to ensure excellent communication and execution of every project. Coordinate with Dev Lead and Product Team Leaders to solve for consistency.
Ship a product, learn from it, and iterate.
Live our culture and values and recommended new standards in executional and operational excellence. Is a consistent contributor to the user experience COP.
Work on projects with minimal oversight.
Work in parallel with peers and often take a leading role on new features and design evolution from discovery through delivery to achieve FY objectives.
Be proficient in research, design, and/or content strategy within all stages of SDLC and PDLC (software and product development lifecycles).
Sometimes mentor or coach one or more junior team members.
Be highly proficient in performing and delivering moderate and high complexity UX work that solves challenging user problems.
Design moderately complex parts of the system and make informed decisions around UX Debt and tradeoffs.
Effectively deliver on multiple user journeys.
Define interim milestones for and own medium or large sized projects.
Begin to recognize and surface risks.
Keep work in line with bigger picture goals and not go down rabbit holes.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in design, Human Computer Interaction, technology or related field or equivalent experience.
Must have at least 5 years of experience using design system patterns to create engaging, multi-platform user experiences at an enterprise level organization or equivalent experience, demonstrating a strong body of work.
In-depth knowledge of workflow design.
Mobile design experience.
Has a solid understanding of front end development (HTML/CSS).
Has mastered common creative tools such as: Sketch, InVision and Adobe Creative Cloud.
Advanced in one or more of the following areas and competent in another: User Research, Product Design, UI Development, and UX Writing.
Experience working in an agile software development environment, working on/with cross-functional teams to deliver a product user experience.
Demonstrated ability to deliver and iterate on valuable user experiences.
Effectively communicates design thinking and product strategy with the team and stakeholders that deliver upon business outcomes.
Confidently delivers many projects at one time while delivering valuable user experiences.
Must be able to strategize for content creatively.
Must be data and business insight driven.
Must have a strong sense of curiosity.
Be results driven with an innovate mindset.
Must commit to their role and take responsibility for their tasks.
Must be able to work effectively in a team environment.
Must be able to effectively solve problems.

Qualifications

Must have a Bachelor's degree in design, Human Computer Interaction, technology or related field or equivalent experience.
Must have at least 5 years of experience using design system patterns to create engaging, multi-platform user experiences at an enterprise level organization or equivalent experience, demonstrating a strong body of work.
Must have in-depth knowledge of workflow design.
Must have mobile design experience.
Must have a solid understanding of front end development (HTML/CSS).
Must have mastered common creative tools such as: Sketch, InVision and Adobe Creative Cloud.
Must be advanced in one or more of the following areas and competent in another: User Research, Product Design, UI Development, and UX Writing.
Must have experience working in an agile software development environment, working on/with cross-functional teams to deliver a product user experience.
Must have demonstrated ability to deliver and iterate on valuable user experiences.
Must be able to communicate design thinking and product strategy with the team and stakeholders that deliver upon business outcomes.
Must be confident in delivering many projects at one time while delivering valuable user experiences.
Must be able to strategize for content creatively.
Must be data and business insight driven.
Must have a strong sense of curiosity.
Must be results driven with an innovative mindset.
Must commit to their role and take responsibility for their tasks.
Must be able to work effectively in a team environment.
Must be able to effectively solve problems.

Skills

User Experience
User Experience is the function that applies principles and techniques of discovery, research, design, and content strategy to define the experience a user has in a product.
User Experience is an enthusiastic advocate for continuous improvement of our software development process.
User Experience is interested in staying current by applying new technologies and best practices.
User Experience is a collaborator in a collaborative environment with a willingness to share ideas.
User Experience is independent and unafraid to seek out suggestions from other team members.
User Experience is excited to work on cutting-edge technology.

Benefits

Medical
Dental
Vision
Life Insurance
Disability Insurance
401(k) Match

Pay

The pay range for this position is $120k - $172/yr; however, base pay offered may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. This position is eligible for an annual restricted stock unit grant based on individual performance in addition to a full range of benefits outlined here. This information is provided per the relevant state and local pay transparency laws for the location in which this position will be performed. Base pay information is based on market location. Applicants should apply via www.paylocity.com/careers.

Schedule

Company Culture

We embrace and encourage our employees’ differences in age, culture, ethnicity, family or marital status, gender identity or expression, language, national origin, physical and mental ability, political affiliation, race, religion or spiritual belief, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, veteran status, and other characteristics that make our employees unique. We actively cultivate these differences through our employee resource groups (ERGs), employee experiences, perspectives, talents, and approaches to drive innovation in the software and services we provide our customers.

Equal Opportunity Employer

We are an equal-opportunity employer. We recruit, train, compensate, and promote regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, veteran status, and other protected status as required by applicable law. At Paylocity, we believe diversity makes us better.