Senior UX Designer (Remote)
GovCIO · United States · 1 wk ago
RemoteRemoteArt & Creative$145k/yrFull-time
Responsibilities
- Establish and govern UX standards, practices, and approaches across the program to promote consistency and scalable support
- Serve as an enablement function across product teams, advising on user-centered methods throughout the software development lifecycle
- Define lightweight approaches for user touchpoints, usability feedback, and iterative design validation early in the SDLC
- Partner with HCD teams to translate user insights and evaluation feedback into actionable product and design guidance
- Guide UAT design toward user-centered validation, including task-based scenarios and effective evaluation methods
- Coach and mentor Product Managers and UI Designers in UX methods, usability principles, and user-informed decision-making
- Advisory UX expertise where needed based on complexity, user impact, and portfolio priorities
- Support product teams in identifying usability risks, synthesizing findings, and recommending improvements
- Contribute to accessibility, usability, and experience quality practices across the program
- Support executive briefings and strategic recommendations related to user experience, adoption, and product improvement
- Collaborate with program leadership to strengthen repeatable, flexible UX approaches proportionate to change complexity and user impact
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Design, Human Factors, Psychology, Information Science, Computer Science, Product Design, or related field (or equivalent experience)
- 12+ years of relevant UX, product design, service design, or related experience
- Experience establishing UX standards or leading UX practices across multiple teams or products
- Experience conducting or advising on usability testing, workflow validation, and user-centered evaluation methods
- Experience influencing product outcomes through partnership with product management, engineering, design, and stakeholders
- Strong facilitation, mentoring, and communication skills
- Experience synthesizing qualitative and quantitative user feedback into actionable recommendations