User Experience Designer

About the role

The Core UI design team within the R&D Foundation Division is seeking a UX Designer to contribute to the design of shared application experiences that power SAS platforms and applications. This role involves designing intuitive, user-centered experiences that integrate AI capabilities and supporting onboarding, system administration, and cross-application workflows.

Responsibilities

• Design intuitive, user-centered, end-to-end experiences that seamlessly integrate AI capabilities (e.g., recommendations, generative features, administrative tools, system workflows, and cross-product interactions)
• Create user flows, wireframes, and high-fidelity prototypes to communicate complex concepts clearly and effectively
• Help define and scale reusable patterns and interaction models that support consistency across SAS products
• Collaborate closely with Product Management, Engineering, and Design partners to bring clarity, consistency, and usability to foundational platform experiences
• Conduct and apply user research, usability testing, and feedback to inform design decisions
• Contribute to and leverage the SAS Filament Design System to ensure scalable, consistent design solutions
• Collaborate with accessibility experts to ensure inclusive and usable experiences
• Collaborate with engineering teams on React-based front-end applications

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in User Experience (UX), Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Interactive Design, Graphic Design, Industrial Design, or a related field
• 5+ years of experience in UX design, product design, or related field
• Experience designing complex systems or enterprise applications (e.g., admin tools, dashboards, workflow-driven products)
• Strong interaction design skills across multi-step workflows and cross-product experiences
• Proficiency with modern design and prototyping tools (e.g., Figma, Adobe Creative Suite)
• Experience working with or contributing to design systems and reusable components
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate with product managers and engineers to deliver user-centered solutions
• Strong communication skills with the ability to articulate design decisions and influence outcomes

Qualifications

• Online portfolio demonstrating end-to-end design work (research, workflows, prototypes, and shipped solutions)
• Equivalent combination of related education, training and experience may be considered in place of the above qualifications.

Additional Competencies, Knowledge And Skills

• Decision Making: Identifying and understanding problems and opportunities by gathering, analyzing, and interpreting quantitative and qualitative information; choosing the best course of action by establishing clear decision criteria, generating and evaluating alternatives, and making timely decisions; taking action that is consistent with available facts and constraints and optimizes probable consequences.
• Quality Orientation: Accomplishing tasks by considering all areas involved, no matter how detailed; showing concern for all aspects of the job; accurately checking processes and tasks; being watchful over a period of time.
• Innovation: Creating novel solutions with measurable value for existing and potential customers (internal or external); experimenting with new ways to solve work problems and seize opportunities that result in unique and differentiated solutions.
• Collaborating: Working cooperatively with others to help a team or work group achieve its goals.
• Accessibility and Inclusive Design: Applying working knowledge of accessibility principles and collaborating with accessibility specialists to support inclusive and usable product experiences.
• Leadership Potential: Leading or owning design workstreams with increasing autonomy; contributing to design direction and demonstrating readiness to grow into broader leadership responsibilities.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, prescription, dental and vision plans.
• Medical plan options include: PPO with low annual deductible and copays. HDHP combined with a health savings account with a contribution from SAS (no access to on-site health care center).
• Onsite Health Care Center (HQ) that’s free to employees and family members enrolled in the PPO plan. There's a pharmacy too!
• An industry-leading 401k plan.
• Tuition Assistance Program and programs and resources to support your development.
• Generous time away including vacation time, a variety of paid holidays, and our much-loved U.S. Winter Wellness Break between December 25 and January 1.
• Volunteer Time Off, parental leave and unlimited paid sick days.
• Generous childcare benefits for all full-time employees.