Sr Product Designer

About the position

A career in IBM Software means you'll be part of a team that transforms our customer's challenges into solutions. Seeking new possibilities and always staying curious, we are a team dedicated to creating the world's leading AI-powered, cloud-native software solutions for our customers. Our renowned legacy creates endless global opportunities for our IBMers, so the door is always open for those who want to grow their career. IBM's product and technology landscape includes Research, Software, and Infrastructure. Entering this domain positions you at the heart of IBM, where growth and innovation thrive.

Responsibilities

• Own End-to-End Design Execution: Deliver wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity designs that provide seamless and impactful user experiences. Monitor and evaluate the user experiences post-delivery.
• Collaborative Development: Work closely with design team members and developers to build, update, and modernize software product user interfaces using agile methodologies.
• Conduct User Research: Plan and execute research initiatives to uncover insights, validate ideas, and inform design decisions at every stage of development such as usability testing, user interviews, survey creation, etc.
• Translate Insights into Designs: Convert actionable insights from the design research team into low and high-fidelity mock-ups, patterns, prototypes, and development-ready specifications.
• Feedback Loop: Share work-in-progress designs and actively engage in giving and receiving constructive critique.
• Advocate for Design Excellence: Promote user-centered design principles across teams, fostering a culture of innovation and empathy.
• Business Context: Understand business problems across our customer base to provide context for deliverables.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree
• Product Design Problem Solving: Ability to solve complex user problems through UX & UI design, creating mock-ups, prototypes, and documenting interaction patterns.
• Design Tools Proficiency: Demonstrated experience with design tools such as Figma, Sketch, Mural, Adobe Creative Cloud, etc.
• Design Principles: Knowledge of design principles including typography, layout, imagery, color theory, and creating efficiencies in visual design workflows.
• Collaborative Communicator: Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with a history of success working in cross-functional teams.
• Portfolio Presentation: Must have a portfolio showcasing previous design work.

Nice-to-haves

• Design Best Practices: Understanding of modern design thinking and design best practices, including but not limited to responsiveness and accessibility for complex B2B applications.
• Attention to Detail: Appreciation for detail, ensuring every pixel and interaction is meticulously crafted.
• Research Expertise: Skilled in planning, conducting, and applying user research to inform and elevate design outcomes.
• Leadership Experience: Ability to lead design initiatives and drive strategy across complex projects.
• Domain Knowledge: Experience with enterprise SaaS products or IT financial management is a plus.
• Independent and Proactive: Self-driven with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver exceptional results with minimal supervision.
• Strategic Thinker: Capable of crafting a design vision that aligns with both user and business needs, while maintaining a focus on long-term impact.
• Mentorship and Guidance: Provide mentorship to junior designers and contribute to the growth of a collaborative and innovative design culture.