Senior Strategic UX Designer
Description
Overview
We are seeking a Senior Strategic UX Designer with 10+ years of experience to bridge the worlds of experience strategy and hands-on UI/UX design execution. This role sits at the intersection of design, product, and engineering, ensuring that user-centered solutions not only look and feel exceptional but also align with broader business goals and technical realities. As part of a dedicated product team, you will own the end-to-end design process — from discovery and strategy to prototyping, implementation, and validation — shaping both the product vision and its tangible execution.
What You’ll Do
Design Execution & Systems
- Lead the end-to-end UX/UI design process: discovery, wireframing, prototyping, high-fidelity UI, design QA, and post-deployment polish.
- Create scalable UI systems and reusable components aligned with frontend frameworks such as React, Angular & Next.js.
- Collaborate deeply with frontend engineers to ensure seamless translation of design intent into production-quality code.
- Maintain and evolve design systems, guidelines, and interaction patterns that support enterprise-scale platforms.
- Apply accessibility standards (WCAG and EAA), responsiveness, and performance-conscious thinking to all design solutions.
Strategy & Leadership
- Lead product discovery phases, including user research, workshops, data analysis, and competitive benchmarking.
- Translate research and insights into strategic design directions, ensuring alignment with business objectives and user needs.
- Partner with Product Managers, Engineering Leads, and Growth teams to define experience strategies across the product lifecycle.
- Synthesize qualitative and quantitative research into actionable insights and design opportunities.
- Champion design-led thinking within the team, fostering a culture of empathy, innovation, and experimentation.
- Mentor junior designers and promote best practices across design execution and research methodologies.
What You’ll Bring
- 10+ years of professional experience in UX/UI design, ideally in enterprise-scale or B2B platforms.
- Proven expertise in designing component-based UIs and contributing to robust design systems.
- Experience balancing hands-on design work with strategic design leadership.
- Strong skills in user research: interviews, surveys, usability testing, persona development, and journey mapping.
- Ability to translate product and business goals into design requirements and measurable outcomes.
- Familiarity with frontend frameworks (React, Next.js) and sufficient technical knowledge to collaborate effectively with engineers.
- Hands-on familiarity with Git, Storybook, or code review processes.
- Strong grasp of typography, layout, color theory, motion design, and interaction design principles.
- Excellent communication and storytelling ability to articulate design decisions to stakeholders.
Tool Familiarity
- Design and prototyping tools like Figma.
- User research tools like UserZoom, Lyssna, or Dovetail.
- Collaboration tools like TLDraw, Mural or Miro.
- Data analysis tools such as Excel or Google Data Studio
- Presentation tools like Microsoft PowerPoint.
- Code Editors such as Cursor or VSCode
Why This Role?
This position is ideal for a seasoned design leader who thrives in the overlap of craft and strategy. You will shape how products look, feel, and function while ensuring design decisions are grounded in user insights, technical feasibility, and business impact. As a key member of the project team, your work will directly influence both the user experience and the strategic success of the product.