Lead UX Designer

Spectraforce Technologies Inc

Lead UX Designer
12 months
Oakland, CA (Hybrid - 2 days in a month onsite)

LOCAL CANDIDATES ONLY .

Equipment: Cleint laptop will be provided.
Expenses: with prior Manager approval, may expense for travel reimbursments for business related travels needed

TOP THINGS:

Strong advocate for user-centered design
Systems thinker for end-to-end experiences
Clear communicator of design rationale

Role Overview:
Project Charlie is seeking a Lead User Experience (UX) Designer - Mobile & Platforms to provide leadership in understanding customer needs, defining product experiences, and shaping the overall design vision for a new customer-facing mobile platform. This role begins as a hands-on design leader and evolves into leading a small UX function.
The Lead UX Designer owns end-to-end experience design-researching user behaviors, identifying unmet needs, documenting current-state journeys, and driving future-state improvements while partnering closely with Product and Engineering.

Key Responsibilities:

Lead user research and discovery to understand customer behaviors and pain points
Conduct interviews, usability testing, surveys, and behavioral analysis
Capture and document current-state journeys and experiences
Translate insights into design strategies and requirements
Design user flows, wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity UI
Own and drive overall look and feel of the platform
Define and evolve design systems and guidelines
Partner with Product and Engineering to ensure feasibility
Facilitate workshops and stakeholder alignment
Lead usability testing and iterative improvements
Mentor designers and oversee external partners
Ensure accessibility, privacy, and compliance standards

Minimum Experience:

8-10+ years of UX/UI or product design experience
Strong background in user research, interaction design, and mobile design
Experience across end-to-end product design lifecycle
Ability to simplify complex systems into intuitive experiences
Experience with journey maps and design systems
Proficiency with tools like Figma, Sketch, or Adobe XD
Cross-functional collaboration with Product and Engineering
Ability to lead and influence without authority

Desired Experience:

Experience designing customer-facing products at scale
Experience in regulated industries
Familiarity with data-rich or IoT ecosystems
Experience supporting launch and iteration
Experience working with external agencies

Desired Characteristics:

Strong advocate for user-centered design
Systems thinker for end-to-end experiences
Clear communicator of design rationale
Collaborative and cross-functional leader
Balances user, technical, and business needs
Comfortable with ambiguity

What Success Looks Like:

Customer insights drive product decisions
Platform delivers intuitive and cohesive experiences
Design influences product strategy
Teams align around a clear experience vision
Continuous improvements based on user feedback

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