UX Design Lead

37148BR

CANADA - Alberta - Calgary, CANADA - Ontario - Toronto, USA - Massachusetts - Burlington

Job Description and Requirements

Synopsys, Software Integrity Group, is named a leader for 2021 in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Application Security Testing (AST), in recognition of our vision and ability to execute. Security and risk management leaders will need to meet tighter deadlines and test more-complex applications by integrating and automating AST in the software life cycle eliminating risk before it puts them at risk. Every business runs on software, and defects in software create risk. We've curated the most powerful products and services to create one comprehensive platform that enables our customers to detect and remediate defects across their entire SDLC. To find out more about Synopsys SIG, check out .

UX Design Lead

This is a big role. Guiding design for a quick moving, constantly evolving lynchpin SaaS product that is about to change the industry. You are the missing piece to a maturing crew of designers who are looking forward to having a strong partner to design with. We are designing important solutions, integral to keeping our digital selves safe - at one of the world's largest software companies. This is interesting, important work with a fun, remote team at a great company.

Responsibilities

• Increase and advocate the value of UX for our products across the organization.
• Continuously incorporate customer research findings and feedback into design concepts.
• Understand technical and business constraints and scale designs for iterative release, ensuring user needs are met at each step.
• Collaborate with product owners and architects globally to develop realistic product plans and releases that properly prioritize, scope and plan for UX design and implementation.
• Partner with development teams for translating the design concepts into successful implementation and judiciously negotiate any tradeoffs involved.
• Responsible for leading the development of wireframes, sitemaps, user flows, and other UX artifacts.
• Communicate design decisions, rationale, and direction when sharing work.
• Identify and suggest solutions for resolving technical and creative issues.
• Identify process improvements to continuously improve quality and workflow.
• Driving UX strategies and approaches that balance business objectives with customer needs.
• Lead and mentor a small team of UX Designers.

• Formal education in Design, Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Computer Science - or related field experience.
• 7+ years of UX design working with agile product teams; corporate B2B experience preferred.
• Background in security is ideal, but not necessary. A passion for creating solutions in complex systems, however, is a must.
• You can go Broad + Deep: You love talking complex problems and solutions. You think strategically about any design challenge and seek to create holistic, compelling products that serve the end user.
• Empathetic + Fun: You're well-versed in user-centered methodologies and design thinking. You keep the user front and center...and you're fun to work with.
• Delivery + Communication: You have excellent communication, project management, and organizational skills. You can turn the ambiguous into a head turning, compelling story.
• Excellent communication and technical leadership skills.
• Ability to learn quickly and autonomously in a distributed, complex technical environment.
• Experience in using design / prototyping tools is required. Ability to create interactive design prototypes using tools such as Sketch, Balsamiq, Figma.

Job Category

Engineering

Country

United States

Job Subcategory

Software Engineering

Hire Type

Employee