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Lead UX Designer (remote)
Ryan • Denver, United States of America 🇺🇸
The Lead UX Designer will shape the future of digital tax products by guiding experience strategy and mentoring designers. This role involves collaborating with product and engineering teams to deliver intuitive user experiences.
Responsibilities
- Lead set design direction and elevate standards across digital products with a strategic mindset.
- Mentor and grow other designers, fostering innovation, curiosity, and continuous learning.
- Guide teams through ambiguity and drive toward clarity and alignment.
- Partner with Product and Engineering to define requirements, align on user needs, and shape product strategy.
- Champion the design system, ensuring consistency, scalability, and long-term cohesion.
- Facilitate workshops and ideation sessions that unlock solutions and spark collaboration.
- Conduct user research and translate insights into designs that reveal measurable outcomes.
- Present and advocate for design decisions with stakeholders and clients, connecting them to business value.
Requirements
- 7–10 years of product/UX design, with end-to-end ownership of complex workflows.
- Proven ability to lead and mentor designers, raising the bar for team output.
- Financial, enterprise, or B2B background is a plus.
- Demonstrated ability with AI tools and processes that accelerate design and research (e.g., Lovable, Claude, Figma Make, etc.).
Key Skills
- Strong portfolio showcasing both UI and UX, grounded in user-centered and data-informed design.
- Mastery of modern design tools (Figma) and familiarity with research tools (e.g., Maze).
- Solid understanding of design systems and delivering consistency across platforms.
- Strategic thinker who can navigate ambiguity and drive toward clarity.
- Passion for revealing measurable outcomes and connecting design impact to business value.
- Collaborative and approachable, contributing to a positive, encouraging team culture.
Benefits
- Hybrid Work Options
- Generous Personal Time Off (PTO) Benefits
- 14-Weeks of 100% Paid Leave for New Parents (Adoption Included)
- Monthly Gym Membership Reimbursement OR Gym Equipment Reimbursement Benefits Eligibility Effective Day One
- 401K with Employer Match
- Tuition Reimbursement After One Year of Service
- Fertility Assistance Program
- Four-Week Company-Paid Sabbatical Eligibility After Five Years of Service
About Ryan
Ryan, an award-winning global tax services and software provider, is the largest Firm in the world dedicated exclusively to business taxes. With global headquarters in Dallas, Texas, the Firm provides an integrated suite of federal, state, local, and international tax services on a multijurisdictional basis, including tax recovery, consulting, advocacy, compliance, and technology services. Ryan is an 11-time recipient of the International Service Excellence Award from the Customer Service Institute of America (CSIA) for its commitment to world-class client service. Empowered by the dynamic myRyan work environment, which is widely recognized as the most innovative in the tax services industry, Ryan’s multidisciplinary team of more than 5,900 professionals and associates serves over 77,000 clients in more than 80 countries, including many of the world’s most prominent Global 5000 companies. More information about Ryan can be found at ryan.com.
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