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Support product teams by applying User-Centered Design best practices throughout the software lifecycle. Engage with end users to ensure solutions meet operational needs and conduct user research to validate design assumptions.
Responsibilities
- Support product teams by applying User-Centered Design (UCD) best practices throughout the software lifecycle
- Engage with end users through the agile product development process to ensure solutions meet operational needs
- Establish feedback loops with customers and apply the Build–Measure–Learn cycle to guide iterative product development
- Conduct user research, including interviews, usability testing, and surveys, to validate design assumptions
- Create design artifacts such as sketches, flows, wireframes, high-fidelity mockups, and interactive prototypes
- Ensure all design work complies with accessibility standards (WCAG, Section 508) and follows industry best practices for inclusive design
- Collaborate with Product Managers on backlog refinement and prioritization to align design priorities with business value
- Provide clarification to developers during implementation to ensure user expectations are met
- Collaborate within cross-functional Agile/DevSecOps teams, actively participating in standups, demos, and retrospectives
- Present and communicate design decisions effectively to stakeholders and senior leadership
Requirements
- Experience in designing innovative digital products/systems in a NATO or National defense institution
- Proven UI/UX industry experience on complex web and/or mobile application design projects
- Strong skills in user research, usability testing, and user-centered design methods
- Experience collaborating in Agile/DevSecOps environments
- Proficiency with modern design and prototyping tools (e.g., Figma, Sketch, Adobe XD, Axure, InVision)
- Knowledge and practical application of accessibility standards (WCAG, Section 508) and inclusive design principles
- Experience producing deliverables such as wireframes, user flows, prototypes, and high-fidelity mockups
- Strong communication, facilitation, and stakeholder collaboration skills
- Portfolio of work demonstrating past design solutions and methodology
- Certification in UI/UX or related field
- University degree in Human Computer Interaction (HCI), Human Factors, Human Centered Design/Engineering, or related discipline
- Advanced Proficiency in English
Key Skills
- User-Centered Design (UCD)
- User research
- Usability testing
- User-centered design methods
- Agile/DevSecOps environments
- Design and prototyping tools (Figma, Sketch, Adobe XD, Axure, InVision)
- Accessibility standards (WCAG, Section 508)
- Inclusive design principles
- Wireframes
- User flows
- Prototypes
- High-fidelity mockups
- Communication
- Facilitation
- Stakeholder collaboration
- Portfolio of work
- Certification in UI/UX or related field
- University degree in Human Computer Interaction (HCI), Human Factors, Human Centered Design/Engineering, or related discipline
- Advanced Proficiency in English
About Spektrum
Spektrum are an international recruitment and staffing agency who don’t just say we’re different, we are different. We solve today's defence, humanitarian and government market problems, evolving to meet its clients' challenges.
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