Sr./Lead UX Designer

Applied Systems is seeking a Sr./Lead UX Designer to lead strategic research and designs for their Employee Benefits team, focusing on creating efficient user experiences for insurance workflows.

Responsibilities

• Develop a strong understanding of users’ experience through the suite of products and explore their needs and motivations.
• Strategize with stakeholders to identify and understand the impact of potential problem spaces.
• Collaboratively lead discovery with Product Management partners via mixed-methods research to acquire user data, synthesize and analyze results.
• Explore solutions in conjunction with stakeholders, creating artifacts like user flows, experience maps, journey maps, wireframes, and prototypes.
• Own workstreams from strategic planning through design hand-off, post-release testing, and research.

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in UX, preferably in commercial software and enterprise environments.
• Excellent communication, facilitation, problem-solving, reasoning, and analytical skills.
• Excellent understanding of user experience research methodologies and design principles.
• Proficient in creating prototypes using tools such as Figma, Balsamiq, Miro, etc.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Design, or equivalent work experience.

Key Skills

• Insurance industry or Insurance technology experience (desired but not required).
• Ability to quickly learn and adapt to new technologies and techniques (desired but not required).

Benefits

• Remote Opportunity: Ability to work 100% remotely, or from an Applied Systems office.
• Support and encouragement for people with military experience and military spouses.
• Proactive protection of candidates’ personal information and online safety.