HireTalent - Staffing & Recruiting Firm · 20 hours ago
Senior User Experience Designer
HireTalent is a staffing and recruiting firm seeking a Principal Experience Designer with a focus on crafting exceptional user experiences. The role involves leading UX strategy and research, collaborating with product teams to innovate and elevate data product experiences, and mentoring junior designers.
Responsibilities
Serve as a strategic thought partner to product leaders and stakeholders, consistently representing the voice of the user
Share UX strategy early and often, incorporating feedback to refine solutions
Cascade strategic context to teams while elevating insights to leadership
Partner with Product, Engineering, and Research to drive strategic discovery and dual-track agile practices
Lead and guide complex user research initiatives using mixed methods
Conduct stakeholder interviews to understand both business and employee needs
Provide hands-on design leadership across complex, cross-functional initiatives
Establish and scale consistent design patterns through a robust design system
Deliver creative direction and conduct design reviews to ensure vision alignment
Introduce new design practices and continuously improve team processes
Mentor junior designers and researchers to grow team capability
Qualification
Required
Online portfolio required
Bachelor's degree plus 10+ years of professional experience in UX strategy and research
Mastery in user research (mixed methods) and deep expertise in at least two of the following: visual design, UX design, prototyping, front-end development, or experiment design
Foundational knowledge of AI, Natural Language Processing, and Machine Learning
Strong ability to make strategic, user-centered decisions while iterating in evolving environments
Experience translating research insights into frameworks, opportunity backlogs, and decision artifacts (e.g., PRFAQs, scorecards, one-pagers)
Exceptional storytelling skills for communicating complex technical findings to diverse audiences
Proven ability to navigate ambiguity, independently scope research, and manage trade-offs
Strong alignment and stakeholder management skills at senior levels
Excellent analytical and organizational abilities, with skill in translating technical concepts into user flows and diagrams
Experience designing human-in-the-loop workflows involving LLMs
Familiarity with terminology related to the data lifecycle or financial/investment domains
Company
HireTalent - Staffing & Recruiting Firm
HireTalent is a certified Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) workforce solutions firm, specializing in securing the best talent fits in Executive/Retained Search, Direct Hire Placements, MSP, SOW, and nationwide hiring program management and support.