Lead Product Designer - Human Computer Interaction

Role & Responsibilities : We are currently seeking a Lead Product Designer to join our team, in a primarily hands-on role. We are passionate about advocating for user needs and delivering world-class products that redefine our customers day-to-day activities. Strategy & Planning : - Collaborating with technology, product, and business teams to uncover customer and business needs then translating them into intuitive and engaging digital experiences - Translating complex ideas into understandable concepts that evolve and enhance the product experience - Engaging in portfolio prioritization to help set the strategy and product road map for the team - Managing through shifting priorities to provide clear direction and input on product prioritization and support early product definition - Advocating for the customer through human-centered design methods, including:discovery, research sketch sessions, and user testing - Championing prioritization of design centered product enhancements grounded in research and analysis - Working with partners and teams across various geographies - Embracing and advocating for an experience mindset Leading & Coaching Teams : - Guiding cross-functional partners in strategy, research, alignment, analysis, design critiques, and design execution tasks - Navigating conflict resolution within your team as well as within projects, teams and partner relationships Discovering & Delivering : - Supporting early product definition by working with partners to facilitate discovery sessions that uncover customer pain points and opportunities - Demonstrating familiarity with design tools to deliver concepts and enable successful collaboration across teams Driving end-to-end product design by : - Working with researchers to understand customer needs and define opportunities through usability and empathy studies - Framing problems, defining insights, and designing new methodologies/practices to serve customer needs - Creating process and user flows, wireframes, journey maps, and interaction models, resulting in low to high fidelity prototypes - Planning and facilitating workshops with internal and external stakeholders to align with business needs - Designing within existing and creating new standards to contribute to our internal design system, best practices, and guidelines - Storytelling and presenting visual concepts to various stakeholders - Creating high fidelity design assets for acceptance, development, and delivery to market in partnership with technology colleagues. Managing & Supporting : - Drive and own the design workstream while contributing to the end-to-end design process - Collaborate closely with product and tech teams to gather and refine requirements, ensuring alignment with overall project goals - Actively monitor and anticipate future roadmap items, and prepare the design team for upcoming work and identifying potential challenges - Anticipate and address potential blockers by collaborating with cross-functional teams - Maintain open lines of communication with product managers and leadership to advocate for design needs and timelines - Engage with product leaders to get clarity on project timelines, ensuring design deliverables are aligned with development schedules - Continuously iterate on designs throughout the week based on team discussions, feedback and evolving project needs - Refine and adjust designs after hand-off to engineering, accommodating technical constraints and timeline adjustments Ideal Candidate : - At least 8 years of experience in Product design Preferred Qualifications : - Bachelors degree in engineering or a related field - Advanced degree in UX design, HCI, or related design fields - At least 5 years of experience designing for data product or B2B SaaS experiences - At least 5 years with working with a variety of business partners and delivering outcomes - At least 5 years with familiarity with design and prototyping tools, such as Figma - At least 2 years of familiarity with working and contributing to an established design system (ref:hirist.tech)

Location: bangalore, IN

Posted Date: 5/1/2025