Senior Product Designer (Remote)

Job ID: 2414984

Location: REMOTE WORK, VA, US

Date Posted: 2024-11-20

Category: Communications

Subcategory: Multimedia Design

Schedule: Full-time

Shift: Day Job

Travel: No

Minimum Clearance Required: None

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: None

Potential for Remote Work: No

Description

SAIC is looking for an experienced Senior Product Designer with established execution skills to join a team supporting a suite of products in the VA Clinical Decision Support space. They would be staffed to a workstream with dedicated engineering and research peers and utilizing the existing VA design system, cultivating customized solutions, and expanded components to meet the unique needs of a variety of clinicians within VA health environments. The general terms for this level include:

This position is 100% remote within the United States!

Tasks may include:

• Scope design needs for assigned projects whose parameters are often undefined, proactively navigating organizational and project ambiguity.
• Work cross-functionally to develop product design principles, strategies, product roadmaps, and success measures that meet client needs.
• Set and follow direction to build high-quality design deliverables and accompanying documentation from kickoff to handoff, including design systems, prototypes, UI designs, wireframes, and more.
• Partner with other designers to ensure all deliverables are inclusive, accessible, and use plain language.
• Plan and execute various approaches to user research and design strategy. Define, lead, and support usability testing using low- and high-fidelity prototypes as well as live systems.
• Synthesize usability research insights and transform them into design recommendations and decisions.
• Demonstrate solid process and a well-rounded knowledge of techniques, principles, tools, materials, and systems in Product Design and other design disciplines.
• Lead and participate in meetings, workshops, and training sessions for clients, stakeholders, and internal teams.
• Identify, analyze, and work through complex problems in a way that addresses business requirements and user needs—and coach more junior team members to do the same.
• Present work in various forums and formats for varied audiences.
• Help set the bar for client interaction, providing support to project reports as needed.

Qualifications

Required Education and Experience:

• A Bachelor’s Degree in related field and 6+ years of experience with product design, web, interaction, and/or equivalent roles.
• Proficiency in crafting quality designs using design systems, atomic design, component design, annotated wireframes, responsive layouts, clickable prototypes, branded UI designs, microcopy, and style guides.
• Experience partnering with researchers to define, lead, and support usability testing using low- and high-fidelity prototypes as well as live systems.
• Experience synthesizing usability research insights and transforming them into design recommendations and decisions.
• 2+ years of project team leadership
• 2+ years of experience facilitating and designing product design workshops and presentations with clients or in a consulting role.
• Ability to meet eligibility requirements for a Public Trust clearance based on the Department of Veteran Affair’s regulations.

Desired Education and Experience:

• 2+ years’ experience working on a remote team or remote freelancing.
• 2+ years’ experience working in a consulting environment.
• Experience working within a cross-matrixed environment.
• Prior professional services, government, or federal consulting experience.
• Experience conducting remote-only research, workshops, or validation sessions.
• Experience utilizing the United States Web Design System (USWDS) or the VA Design System.

Target salary range: $120,001 – $160,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.

SAIC accepts applications on an ongoing basis and there is no deadline.

Covid Policy: SAIC does not require COVID-19 vaccinations or boosters. Customer site vaccination requirements must be followed when work is performed at a customer site.