Senior UX Designer

Siemens Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) Software is seeking a Senior

User Experience Designer, responsible for making design an integrated

part of the software development process. This role requires an

understanding of user experience best practices and hands on experience

with interaction design, visual design, information architecture, user

research and UX strategy.

This is an exciting opportunity for the right individual to advocate to

a cross functional team the needs of the user. You will be working

across disciplines, organizational and geographical boundaries and with

customers from diverse industries to rapidly developworld-class

enterprise software. Your challenge will be to take large, powerful and

complex applications and transform them into the simple, intuitive and

compelling experience that modern user expectations demand, while

preserving their sophisticated capabilities. You will be working in a

fast-paced, agile environment where you will have to keep pace with the

rapidly evolving technologies and standards. The ideal candidate is

driven by the desire to be a user advocate and is passionate about

designing products that are intuitive, satisfying, and easy to learn.

Job Description: Establishing strong practices for design will be an

integral part of what you do as we continue to evolve our UX practice.

The User Experience Designer is responsible for working with the

Product Owner and our Customer to extract features that will meet user

needs and improve business results.You will wear many UX hats and be

asked to develop a variety of UX deliverables from personas to

mock-ups.

Responsibilities:

• Work with a cross functional team using Agile methodology to define

user stories and necessary UX deliverables as part of sprint planning

with the scrum project team you are assigned

• Advocate for the user’s needs and collaborate with the Product Owner

to develop features that align to the needs of the user

• Turn requirements into simple and intuitive interfaces for the end

user

• Analyze and resolve UI design alternatives and issues

• Prepare UX documentation (navigational flows, wire frames, mock-ups,

use cases, task flows prototypes, etc.) to be used by the development

team

• Collect and action UX feedback from customers/end users and manage

changes to UX deliverables throughout the project lifecycle

• EnsureUX documentation is continuously updated and distributed to

the production team

• Keep up to date in the field by monitoring consumer trends, attending

workshops, joining professional groups and reading relevant research

• Promote importance of user-centered activities and influence

stakeholders to insure execution

• At least 10+ years of experience understanding and building world

class experiences for the users of your product. Experience with

complex Enterprise software products a plus.

• Degree in human computer interaction, human factors engineering,

computer science, design, interaction design, library sciences or other

relateddiscipline required

• Strong portfolio demonstrating user-centered design experience in the

industry or as part of degree curriculum

• Experience creating polished designs with the ability evangelize and

institute design

• Experiencerapidly iterating designs to align to sprint timetables

• Knowledge and proficiency with in industry standard UX software

including: Axure, Adobe Creative Suite, or like tools

• Passionate about producing high-quality and engaging UX deliverables

• Experience with research methods that lend themselves to an agile

environment

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Project management skills to set milestones and deliver on time

• Proven ability to collaborate effectively across disciplines, product

lines, roles and geographical and time zone boundaries

• Willingness to travel

It is highly desirable that the candidate possess one or more of the

following:

• Experience designing web and mobile applications

• Experience with design tools such as the Adobe Creative Suite

• Experience with Lean and/or Agile development approaches

• Experience creating prototypes using UX tools such as Axure, HTML,

CSS

• Understanding and experience with HTML and CSS

• Industry domain expertise in at least one discipline relevant to the

Teamcenter Product Line

• Experience as an end user of PLM software applications